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Decoction for Difficult Childbirth

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Paul Barbette, 1675

Herb Name
Savin
Marjoram
Squinanth
Indian Spikenard
Lavender

Latin
Juniperus sabina
Oreganum marjorana
Juncus odoratus
Nardostachys jatamansi
Lavendula o
fficinalis

Amount

1 pugil ea.


2 drams ea.


Preparation:
Boil in wine or water; in 20 ounces of the strained decoction dissolve Venice Borax 1 dram, and a little sugar to taste.

Function:
Moves the Blood and Qi, promotes Labor, eases Pain

Use:
1. Prolonged or Difficult Labor;

2. Loss of strength during Labor

Dose:
5 oz. (The above makes 4 doses)

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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Barbette relayed the story: ‘My neighbors wife ... was in her Labor two days, by which she was so weakened, that the standers by judged her near death; she used the above-mentioned mixture, and presently ... she brought forth two children, and did very well afterwards’.

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