In the early years of Qin Shihuang, the Empress Dowager was widowed and lonely, fornicated in the harem, and even gave birth to two princes for Daqin. It was finally discovered that she was killed. Later, the empresses summed up the lessons after the Qin Emperor, and once needed, they sent people everywhere to look for the secret medicine.
Liu bang sent troops to destroy Qin and establish the Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang's death, Liu Yuxin became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Because Hui Di was young, Empress Lu came to power. Although Lv Hou is an old man, he is healthy and energetic, and he has an affair with Prince Biyang. However, Lv Hou was worried that she would get pregnant in the future, so she sent people everywhere to look for a panacea for contraception.
Although Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne of the emperor and held the power of life and death, after raising the Zhang brothers as the leader, she also quietly used fairy medicine for contraception to avoid the ups and downs of the ruling and opposition parties.
Empress Dowager Cixi was only 27 years old when she was widowed. Although she listens to politics and is in charge of politics, she is lonely in the palace and often has affairs, but her contraceptive measures are very effective, so it is difficult for the ruling and opposition parties to grasp the situation in the palace.
Of course, there are other harem concubines who need to take contraceptive measures. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhao and Zhao Hede both entered the palace and became concubines. In order to maintain their beautiful appearance and graceful figure, and to love the harem, the Zhao sisters have always used the secret recipe of contraception. It was not until Zhao became the Queen of the Sixth Palace and felt stable that she began to cancel contraceptive measures and get pregnant and have children.
From the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty for more than 2,000 years, there were countless fornication in the palace, but few of them were exposed because they gave birth to a child like the empress dowager, the mother of Qin Shihuang. This fully shows that the secret recipe of intrauterine contraception is very effective. However, looking at the history books in the past two thousand years, it is found that there are few records in the world, even in unofficial history, so there are different opinions on the secret recipe of ancient palace contraception.
According to relevant historical records, there are six kinds of ancient palace contraceptive secret recipes:
First, use "tripe paste".
This secret recipe is to put musk on a woman's navel to achieve contraceptive effect. Historically, Zhao and Zhao Hede sisters in the Han Dynasty took such contraceptive measures. However, the secret recipe of this "belly cream" has now been lost.
Second, wash with "saffron cleaning solution".
According to records, saffron is the most effective contraceptive secret in the palace. If the emperor doesn't like the favored maid-in-waiting, he will ask the eunuch to hang the maid-in-waiting upside down and wash her nakedness with the liquid crushed by saffron. It is said that this can clean the semen in the palace ladies.
Third, massage with "tuina".
The emperor's concubines are numerous, so you can stay or not. If the emperor says he won't leave a concubine, the eunuch will use massage to ensure that the emperor's semen will flow out and won't stay in the concubine, which can play a role in contraception.
Fourth, drink "cold medicine".
"Cold medicine" is a contraceptive soup containing musk. This soup can not only achieve the effect of contraception, but also have the effect of abortion. Cixi was blessed by Xianfeng after entering the palace, and she secretly aborted her first pregnancy with musk.
Fifth, use "condoms".
The early "condoms" in history were made of sheep casings or pig bladders. According to historical records, the "condom" used by the western medieval court is an animal casing, and there is also a very nice name called "Dutch hat". It was introduced to China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and became a common contraceptive in China court. The ancients also used fish fat as a "condom". In the museum's collection, there are condoms made of sheep intestines by the ancients, and some are close to the embryonic form of modern condoms.
Sixth, drink "mercury".
Taking the method of drinking silver for contraception has a good effect, but it is very harmful to the body. In court, concubines or maids who need contraception will put a small amount of mercury into their tea. This is harmless to the body and has a good effect.
In addition, this is the ancient history of contraception in the world.
Ancient contraceptive method
Long, long ago, when human beings were primitive, both men and women were thinking about how to control fertility. The methods they use are extremely dangerous and probably useless. It is not difficult to find that with the development of civilization, various contraceptive methods came into being.
Toronto Contraceptive Museum has collected more than 600 kinds of contraceptives over the years, making it the largest contraceptive museum in the world.
However, according to Pitra, head of the museum department? Goldhead said that many of these contraceptives invented by ancient people are not effective, and some are even harmful to the human body and have fatal consequences.
However, several contraceptive devices invented by ancient people have obviously proved to be very effective. For example, an ancient contraceptive prescription was written in Egyptian hieroglyphics on an Egyptian papyrus 3,500 years ago. According to the prescription, wool balls soaked in gum Arabic, coconut and honey can be implanted into women for contraception. Although this prescription is very old, the experiment proves that it is very effective. Goldhead said: "Because gum Arabic contains lactic acid, it is a natural spermicide."
