What is considered now to be a long time ago, women would take care of a “woman’s business” on their own. There were no gynaecologists, no such thing as Pap smears, and no compact-size cases of little pills to take every day to prevent pregnancy. There were however wise-women and herbalists who could, with a tea or prescription of herbs, prevent pregnancies.

Contraception and Inquisition

Most of the herb lore was lost in the 17th century. The work of the Inquisition didn’t simply kill many of these wise-women as witches but also demonized their work. Upon learning that these women new brews and supplements to prevent a man’s seed from developing or terminate an unwanted fetus, they proclaimed that it was ‘witchcraft,’ and the herbs used ‘poison’ or obtained powers that could wither a man and his seed. To protect themselves and their work, these women would hide their knowledge, only passing it from one generation to the next orally, if at all.

We are only just learning what these herbs can do for women today. With pill after pill becoming available to prevent periods, pregnancy, acne, and more, there are just as many ads against these companies for loss of life and reparations due to stroke, heart attack and cervical problems. So many medicines are causing more problems then what they are said to aid or cure, causing many to turn to herbalism, naturopathy and other alternatives. The same can be done for birth control.

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