Childbearing Year

Chickweed for Ovarian Cysts

 

Hi friends,

 

I have had much help with you a couple of years ago as I had trouble

conceiving my second, and then started drinking my infusions, and now I have

a beautiful baby girl also, who also shares my love of infusions.

 

Well I am 44 years old, and am still breastfeeding.  I've been in much pain,

and had an ultrasound done, and have a large cyst/endometrial inflamed on my

ovary.  Doctors advise, stay on Motrin, and we will refer you to a gyno, but

that will take a while.

 

My period approaches, and I am terrified.

 

So my question should I get myself chickweed tincture?

 

How much a day?

 

Safe for breastfeeding?

 

Anything else you can suggest would be appreciated.

 

Many thanks

Love

S 

 

 

 

S,

 

Hello and good to hear from you. So glad to hear of the blessing of your daughter and your love of infusions. Chickweed tincture should be safe to take while breastfeeding.

 

Here is an article from Susun on Chickweed

http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Chickweed-A-Star.htm

 

an excerpt:

 

Our beautiful star is superb at dissolving cysts and benign tumors. She especially shines when it comes to getting rid of ovarian cysts. Since many doctors, frightened of ovarian cancer, are fast to suggest surgical remedies for ovarian cysts, having a safe and effective green ally can save us from major surgery. Using chickweed to dissolve a cyst or benign tumor is a slow process, and requires consistency. It also requires chickweed tincture made from fresh, not dried, plant material. You can buy the tincture already made. Or make you own: Fill any jar, large or small, with fresh chopped chickweed and 100 proof vodka. Wait six weeks and it's ready to use. A dropperful of the tincture taken 2-3 times a day for 2-16 months is the usual course.

 

I have seen chickweed dissolve ovarian cysts as large as an orange. One women used it to get rid of a dermoid cyst (which contains hair, bones, teeth, and fingernails); for that, she combined the chickweed with motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) and cronewort (Artemisia vulgaris) tinctures in equal parts. These three plants together are an ancient Chinese remedy for many "women's problems."

 

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Blessings,

Wise Woman Team

http://www.wisewomanweb.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

After-pain Brew to ease birthing pain

Hello,

 

I am due to give birth in 14 weeks and am wanting to make my own

tincture from some herbs for the after birth pains.I have used

'afterease' before but am unable to buy it in tincture form where I

live. I now live in the UK. I can get each of the herbs in dried form

and want to make my own tincture. the recipe you have up on the website

 is using one herb at a time. Could you please tell me how to do it with multi herbs? I have made it before but all my books are in the US at the moment so dont have access to them.

 

Thanks for your help

 

P.

 

 

P,

 

Hello... Here is the recipe from Susun Weed's “Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year”:

 

After-pain Brew

 

1 ounce dried Cramp Bark or Black Haw root bark

1/2 ounce dried Blue Cohosh root

1/4 ounce dried Hops flowers

 

Infuse herbs in a one quart jar filled with boiling water and sealed well. After eight hours, strain out herbs and refrigerate liquid.

 

Cramp bark (or Black Haw) is specific for relieving the pain of uterine contraction after birth or during the menstrual flow. Blue Cohosh helps the uterus regain its pre-pregnancy state quickly, thus reducing pain. Hops is a sleep-inducing, milk producing pain killer.

 

Reheat the brew and sip it throughout the day and night, or as needed, to ease pain aned encourage rest. (A little salt improves the taste.)

 

 

 

Susun also has a labor tincture (made with alcohol) in her book, she writes "this tincture can be used to initiate labor, strengthen contractions, unstall and stimulate labor, deal with exhaustion during labor, expel the placenta, and help control postpartum hemorrhage." Here is the recipe

 

 

Labor Tincture

 

1/2 ounce dried Black Cohosh root

1/2 ounce dried Blue Cohosh root

1/4 ounce dried Ginger

1/4 ounce dried Birthroot

1 cup (8 fluid ounces) 100 proof vodka

 

Place dried herbs in a pint jar and add vodka. Label and cap. Let it all steep together for six weeks or longer. Decant the tincture by running the mixture through a juice extractor or salad spinner. If neither of these are available pour the tincture and herbs into a cotton cloth and wring by hand. Store decanted tincture in a cool, dark place in brown glass. Be sure to label it.

 

The Blue Cohosh encourages the uterus to begin contracting and increases the force of contractions. The Black Cohosh helps the uterus to contract in a coordinated and effective way. The Ginger focuses energy in the pelvic area, and increases the energy available to the uterus. Birthroot (Trillium) adds its "prompt and persistent" influence on the uterus, speeding the action of the Cohoshes and joining with the Ginger to energize the uterus.

 

The tincture can be used to initiate labor, strengthen contractions, unstall and stimulate labor, deal with exhaustion during labor, expel the placenta, and help control postpartum hemorrhage.

 

The usual dose is 10 drops under the tongue.

 

Except from Susun Weed's "Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year".

 

Birth Blessings,

 

Wise Woman Team

www.wisewomanweb.com