Ancient India: Animal Manure Contraception
In addition, in India and Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, the feces of crocodiles, elephants and other animals considered to have mysterious power were also used as contraceptives. In fact, because the feces of these animals are highly acidic, they do have a certain spermicidal effect. However, Goldhead said that the strong smell of animal feces obviously affected the "sexual interest" of ancient couples.
The embryonic form of modern condoms: sheep intestines
There were also many superstitious methods of contraception in the Middle Ages, but these methods were obviously ineffective. For example, some medieval European women used to make amulets with small bags containing mule earwax, weasel testicles and black cat bones, and tied them to their bodies during sexual intercourse to achieve contraceptive effect.
In addition, some ancient contraceptive methods are full of dangers to the human body. For example, ancient people used to drink graphite or mercury to achieve contraceptive effect, but this dangerous method can easily lead to death. In 1930s, westerners also invented a hexagonal block-something similar to a "uterine sleeve" to prevent women from getting pregnant, but this contraceptive was later called a "tool for torturing women".
In the museum's collection, there are condoms made of sheep intestines by the ancients, which are obviously a little close to the embryonic form of modern condoms.
The ancient Greeks and Romans stuffed all kinds of things into women's vaginas. Such as lump honey, cedar gum and even crocodile dung.
In ancient China and Japan, silk oiled paper, rags and sponges were stuffed into women's vaginas as barriers. The ancients in China also used fish fat as condoms. It is conceivable that it is not easy to find a suitable fish maw because of the different sizes of male penises.
History of contraception
After sexual intercourse, squat down to discharge semen, sneeze and jump up and down. The ancient Greeks believed that cleaning the vagina with alum, wine, seawater, mixed phenol soap or vinegar could also achieve the purpose of contraception.
One of the earliest sayings about contraception comes from the Bible. In Genesis, God asked human beings to stop sexual intercourse, which is also commonly known as "abstinence method".
From 384 to 322 BC, Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher, was regarded as the first person who proposed using natural chemicals such as aromatic asphalt, lead-containing ointment or olibanum oil as spermicide. Pliny, an ancient Roman writer who wrote natural history from 23 to 79 AD, advised readers to refrain from sexual desire to avoid pregnancy. He was the first person to advocate abstinence as a contraceptive method. /kloc-In the 7th century, the physician condom of King charles ii of England invented the male condom. Its raw material is lamb cecum, and the thinness of the best product can reach 0.038 mm (the current latex condom is generally 0.030 mm). At that time, it was a great event that sensationalized the whole world. Condom doctors were knighted for this invention, and Britain earned a lot of foreign exchange for it. Casanova, the prodigal son from 1725 to 1798, introduced the details of trying contraceptive methods in his autobiography. He described that he tried to hollow out half a lemon peel and use it as a primitive uterine cap. 1827, scientists discovered the existence of eggs, which was a major scientific breakthrough. All I know is that sperm will get pregnant after entering a woman's body. This discovery is the first step to understand human reproduction. 1832 Massachusetts doctor Charles? Norton invented a contraceptive solution that can be injected into the uterus through a syringe after sexual intercourse. This solution has different formulations, including salt, vinegar, liquid chlorine, zinc sulfite or potassium aluminum sulfate. In the next 40 years, injection was widely used. 1838 german doctor Friedrich? Wilde gave the patient a small uterine cap, which can cover the cervix during menstruation. This contraceptive method has never been widely used, but the world-famous "Wilde hat" has become the predecessor of modern uterine caps. 1839 Charles? Goodyear invented rubber vulcanization technology and put it into practical application, producing rubber condoms, intrauterine devices, vaginal irrigators and uterine caps. In 1843, scientists made it clear that when sperm meets an egg, it will become pregnant. In the past, people thought that men created life; Women only provide places for life. In the 1970s, various contraceptives appeared in the United States, such as condoms, contraceptive sponges, irrigators and uterine caps. These can be bought from catalogues, pharmacists, dry goods stores and even rubber vendors. 1873 On March 2, the United States Congress passed the Comstock Act, which clearly stipulated that contraceptives were obscene and prohibited from spreading through the post office or interstate trade. At that time, the United States was the only western country that issued a law declaring contraception illegal. 1875 Catherine, the patron of the disabled movement? Dexter. McCormick was born into a noble family in Dexter, Michigan.
Hehe, civilization is really strange! ! !