Sexual Health
Look at the four ancient contraceptive methods? What are the most unreliable contraceptive methods
Post Date July, 25 2023
Have you ever thought about how women would do contraception before ancient medicine was so advanced? It's impossible to go to the pharmacy and tell the pharmacist that I want to buy a condom after the fact, or the man goes to the makeup shop to buy a condom. So how did women in the past use contraception? The following four are the most common contraceptive methods in ancient times, let's take a look!
Look at the four ancient contraceptive methods
1. Persimmon stem
In ancient times, it was recorded that a folk recipe was to dry 7 persimmon stems with tiles, eat them continuously for 7 days, and then rinse them with hot water to prevent pregnancy for a year. During this period, persimmons should not be eaten. If you want to solve infertility, you should eat 7 more persimmon stems. It may sound quite evil, but the flowers, roots, and skin of persimmons are all good traditional Chinese medicine, and the persimmon tree has functions all over its body! There was once a prostitute who wrote a memoir that recorded that before receiving a guest, the madam would give her a soup that tasted sour and sweet, but it would lead to lifelong infertility. This soup was actually made from persimmon ground powder.
2. Musk
There is a medicine called "cold medicine" that contains musk components. The madam will add this traditional Chinese medicine to the food of prostitutes. If consumed for a long time, it can cause lifelong infertility in women. This type of medicine can not only be consumed, but also be placed on the belly button of prostitutes for contraception. This type of belly button patch is called "Le Du Tie", but it has been lost.
3. Mercury, arsenic, brucine
Previously, prostitutes would have a small amount of mercury added to their food, but of course they didn't know. If they knew that the food contained highly toxic mercury, brothel women would not have been foolish enough to eat it! However, according to the current scientific explanation, mercury can actually cause girls' Menstrual disorder, and the common conditions are excessive menstruation, prolonged menstruation, or menstrual pain. Mercury can also pass through the placental barrier, causing miscarriage or premature birth. In addition, a small amount of arsenic and brucine also have contraceptive effects, but such contraception will cause permanent infertility.
4. Saffron
According to folk records, if the emperor did not like a palace maid, he would ask the eunuch to hang her upside down and wash her lower body with saffron. It is said that this can clean the semen in the palace maid's body. There is another saying that if the emperor does not want to keep this concubine again, the eunuch will help the girl massage to ensure that the emperor's semen does not stay in the girl's body.
