All Healing Herbs

Midwife’s remedy used in the last two to three weeks of pregnancy and in labor for easy labor and delivery; induces labor, stimulates contractions, coordinates contractions, increases strength of contractions, prevents or stops false labor pains, prevents premature delivery and miscarriage, restarts stalled or inefficient labor, aids in delivering the placenta, stops bleeding after birth, reduces after-pains, eases restlessness in pregnancy, uterine tonic; use for PMS, menstrual cramps, chronic or acute uterine pain and inflammation, chronic or acute ovarian pain and inflammation, endometriosis, metritis, breast pain, vaginal infections, chlamydia, thrush, cervical dysplasia, for menopausal symptoms and pain; use to bring on menses and to regulate menstrual cycle; restores cycles after stopping birth control pills; abortifacient in very early pregnancy, especially used in tinctures with black cohosh and pennyroyal (never the oil); also used for rheumatism, arthritis inflammation, colic, bronchitis, pneumonia, whooping cough, asthma, bladder and kidney infections, gout, dropsy, sore throat, hiccups, epilepsy, muscle spasms of all kinds; calms nerves, improves memory. Antispasmodic, diuretic, antibiotic, immune stimulant, vasodilator, uterine tonic, estrogenic. Unless for abortion, take only in the last month of pregnancy, never in the first or second trimester; don’t overuse; can cause headaches, nausea, high blood pressure, pains in arms and legs; powder can irritate skin and mucous membranes; avoid with estrogenic conditions and cancers; no known drug interactions.