How did women in ancient times prevent pregnancy?

Sexual intercourse not only satisfies people's physiological needs, but also fulfills the important task of reproducing the next generation. However, with the continuous development and progress of human civilization, we have a new understanding of contraception. In many cases, even if there is sexual intercourse, women cannot get pregnant, especially in the ancient feudal society with a strict hierarchy, and it is even more necessary to take good contraceptive measures. So how did women in ancient times prevent pregnancy?

In fact, there were quite a lot of contraceptive methods in ancient my country. The things similar to condoms mentioned above and contraceptive pills also appeared in "Classic of Mountains and Seas". There was also an introduction to the safe period contraceptive method in ancient documents. Of course, the contraceptive methods used by ordinary women and prostitutes in brothels in ancient times were quite different. The prostitutes in brothels used irreversible methods.

In ancient China, prostitutes in brothels used certain toxic drugs in traditional Chinese medicine to prevent pregnancy. For example, the mercury mentioned above, and arsenic or strychnine for contraception. Although large doses of these drugs can cause death, small doses can kill the fetus in the womb. Therefore, prostitutes who use this method of contraception will be permanently and irreversibly infertile for life. Often, the madams secretly give them drugs when they first start working as prostitutes.

From the 12th to the 15th century, Europe was in the "Dark Ages" period. Women usually made amulets out of small bags containing mule earwax, weasel testicles, and black cat bones, and tied them around their legs during sex in the hope of achieving the effect of contraception. Even though we now know that these things don't work at all, it is certain that they have a psychological effect. Because any man who has seen a pair of these things used as decorations on his spouse may have his "sexual interest" greatly reduced.

The ancient residents of Sumatra actually used opium as a contraceptive. We don't know how they did it, perhaps they made the opium into a sticky ointment and wedged it into the women's bodies. But please don't do it because we don't know what the side effects will be.

The above introduction has clearly explained how women in ancient times used to prevent pregnancy. Any contraceptive method used in the past may endanger people's health, especially the harm to female friends is obvious. Moreover, there was a unique phenomenon in ancient times, that is, there was the position of eunuch in the palace, which shows that castration was also a method of contraception.