Birth Control Back Then And Where It Is Now:
Birth control dates as far back as Ancient Egypt where they used spermicide methods such as honey, sodium carbonate, and crocodile dung. Before then women used cotton-lint tampons soaked in the fermented juice of acacia plants to prevent pregnancy. Women would eat beans on an empty stomach and people would also use onion juice and apply it to the penis before sex.
The Greek used a pessary made out of cat testicles. They used a method where during sex they must hold their breath then sit with their knees bent and lastly sneeze to get all of the semen out of the vagina. Chinese women would drink mercury and lead to control fertility and often resulted in death or sterilization.
In South Africa, women would use things such as vegetable seedpods, plugs of grass, and crushed roots to block the semen from entering the uterus. In Japan, China, and the South Sea Islands used things such as wads of seaweed, moss, and bamboo to block the semen from entering the uterus. Sponges were the most commonly used contraceptive to block and absorb the semen. In Medieval Europe they used a sponge soaked in lemon juice and put it in the vagina.
Other methods were used such as the draw or the “pull out” method. There were also condom methods such as the Egyptians using linen sheathe and in England they used animal tissue sheaths and they would reuse them after rinsing them off. They believed this to be better so they would not father children and prevent themselves from getting diseases.
There were many different rituals and what we think is weird contraceptives compared to what we have now. Today we use methods such as the Depo-Provera shot, The IUD, The Patch, Nuva Ring, The Implant, and lastly female and male condoms. These methods are much safer to use and much more effective than any other type of contraceptives that were used in the past.
The Greek used a pessary made out of cat testicles. They used a method where during sex they must hold their breath then sit with their knees bent and lastly sneeze to get all of the semen out of the vagina. Chinese women would drink mercury and lead to control fertility and often resulted in death or sterilization.
In South Africa, women would use things such as vegetable seedpods, plugs of grass, and crushed roots to block the semen from entering the uterus. In Japan, China, and the South Sea Islands used things such as wads of seaweed, moss, and bamboo to block the semen from entering the uterus. Sponges were the most commonly used contraceptive to block and absorb the semen. In Medieval Europe they used a sponge soaked in lemon juice and put it in the vagina.
Other methods were used such as the draw or the “pull out” method. There were also condom methods such as the Egyptians using linen sheathe and in England they used animal tissue sheaths and they would reuse them after rinsing them off. They believed this to be better so they would not father children and prevent themselves from getting diseases.
There were many different rituals and what we think is weird contraceptives compared to what we have now. Today we use methods such as the Depo-Provera shot, The IUD, The Patch, Nuva Ring, The Implant, and lastly female and male condoms. These methods are much safer to use and much more effective than any other type of contraceptives that were used in the past.