yea for simple home remedies!

[Guest guest]

So I talked with this pregnant case under discussion this am, she

slept great for first time in long time, and woke NOT feeling

agitated or irritalble, also been a long time. Dr. Apte (ayurvedic

and allopathically trained physician) talked with her and her mom

last night and recommended she keep her diet simpler, (less intense

on the protein), favoring kitchari. And like me, to take a cool

bath, maybe with some lavender or a Tbs of salt to be sure she is

running a clean aura.

 

And to take some fenugreek (dosage tba). Fenugreek the mom now

thinks is a sleep aid. I never heard of it for that, tho I do know

it is used for retained placenta. So it is uterine specific, which

is where her body energy needed to go. And it did. The heat all

left, no aggravation, and she had a little bloody show this am.

Quite happy about it. I hpe tho she gets to make her appointment in

person wiht Dr Apte Thursday (today). I look forward to more on this

one, will share as it comes thru? Martha

[Guest guest]

All I know about Fenugreek is that it reduces fever and increases

breastmilk. How does it help retained placenta? Vicky

 

Vicky - Fenugreek is used in some Ayurvedic traditions prophylactically or as

needed one or 2 cups of strong tea (boil 1 tsp a few minutes) 1 - 2 times a day

for 10 days postpartum. It helps expell any retained placenta, they say. I've

seen it work very well with 3 clients since I learned this, with variations on

the theme. But not for as long as they were all high pitta women, and fenugreek

does warm. I add a little cooling sweetener (ie, NOT honey, molasses, brown

sugar, succanat or agave, all of which heat also) to help with taste for most

women, and to balance the tendency to high heat. ONe of these women was with

mastitis/fever complications, so I was extra cautious about excess heat, of

course.

 

Oh yes, of course, and breastmilk, tho Wild Asparagus Root called Shatavari or

Shitawari in Ayurveda, is by far the best for that, also rejuvenating and

nourishing the reproductive organs and hormones.

Martha