All Entries in the "Periods" Category

Ayurveda for Managing Menstrual Discomforts

You might be suffering from these menstrual problems like severe pain, pre menstrual stress, irregular bleeding or heavy bleeding. They curtail your freedom and happiness- month after month. Ayurveda advocates several remedies for menstrual problems. The Ayurvedic treatment can decrease or get rid of your problems completely. Certain Ayurvedic treatments like the use of Asokarishta or Angelika Rasayan have been passed on from generation-to-generation in Indian families. Pradaranashaka Churna, Durvadi, Ghrita, Vasaharitaki Avaleha, Pradarari and Loha Lodhrasava are the medicines you could be given for regulating bleeding. You can use Pradarantaka Rasa for all menstrual problems. Ashoka Ghrita is excellent for periods-related weakness. For well being of all your reproductive organs Pradararipu  [...]

Possible Causes of Bleeding between Periods

Are you experiencing bleeding between periods and wondering about the possible causes of the problem? This article will inform you about the underlying health problems that can cause bleeding between periods. Uterine growth: One of the most common causes of bleeding between periods is uterine growths like uterine polyps and uterine fibroids. Occurrence of uterine fibroids is usually indicated with many other symptoms along with bleeding between periods; they are: frequent urination, backache, arm ache, heavy and prolonged bleeding during menstruation and constipation. Uterine polyps on the other hands can cause bleeding between periods in conjunction with other signs like heavy menstrual bleeding and pelvic pain. These uterine growths are common in women above 40 years of age. In rare cases,  [...]

Foods That Can Worsen Menstrual Cramps

Most women experience menstrual cramps during menstruation as well as a part of premenstrual syndrome. These cramps are mostly caused by increased production of chemicals called prostaglandins; high prostaglandin level results in contraction of uterine muscles triggering cramps and pains in the pelvic area. While having certain food items like cheese, calcium rich dairy products like cheese and milk, ginger root etc helps in reducing the intensity of menstrual cramps, there are also foods that are known for worsening the cramps. One should avoid consuming these foods during menstruation whether or not she experiences menstrual cramps. Below, we have discussed about the food types that can aggravate menstrual cramps. Caffeinated drinks: Caffeine is found in soft drinks, coffee and tea, all of  [...]

Fighting Menstrual Cramps with Massage

Menstrual Cramps are common in majority of the women. The better way of dealing with this discomfort is trying natural remedies as taking the pain relieving medicinal drugs often leave more damaging side effects. In this article we’ll discuss how to combat menstrual cramps with massage. Whenever you experience cramps during menstruation, try to stay in a place that is quiet and comfortable; it should be a place where you will be able to relax both your body and mind. Any such place is also ideal for undergoing massage therapy for menstrual cramps. Before starting the massage; place the hands on the abdomen and breathe deeply for a few seconds. Now, locate the belly button and move the hands around an over it forming small circles and applying gentle pressure. Remember, you must move the hands  [...]

Herbs for Dealing with Irregular Menstrual Cycle

Irregularity in the menstrual cycle might occur due to a number of reasons. Herbal remedies can combat majority of these causative factors and regularize the monthly periods. The most effective herbal remedies for correcting the irregularity of menstrual cycle are: Turmeric: Turmeric is a culinary herb used primarily in the Indian subcontinent. However, its use in medicinal purposes has become common in all corners of the world. Turmeric can stimulate the uterus and in the process result in menstrual flow. However, small doses of Turmeric will have no such effect. Consult an experienced herbalist, or your physician to know the exact dosage of turmeric required for regularizing your menstrual cycle. Calendula flower: Calendula is known for offering antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects.  [...]

Ashtanga Yoga Poses for Menstrual Cramps Relief

With its Indian origins, Ashtanga yoga is a primeval system combining movements along with breath in an exquisite series of poses for cleansing & purifying the body via inner warming & perspiration. Bow Pose Also termed as ‘Dhanurasana’, it is remedial for menses related discomforts alongside mild-ranging backaches & exhaustion oftentimes felt in conjunction with cramps. Lying faced down on a carpet & outstretching leg & arm areas. Knees are to be bended up towards your butts & clasping one’s ankle areas with one’s hands. Now the feet are to be pressed away from the butts & thighs raised off the carpet. The drawing force that such pose creates on the arm areas would assist one in raising one’s torso higher. This hoisted position is to be held for half  [...]

Painful Periods Banished with Robotic Surgery

About forty percent of females develop fibroids – benignant growths forming inside & about the muscle layer of the uterus that are associated to heavy & painful periods as well as infertility. Fundamentally, growing fibroids lead to uterine size getting bigger hence once a woman menstruates there would be more lining that would have to be discarded which are causal to heavy & painful periods. Though the reason for fibroids developing is nebulous, however hormonal variations during gestational period also facilitate fibroid growth and halt once a woman is in her menopausal phase. Fibroids also have a tendency of being troublesome for females in their thirties & forties & Negro females having an especially higher occurrence. Alongside being causal to excessive & painful  [...]

Menstrual Period and Exercising – What You Need to Know

Your chums probably aren’t your ‘numero uno’ pet exercise mate. Among several females, the cramping, bloated feeling, weariness & tetchiness of our menses often leads to missed or lethargic workout sessions. And still exercising may be the finest defence from those niggling menstrual period signs & symptoms. While exercising our bodies release mood-bolstering b-endorphins to assist in steadying mood vacillations & soothing sore feelings that arise from cramping & headache. While one is perspiring during workouts, one might be shedding some surfeit fluids that accrue which makes a woman feel bloated during this phase. Also when blood circulation is boosted, it helps in easing some extent of heaviness, cramps felt in the pelvic area. In case you are one of those women  [...]

PMS Symptoms Management Tips

Expel back ache & bloated feeling, curb cramping & that crabby feeling. Here are twenty-five innate cures for ably managing pms symptoms. Tips to tackle Boated Feeling Augmented estrogen levels during the days prior to menstrual due date could hinder a woman’s capability of flushing out water from her body. Geranium oil is believed to be helpful in balancing hormones by having an effect on the corticosteroid hormones-producing adrenal glands that play a critical role in controlling amounts of sodium and even influence sexual growth. It even has urination-increasing properties. Simply adding 5-8 droplets into tepid water bath. Also direct application of essential oil onto the skin’s surface is to be avoided since several of these cause extreme irritation. Sodium infamously promotes  [...]

Women Monthly Cycle – Tips for greening it up

Women encounter the analogous routines on a monthly basis. Women monthly cycle includes –use of throwaway napkin, tampon, panty liner among others. However one might not be aware of the fact that using them might actually be harmful to one’s health. Here are various ways of protecting oneself and generating lesser wastes every month. Evade Chlorinated Bleach Conceivably, the matter of highest concern about conventional tampons is their manufacture from pulpwood &/or cotton which are then treated with chlorinated bleaches for whitening them leading to the creation of carcinogenic dioxins. Hence there are rising worries about traditionally used tampons being contributory to greater than usual cervical cancer cases among females since the cotton is coming in direct-contact with tissues  [...]