25 Vintage Hygiene Hacks That Are Nasty and Unusual

Moss Clumps Were Used As Tampons

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There weren’t very many ways for women to take care of their monthly cycles before the invention of modern sanitary napkins. Clumps of moss, later known as Blood Moss, were used the way tampons are used today. They were placed between a woman’s legs in order to soak up blood from the month’s cycle. Nobody thought it was strange for centuries and feminine products on a higher standard than moss clumps weren’t invented until a long while later.

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