Keep Birthwort!
Keep Birthwort!
Ancient Egyptians knew of birthwort’s ability to cause abortion and prevent pregnancy as a contraceptive, as did many ancient cultures. and contraceptive qualities. Ancient Greeks also knew of birthwort, as did many in the Middle Ages. Dioscorides, the Greek physician, described birthwort being placed “in a suppository with pepper and myrrh to provoke menstruation or to expel a fetus.”
