to 50% of my homebirth clients and up to 10% of the birth center/hospital families ingested their placenta after delivery. There are approximately 20,000 live births per year in the Metro Portland area (Oregon Health Authority, 2011) and a 1.96% homebirth rate in Oregon (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). This implies that roughly 2,000 mothers per year consume their placenta in...

background and objectives: dairy companies always try to increase the quantity and quality of milk production. according to the positive impact of different plants on milk production of cattle, this study was carried out to standardize a galactogogue herbal mixture based on its total phenol and flavonol contents and antioxidant activity.  methods: a mixture of galega officinalis l. and nigella ...

Galactogogues are medications that aid in initiating and maintaining adequate milk production. Most exert their pharmacologic effects through interactions with dopamine receptors, resulting in increased prolactin levels and thereby augmenting milk supply. Metoclopramide remains the galactogogue of choice due to its documented record of efficacy and safety in women and infants. Domperidone cross...

Nowadays it is a wide spread belief on the part of the general public that natural substances are inherently superior to synthetic substances and have played a mainstream role in the health care system for the prevention of diseases. A study of ancient ayurvedic literature has claimed that Asparagus racemosus have numerous medicinal and therapeutic properties like phytoestrogenic, antidepressan...

Metformin (1,1-dimethylbiguanide) is the most widely used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, and is one of only two oral antidiabetic drugs on the World Health Organization (WHO) list of essential medicines [1]. Its history can be traced back to the use of Galega officinalis as a herbal medicine in medieval Europe. Its name derives from gale (milk) and ega (to bring on), as Galega has been used as ...

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. is a plant of family Apocynaceae and has a great medicinal importance. It is widely used by tribal people to treat various diseases and ailments. The present communication deals with the organoleptic and preliminary physico-phytochemical studies of the stem bark of the plant. The organoleptic study was done according to the W.H.O. guidelines for medicinal plants. ...

Shatavari is known as the Queen of Herbs in our medicine. The plant (Asparagus racemosus Willd) used extensively Indian systems medicine, i.e. AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopath, Unani, Siddha Homoeopathy). It native to India, a woody climbing plant; both rhizome whole are useful medicine wide range diseases. has been for reproductive health problems, lack milk lactating mothers, bleeding thr...