Ask any Jamaican grandmother about getting pregnant, and there's a good chance dog blood bush comes up. It's one of the best-known "fertility bushes" in Jamaican folk medicine, sold in markets, on Amazon, and in tea bags across the diaspora. As a doctor who works with women trying to conceive, I get asked about it often. Here's an honest look at what dog blood bush is, how people use it, what it can and can't do, and when it's time to look beyond the teapot. What Is Dog Blood