Tinctures?

[Celtica]

I'm in my third trimester (four weeks left!) and I'm wanting to do a home birth. So, I'm wondering, for other home/freebirthers, what tinctures did you use/do you recommend? Also, what recipes do you use to make them?

I'm trying to do as much research as possible, and I figured this would be the best place to start.

Thanks so much for all your help!
--Celtica

[Beltane]

Welcome! I'm also planning a home birth and interested in the same thing! Try doing a search over in the HB section - there might be more info over there. I'll be watching for any responses you get!

[Celtica]

HB section? I might have just missed it... But where is that?

[Beltane]

It's a subforum under the 'birth and beyond' forum. See you over there.

[rootzdawta]

Moved from I'm Pregnant to Homebirth.

[Plummeting]

This is not exactly the question you asked, since I didn't make it myself, but when my placenta seemed a little slow to separate, my midwives gave me angelica tincture. Not sure if it worked or if the placenta finally just detached on its own, but it slid right out a few minutes later.

Also, this is unrelated to birth, but when I got mastitis they gave me poke root tincture. Cleared it right up. I will always keep some on hand now, just in case.

[Celtica]

Thank you for all the kind suggestions and support! please keep it coming if you've got it!

[Gena 22]

A few weeks before the birth I took alfalfa, which was supposed to help with PP bleeding. Not as a tincture, just a capsule. Did it help? Maybe. I thought it was worth it.

To get labor moving (long story) I took black and blue cohash tincture, give to me by my midwife. There are some bad stories about this and it didn't help me any, so I wouldn't recommend it.