Some women do not consider it necessary to consult a doctor and self-medicate, believing that the so-called traditional medicine recipes (based on herbal ingredients) are absolutely harmless to their health. In addition, many do not take care of their nerves and get stressed at the 8th week of pregnancy, and then naively believe that with the help of folk recipes, they will get rid of stress.
But, nevertheless, most herbalists claim that there are no reliably studied facts and evidence of the safety of using many medicinal herbs during pregnancy. This is due to the fact that one herbal preparation can contain up to 50 active ingredients, some of them can have a variety of effects.
Moreover, any medicine, including herbal medicine, can cause an allergic reaction, the consequences of which cannot be predicted. Below are examples of how maternal and fetal health is affected by certain herbal preparations used most often.
Influence on the course of pregnancy, the mother’s body and the fetus, various plants:
one.Garden spinach, Tangut rhubarb, sorrel sour, provoke defects in the development of the skeletal system of the fetus (since they contain oxalic acid in large quantities);
2.Sea cabbage, contributes to various pathologies of the fetus (due to an excess of iodine);
3. Wormwood, ginseng, also cause malformation of the fetus;
four.St. John’s wort, hyssop, sage, cause circulatory disorders in the placenta, provoke fetal hypoxia:
5.Immortelle, birch fungus, licorice, contribute to high blood pressure and swelling in a pregnant woman;
The list of medicinal herbs that can cause colossal and serious harm to the health of the mother and fetus can be continued for a long time, here are just a few of them.
All of the above does not mean at all that you cannot eat raspberries or parsley during pregnancy. The main thing is to know the measure in everything and remember: that in large quantities, the components that contain these products can adversely affect pregnancy.
