What were the birth control techniques in ancient India?

5 Ancient methods of birth control 1. MERCURY In ancient China, women were advised to drink hot mercury to prevent pregnancy. read more

5 Ancient methods of birth control. MERCURY; In ancient China, women were advised to drink hot mercury to prevent pregnancy. It was likely pretty effective at convincing a woman’s body that she wasn’t fit to carry a child, leading to miscarriage, so in that sense, it worked as a contraceptive. read more

Medical and mechanical techniques were less common. However, there was a lot of work with pessaries (vaginal suppositories). Though certainly not up to the standards of modern diaphragms and spermicides, the barriers would have at least reduced pregnancies, and the components used in some of them had spermicidal qualities. read more

Indians used a variety of birth control methods since ancient times, including a potion made of powdered palm leaf and red chalk, as well as pessaries made of honey, ghee, rock salt or the seeds of the palasa tree. read more

Other ancient peoples in India and the Middle East used elephant feces for a similar form of birth control. Putting aside for the moment the unsanitary nature of inserting animal feces inside one's body, it's unknown how effective this would have been. read more

The history of birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, refers to the methods or devices that have been historically used to prevent pregnancy. Planning and provision of birth control is called family planning. read more