Ancient people also had a need for contraception, and it was also relatively common.
Let's start with foreign countries
The ancient Egyptians used wax to make a cone of wax as a small hat 4,000 years ago, but they did not use it very much, and eventually became an ornament.
Later, they stuffed lemon slices and used lemon juice, which was very scientific, using a strong acid or a strong alkali environment to destroy small cells.
lemonade
Ancient Europeans are relatively simple, using the squat pit method, immediately go to the toilet after the fact, squat pit, use gravity, natural outflow. Of course, there are also many people like modern times, in that moment, quickly take it out and get it outside.
And then there's China
Large households
The mistresses of rich families are often raised in the deep boudoir compound from childhood, and they rarely have the opportunity to exercise, and they are all in a sub-healthy state. Itself is relatively weak, there were no professional doctors and caesarean section surgery in ancient times, giving birth to a child is definitely a high-risk industry, basically belonging to a foot into the ghost gate.
Therefore, after large families have a few children, especially if there are boys, they are mostly not willing to take risks. In addition, most of the wives are the heads of the family, and there are many big and small chores to be taken care of inside and out every day, and it is impossible to have children one by one.
Even the "side Fujin" has a need for contraception. And what the wife is most worried about is that "Side Fujin" has an eldest son. If there is no wife and no son of his own, then the eldest son is the heir to the family property and the title. Therefore, strong wives often take measures to ensure that they are the first to get pregnant.
The main method they use is to drink the soup and drink a bowl afterwards.
Some large families, as well as the old grandmother who is responsible for boiling the soup, supervises the "side Fujin" to drink medicine.
Avoidance soup is actually very hurtful, mostly made of cold, high cold Chinese medicine, can make the woman's palace cold, inhibit ovulation, side effects are very large.
Wife room
Kong Qi of the Yuan Dynasty put forward a scientific theory, "counting days", the specific method is similar to now, a few days ago and a few days later, but the problem is that now is not necessarily reliable, not to mention ancient times, coupled with the lack of information popularization and education, many people actually make the time just the opposite.
Ordinary people
The needs of the people are even stronger.
In some ancient dynasties, the birth of children had to pay money, called the "people's tax". In the Han Dynasty, before the age of 14, each person had to pay 20 yuan; after the age of 14, each person paid 120 yuan. At that time, an adult man's annual income was about 2,000 yuan.
In particular, women who do farm work work every day, raise silkworms and weave cloth, are in good health, and it is not a problem to give birth to ten or eight. Without contraception, it is easy to go bankrupt.
What to do? The wisdom of the people is indeed infinite, and those who kill pigs will peel and dry the pigs' bladders completely, and give them or sell them when they can't use them; those who hunt fish will cut off one of the maws and dry them for later; those who raise sheep will take the intestines of the sheep, and the price is even lower.
Pig bladder
The advantage of these things is that they are green and can be washed and reused, and the cost is also very low, because the pig's bladder, fish drift or sheep intestines are also to be thrown. The disadvantage is that it lacks elasticity, is easy to loosen, and must be used together with the help of the rope at the end.
Ming and Qing dynasties
With the advancement of science and technology, food contraception has become mainstream. One is to eat foods that inhibit the production of insects, such as cottonseed oil. It is also said that after a period of decommissioning, production capacity can be restored. The second is not to eat leeks, okra, oysters and other foods to suppress desire. After all, not doing it is the most effective way.
Special populations
Harem concubines, mostly use musk, I believe everyone has seen in the TV series, in the ancient times without artificial synthesis technology, animal musk is particularly rare and expensive, and only the royal palace can use it.
In addition to medications, there are also ways to massage acupuncture points, but this method is very unsafe.
The other is special industry personnel, which are said to be mostly mercury, which sounds creepy. Although drinking only a small amount can achieve the purpose of infertility, if you drink it regularly, your body will collapse.
Therefore, compared with the ancients, it is still a happy life now.
There are many ways, safe and healthy.