Tips for Expectant Mothers: Use Herbs to Assist Throughout the Course of Pregnancy, Labor or Postpartum Depression
The United States is filled with patches of Shepherd’s Purse during the warm and sunny, summer months. Most identify the weed by its unique characteristic of heart-shaped pods situated close to the top of the plant. The annual weed reaches heights of up to 20ft during its growth period.
Medical practitioners use Shepherd’s Purse to prevent hemorrhage in patients by constricting blood vessels and assist the body’s ability to coagulate blood. The natural juices assist in stopping nosebleeds when swabbed on cotton and placed inside the nose. Shepherd’s Purse boosts levels of Vitamin C in the body. Typical use allows the body to cycle out more fluids during menstruation and urination. Tincture from fresh plantation used during pregnancy helps to stop bleeding and assists in producing contractions. The plant stands readily available in soluble form by cutting the plant and steeping it in hot water.
Shepherd’s Purse Common Uses:
Eating the leaves provides elevated levels of calcium in the body.
10-20 drops of tincture helps control bleeding after a miscarriage.
15-20 drops one or two times a day to prevent prenatal blood clotting.
20-40 drops or tincture helps control bleeding during the delivery of placenta and thereafter.
20 drops mixed with equal amounts of Blue Cohosh helps decrease the size of the uterus to normal after 4-6 weeks of regular contraction.
Shepherd’s Purse and Blue Cohosh assists in postpartum along side, regularly scheduled breastfeeding, proper nutrition and sufficient bed rest.
3 drops of tincture given to a newborn provides prophylactic treatment of Vitamin K.
Precautions Involving Common Use:
Shepherd’s Purse will lose its potency if picked and allowed to dry before making tincture.
Shepherd’s Purse can cause coagulation of the blood and improperly used for postpartum treatment, can cause the uterus to clamp down, continue contracting and it may persist.
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