OT OT OT OT Re: Coumarin=Blood Thinner

[Guest guest]

one of the topics that came up was Coumarin, a blood thinnig agent.

what coumarin does is thin the blood, thus induce stronger blood flow. For

preagnant ladies this can put them in danger of abortion, we don't want to

induce so much movement in preagnant ladies, thier growing belly is

according to Chinese Medicine a good stagnation that we don't want to be rid

of via moving herbs. (these are the same herbs that will induce one to get

her period)

Hi,

I am trained as a midwife, as well as an herbalist. I have also studied

Traditional Chinese Medicine. Now that my " credentials " are out of the way I

would like to chime in on two things:

1) Pregnant, and soon-to-be pregnant women are prescribed blood thinners on

a regular basis, both to prevent miscarriage (yes you read that correctly)

and for other reasons. Hemla, in TCM the causes of miscarriage are many and

one of them is " blood stagnation " which can be treated by " moving the blood "

which might be accomplished by blood thinners. Pregnancy is by no means an

absolute contraindication to blood thinners, however their usage in

medicinal quantities must obviously be seriously cautioned.

2) dose is everything. If we are here to discuss true perfumery (as opposed

to aromatherapy) I think it would be difficult to consume (via the skin)

enough coumarin in a natural perfume mix to disrupt an otherwise normal

pregnancy. ly, if it were that easy there would be fewer clinics

around...