Threatened Miscarriage Brew 

(taken from The Wise Woman Herbal by Susun Weed)

1 Tablespoon dried Black Haw root bark or Cramp Bark

3 Tablespoons dried Raspberry leaves

10 drops Wild Yam root tincture

10 drops False Unicorn root tincture

60 drops Lobelia herb tincture

Put the dried herbs in a quart jar or four cup teapot and fill vessel to the top with boiling water.  Steep until cool enough to drink.  Add Wild Yam and False Unicorn tinctures to one cupful of tea and drink.  If contractions continue for more than thirty minutes, add sixty drops of Lobelia tincture to a second cup of tea.  Drink a cup of tea every three hours, adding tinctures as needed, until miscarriage no longer threatens.

Black Haw (and Cramp Bark) sedates the uterus and can stop contractions and pain; its astringent, antispasmodic and tonic actions are best extracted in water, but you may substitute a teaspoonful of the tincture in each cup of brew.  Raspberry leaves are also best used in a water base, providing calcium to ease the uterine muscles and astringency to slow bleeding.

Wild Yam root contains hormonal precursors which assist the body in creating the hormones needed to hold a pregnancy; it is also an antispasmodic.  False Unicorn root is the herbalist's standard for dealing with threatened miscarriage; it is reported to have been successful even when hemorrhage and regular contractions have begun.

Lobelia tincture can cause profound relaxation of the uterus and the whole body if the dose is large enough.  If the 60 drops recommended here does not have a relaxing effect, increase the dose; the action of Lobelia varies widely according to the preparation used and the individual using it.  Burning in the throat and a mild, but exceedingly brief, nausea accompany use of Lobelia.

Increase the effectiveness of this brew by resting in bed and taking 500 IU of vitamin E every six hours.