There was a very interesting method used by pregnant women in ancient Egypt. Let’s say in advance that you will be very surprised when you hear about this method. Let’s tackle this interesting topic together.
In 1898, Sir Flinder Petrie’s discovered by a scientist The Kahoun Papyrus, the Smith Papyrus discovered in 1862, and the Ebers Papyrus discovered in 1873; It contained various information about pregnancy, pregnancy tests, varicose veins and urinary tract diseases in ancient Egypt.
According to the information obtained from these papyri, a woman who suspected that she was pregnant was irrigating two bags, one full of wheat and the other barley, with her urine every morning. Another woman who was not pregnant was using the same method. So after this process if because she is pregnant If the bags watered by the suspecting woman germinate earlier than the other woman, it becomes certain that the woman who suspects she is pregnant is pregnant.
Now hold tight, if the wheat and barley bags that both women watered at the same time germinate, it would be clear that there was no pregnancy.
In fact, the logic in this application; because pregnant women have too much hormone in their morning urine bags of barley and wheat, revealing that it turns green faster than the urine of non-pregnant people. If you’re ready, let’s move on to other, more interesting details about birth control methods in Ancient Egypt.
With this method used in ancient Egypt, the sex of the baby could even be determined beforehand. If the bag with wheat germinates earlier from the seeds in the bags in which the pregnant woman urinates, the sex of the baby is male, if the barley sprouts first, the baby will be a girl was considered. Even the accuracy of this method, Prof. Dr. It was tested and approved in a laboratory environment by Julias Manger in 1933. prof. Dr. Hulusi Köker also accepts the scientific accuracy of this method, which was applied in Ancient Egypt, and says that it is still effective in determining the sex of babies.
When we look at it, we see that the pregnancy tests used today are designed to determine the hormone concentration in the woman’s urine. So your method in Ancient Egypt, in a more modern way in today’s conditions you can see it’s applied.
What about birth control methods that will leave your mouth open when you hear about it?
In ancient Egypt, women inserted garlic and onions into the uterus (cervix) before going to sleep at night to determine if they were infertile. When women woke up in the morning after this procedure, if they smelled garlic or onions in their nasal passages, they would know that they might be pregnant. But if there is no smell in the nasal passages, it is because the tubes (pregnancy tubes of women) are closed. they can’t get pregnant it was understandable.
In another method, it is inserted into the wombs of women. of non-rusting metalsPregnancy was prevented by wearing gold and silver rings. Records from 1850 show that a mixture of honey, acacia berry and acacia leaf was used as another form of contraception in ancient Egypt. This mixture was prepared to be a complete spermicide, dipped in a cotton or lint (a material made of wool) and inserted into the vagina before sex.
Another surprising method of birth control used by the ancient Egyptians is crocodile dung They had to apply a mixture that was also included in the vagina. Let’s not forget that animal excrement has been used for birth control in Eastern civilizations throughout history. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that elephant manure is not used to prevent pregnancy in India and the Middle East.
Let us give you another surprising piece of information: According to rumors, Cleopatra (69-30 BC) was the first person to use a vibrator.
Cleopatra emptied a pumpkin and put it filling it with bees It is thought that it satisfies itself thanks to the vibration created. Isn’t it interesting?
Resources: The Maudern, Archeology and Art Publications, Health Insights
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