Is this chinese herbal for pregnancy safe? - an dai yok?!

Is this chinese herbal for pregnancy safe? - an dai yok?

From my chinese family, it was suggested to drink herbal tea consist of multiple dried stuffs, boiled and drink to increase the strength of the uterus.

The medicine is famously called - An Dai Yok or maybe spelled differently. the style is like chinese medicine, mixed from 10 or more different herbs by the sinshe/medicineman.

I wonder if this is actually safe or if there is undocumented accident using this herbal tea. For the record, none of my chinese family have any miscarriage or problems with the use of this herbal tea, but I am very afraid to use it.

Please help with your knowledge about this mixed herbal dried plants.

hi, i know which medicine you are talking about
It is "On Toi Yok", if pronounced in cantonese. It is for preventing miscarriage and prematured labour. Its has been an old tradition herbal medicine for the chinese pregnant women for many generations. Some people say its just an old tradition, it doesn't really do any help or any harm to the baby. Just make sure it is prepared correctly with the right incredients, and avoid taking it during the first 3 months of the prenancy , because this is the most sensitive period of the pregnancy. There are some reports about women who started taking it before the frist 3 months had caused abnormalities in their babies..
Nowadays in this modern world, there are fewer women taking these medicine. If you read chinese, here is a medical article about On Toi Yok, http://www.zjtxfda.gov.cn/news.asp?id=11...
According to the article, there will be some side effects like low blood presure and breathiig difficulties for some people who take this medicine. However, those that exprerienced these kind of side effects are mostly those who have taken the medicine by injection.
I'm also from a chinese background, but i didnt take these tea during my pregnancy because i dont like the taste. Through out my pregnancy i took Elevit which is a Vitamins supplement for Before, During and After Pregnancy. From where i live (Australia), Elevit is a very popular vitamin for pregnant women. When i got pregnant first time, many people reccomended me Elevit. It makes me stay heathy during the pregnancy and my baby is also very heathy...It is reccomended to be taken during breast feeding too. As for On Toi Yok , it is not reccomended to take it before the first 3 months of pregnancy and after the pregnancy .

I hope my information is helpful to you. Good Luck!