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To Promote Birth

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Western Tradition

Simples
Cassia bark
Myrrh
Borax

Cinnamon
Saffron
Amber


1. Cinnamon and Licorice powder taken daily for 2 weeks before the due date prepares for Birth.
2. Date kernel powder with Wine relieves pain of labor
3. Maidenhair taken in wine causes speedy delivery.
4. Myrrh drunk with Warm wine causes quick delivery.
5. Leek juice taken with warm wine is powerful, or a decoction of Leek.
6. Betony decocted in water with Honey
7. Juniper leaves taken with water and Honey.
8. Bull Bile in doses of half dram in wine powerfully facilitates Birth.
9. Milk of another woman causes speedy delivery.
10. Mugwort decocted in water and applied as a plaster to the Navel and thighs
11. To promote Labor, Parsley and Leek juice, mixed with a little Oil. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615)
12. Calamint, Sage, Rosemary (of each a handful), white wine (6 pounds). Boil gently until one-quarter has wasted. Use to wash the legs once daily when the time is near. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615)
13. Of dried Bull Bile: 'It is a Secret, worth ten times its weight in Gold. If ½–1 dram be given in a glass of Wine, it hastens not only the Birth, but facilitates the Labor to admiration'. (Salmon, Seplasium, 1693)

A Remedy only used in Urgent Cases, or when the Fetus is Dead:
-Savin juice (2 oz.), Borax (1 dram), White Wine (1 oz.). Note if modern Borax was used, a maximum of 2 grams should be used. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615)


Partum facilitant–Facilitate Birth

Decoction of Marshmallow

Decoction for Difficult Childbirth (Barbette)
Birth Powder
Diacalaminthe Compound
Powder to Facilitate Birth (Renodeus)
Powder to Promote Birth (Alexander)

Powder of Crabs Claw (Countess of Kents Powder)
Tincture of Saffron
Tincture of Musk

Triphera Minor (Triphera Phoenonis) (Mesue)

Pacific 6 (Zhi byed drug pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
Pacific 11 (Zhi byed bcu gcig) (Tibetan Medicine)

TCM Classification

Qi and Blood Deficiency
Weakness, lack of energy before or during labor

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Bao Chua Wu You Fang


Blood Stasis
Restless Fetus, painful to touch abdomen, purplish tongue, lips and nail bed, choppy pulse


Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan



Special Formulas
1. Dang Gui                                  4.5 grams
    Ligusticum Chuan Xiong      3 grams
    Safflower (Hong Hua)            3 grams
    Dodder seed (Tu Si Zi)          3 grams
    Magnolia Hou Po                   1.8 grams
    Notopterygium Qiang Hao  4.5 grams
    Dried Ginger                           3 grams
    Scutellaria Huang Qin           3 grams
    Paeonia Bai Shao                   4.5 grams
    Atractylodes Bai Zhu            4.5 grams
    Motherwort (Yi Mu Cao)        4.5 grams
    Rehmannia Sheng Di             4.5 grams
    Mugwort (Ai Ye)                      3 grams
Form a Decoction. (The Formulas of Dr. John H.F. Shen)

Research:
1. Effect of Saffron (Fan Hong Hua) On the Readiness of The Uterine Cervix In Term Pregnancy: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial.

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