Recover Birthwort!

Herbal texts in the Middle Ages listed numerous herbs for contraception and abortion, including birthwort. As described in a 1539 edition from Germany, birthwort “disconnects a dead fetus and drives out the menses.” In a recipe for a pessary, birthwort was combined with the oil of myrth and pepper to expel a fetus.

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