Historical Uses of Herbs After Delivering Baby
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by: EllenValentine,CNC
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Whether you have children at home or not, you are still a new mother. It's time to treat yourself with TLC because you are the hub of the home. Knowing before baby comes about the historical use of herbs can prepare you to take herbs safely that have been tested for thousands of years longer that modern science. And while keeping up with the needs of older children after delivering a new family member can feel almost impossible, especially so if there were complications at birth: vaginal tearing, C-section or excessive bleeding, it can be done with proper healthy self-care.
Historically herbs have been used for safe gestation, delivery of baby, and smooth transitioning post partum. I will always recommend that you inform your doctor that you do take herbs, what herbs you take, and the quantities so that medications and herbal formulas do not end up as contraindications. It is wise to be informed if you have used such herbs as Gingko Biloba for better peripheral artery flow or to increase memory function that pregnancy, delivery and immediate post partum is not the year to use such herbs. This is because it will also increase the risk of too much blood loss.
The herbs you took during pregnancy, if you were already accustomed to using herbs, like Alfalfa and Red Raspberry, Spirulina, Passion Flower and Dandelion are all excellent choices to continue post partum. These are all food grade, high in vitamins, minerals which will feed mother's milk and baby too.
Passion Flower is considered and anti-fungal making it a wonderful postpartum herbal choice. Yeast infections usually crop up after birth, really an indication of a Candid Albicans outbreak. This is normal after giving birth because of the rapid change in hormones. The same reason many women experience post partum depression or "let down" feeling. Passion Flower also is an anti-spasmodic which will assist the uterus to take its original position within the peritoneal cavity with less painful cramping.
Alfalfa and Dandelion have long been used to clean and restore the entire body. Both herbs are foods high in vitamin and mineral content, good for mother and baby. Dandelion again is an anti-spasmodic and assists to restore healthy intestinal balance. Alfalfa has for centuries been known to help the body produce breast milk. Dandelion is especially high in Vitamin A.
When choosing herbs it is best to stay with choices that are tested centuries and millennia longer than even modern medicine for efficacy and safety. While breast feeding it is important to remember that, like any food you eat, they will feed the baby too. Choose herbs that have food grade qualities above those that are purely medicinal. Remember that herbs are vegetables and that all of it was placed here as a natural pharmacopeia. With that in mind, have a precious time of connection with your new baby.
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