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What Herbs
are
Safe To
Take When Pregnant?
When
you are pregnant, you want to know what herbs and supplements are
safe.
A natural birth includes the usage of herbs during the different cycles
of pregnancy,and continue to be very helpful during childbirth and
breastfeeding times.
Pregnancy
can feel terrific when your body is free of the
symptom causing toxins. But many moms suffer from the dreaded morning
sickness and aches and pains of carrying a child and think of it as
burdensome.
Before
becoming pregnant it is wise to conduct an internal
cleansing program to make the body a perfect vessel for reprodutivity.
There are several important herbs and supplements that a mother should
strongly consider taking though out the pregnancy to ensure a perfect
baby.
Helpful
Herbs
During Pregnancy
Red
Raspberry Tea
is high in Iron and calcium and helps with nausea, and tones the
uterine muscles to allow it to contract more effectively.
It can be
consumed throughout the pregnancy.
Alfalfa
is high in iron, protein,vitamin K.and is a good blood cleanser.It
helps clot blood due to hemorrhaging.
Dandelion
and Kelp are high in natural vitamins and minerals that help prevent
birth defects.
Psyllium
is a good fiber supplement to take safely to relieve constipation.
White Oak Bark
works with pregnancy hemorrhoids.
Butcher's
Broom
helps prevent and reduce varicose veins.
Ginger
is essential for the reduction and frequency of morning sickness.
Oatstraw
Grass and
Horsetail Grass are great forms
of natural assimilable calcium.
False Unicorn
is known to prevent miscarriage.
Morning
Sickness:
Nausea
and mild vomiting in the morning during the first and sometimes second
trimester of pregnancy. Often occurs because of low blood sugar, build
up of a by-product from increased hormonal activity, a vitamin B6
deficiency (which may cause low blood sugar problems), and/or a calcium
deficiency.
Natural
Remedies:
Walking
at least a mile a day in the fresh air, if weather permits, is a
wonderful way to get your circulation going and to get rid of the
hormonal by- products.
Increase
the amounts of the B-complex vitamins and iron in your diet.
See "The Vitamin Guide" for more information on B6.
Avoid
spicy and greasy foods; cooking, eating or smelling.
Drink
plenty of Raspberry leaf tea each day, it supplies plenty of B
vitamins and needed minerals to balance your body's needs. You can
drink one cup of tea everyday through out the pregnancy to tone and
prepare the uterus as well as relieve nausea.
Homeopathic
Remedies:
Ipecac
30x, nux nomica 6x, or Cannabis
30x (take as directed)
Drink peppermint or spearmint tea first thing in the morning.
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pregnancy. See the chart below for a list of herbs to avoid
during prenancy and which are safe.
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Pregnancy
Herbal Reference Guide
Morning
Sickness
Red
Raspberry Leaf
Ginger
Tea
Magnesium
B-6
Basil
Peppermint
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Do Not Take During
Golden
Seal
Juniper
Wormwood
Barberry
Oregon
Grape
Cascara
Sagrada-cautiously
Senna-cautiously
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Basic Program
Red
Raspberry Leaf
Pre-Natal
Vitamins
Red
Beets, Yellow Dock
Dandelion,
Kelp, Alfalfa
Vitamin
E W/Selenium
Calc
Tea- Herbal Calcium
Folic
Acid
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Gas
Papaya
Mint
AG-X
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Bleeding Gums
Vitamin
C
Vitamin
C Ascorbates
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Hemorrhoids
White
Oak Bark
Psyllium
Hulls
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Varicose Veins
Butcher's
Broom
Uva
Ursi
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Stretch Marks
Aloe
Vera Gel
Vitamin
A
Vitamin
E
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Leg Cramps
Herbal
Calcium
Potassium
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Heartburn
Papaya
Mint
Peppermint
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Constipation
Psyllium
MSM
Raw
Veggies
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Insomnia
Chamomile
Marjoram
B
Vitamins
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Breastfeeding
Herbal Reference Guide
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Increase
Milk
Blessed Thistle
Alfalfa
Red Raspberry
Marshmallow Root
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Decrease
Milk
Black Walnut
Sage
Parsley
Yarrow
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Mastitis
Lymphomax
Cabbage Leaves
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