Part 3: Increase Your Fertility with Natural Herbs

By Amy Roberts

Now we've come to the last part of the herbal remedies for increasing fertility series of articles. This entire series has been going over ways to boost your chances of conceiving a child using time-tested, culturally proven natural remedies. Part one discussed red clover, wild carrot, dried clover blossom, wild yam, partridge berry, and liferoot, among other plants that can make you more fertile. Part two saw us look at more of these plants and ways to prepare them that improve conception. Now, with part three, we can show you what plants to avoid, as they can have a contraceptive effect.

An anti-fertility herb that is seen often is daucus carota, or wild carrot, which is also known as Queen Anne's lace, often seen by the public growing on the sides of roads. Parsley, dill, cumin, celery, caraway and anise are cousins to this carrot, as well as another plant that was used by Greek and Roman girls as a method of birth control, though that is now extinct. If you want to prevent a fertilized egg from implanting, you would have to eat the sweet smelling seeds of the wild carrot, at least a large teaspoonful at a time. One study found that if you do this for over a year it is about 99% effective at preventing pregnancy. You can tell that preventing pregnancy in this manner is a perfect fit with the way that nature works because, on its own, the body allows a third of all fertilized eggs to pass through your body without having it implant in your uterus.

There seems to be no side effects so far when it comes to using this method to prevent fertility. It is important to know the difference between the wild carrot and poison hemlock, as a mistake could be dangerous. It isn't likely that you will mix the two up though, because poison hemlock doesn't smell anything like carrot and you will certainly know the difference when it comes to flavor. Wild yam, or dioscorea villosa, is another anti-fertility herb that has been used among groups of women. It is taken as a cup of tea or in pill form three times a day which is not at all shocking because in the past birth control pills stemmed from this helpful plant and it has helped prevent pregnancy for a long time. Are there side effects that are negative? There is a chance of side effects but the small studies performed to date haven't shown any side effects. Your chances for conceiving a baby decrease because these plants turn themselves into progesterone if you take them daily.

If you consume them in the weeks before you ovulate, they might turn into FSH and LH, which are necessary hormones for egg fertilization, so keep that in mind. Parsley, jack-in-the-pulpit, pennyroyal, rue, oatsraw, and stinging nettle are just a few examples of other fertility related herbs and plants that provide natural solutions to these issues. It's always astounding just how much nature provides for us.

This wraps up the three part series we've written on natural herbs that help increase fertility, and if you missed part one and two, be sure to read them so your knowledge of using natural herbs can help fertility will be complete. - 31802

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