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Tried asking this in the women's health section.
Didn't get a lot of info from there.
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you know what many of the cramping, bloating, crying spells, depressive symptoms are from when we’re on our menses ?? It's mainly due to magnesium not being in ample enough supply in our bodies……….. yep, magnesium deficiency causes many of the symptoms and will quite quickly knock cramping, nausea and vomiting etc. on the head……….. as others have already said……. So try eating more foods rich in magnesium and see whether that quells the pain and discomfort for you.
foods rich in magnesium are ~ leafy and green vegies, wholegrain breads and cereals like organic brown rice or quinoa (pronounced keen-wah), ground up nuts and seeds like almonds, sunflower seeds and brazil nuts (ground up to assist in digestion of same)………….. cold water fishes such as tuna, salmon, sardines and whiting and bananas too are rich in magnesium, so eat a banana hun…. actually cold water fishes are also rich in essential fatty acids which will help level out your mood and stress levels and nourish your brain and nervous system .
magnesium is known as the antistress mineral and foods rich in magnesium will also resolve an acid tummy and help you deal with stressy life situations…….. foods rich in magnesium will also increase the production of hydrochloric acid in your tummy thus aiding in digestion and helping to resolve any constipation or lower back pain stemming from constipation……… magnesium is essential for healthy nerve and muscle functioning.
magnesium rich foods will also do a good job of relieving depression and the blues and help lowering high blood pressure too.
Take a good quality multi B complex supplement also to assist in a healthy nervous, immune and digestive system and to combat some of the stress of being on your menses. Get one that includes all the B's ie ~ B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 andB12 as they work ideal synergistically (together).
And just a tiny bit of unsolicited advice too here … just in case you need it mate …… to alleviate any excessive bleeding go get yourself some organic loose leaf nettle tea from your local health food store. Simply put 2 teaspoons full into a teapot and fill with hot water and leave to brew for 10 - 15 minutes……… the taste can be a bit bland so spice it up with some raw organic honey if you like.
Nettle is an herb very high in vitamin K, which guards against excessive bleeding. Nettle improves kidney function neutralizes uric acid, preventing its crystallization, aiding in its elimination from the system, thus relieving gout and arthritis. Nettle is useful as a tea for anemic kids, due to its nutritive value……. so will also increase your energy levels… Nettle is also high in minerals such as iron, calcium, sulfur, sodium, copper, manganese, chromium, and silicon. Nettle is also used as an astringent to help stop bleeding and to reduce menses flow. Nettle is also a blood purifier and assists in lowering blood pressure and is wonderfull for bolstering hair growth.
Check out this link it might be usefull for you ~
http://www.theherbprof.com/hrbNettle.htm
Sip your nettle through a straw to reduce the chance of possibly staining your teeth and ensure that you also drink plenty of water daily .. nothing substitutes for fresh filtered water….. stay properly hydrated by drinking at least 8 glasses of water daily.
Really and truly, try the nettle tea, it works wonders for excessive bleeding and low energy and nourishes you with precious calcium, iron, vitamin K, etc… at the same time…. works for me and i used to have unsightly bleeding …. ;0)
Also, try to cut right back on processed sugar as it will only waste your B vitamins and calcium supplies and stress an already stressed system.
eat foods in as close to their natural says as possible …… fresh from God's table…….. eat a bowl or 2 of leafy green vegies such as broccolli, celery, buk choy, kale, chard etc………. do that and notice how much superior you feel……. good for brain frizz, acid tummy, high blood pressure and constipation too.
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absolutely my pleasure gorgeous girl …… glad to help and thanks for BA …;0)
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Blanch ginger or lemon balm tea and drink.
Warm a small amount of olive oil, cool and rub on stomach. Lie down for 15-20 minutes.
Take a cotton wool pad that covers most of the belly, soak with arrack and put on the painful spot (lower abdomen), wait for half an hour.
Swallow 1 tablespoon of cumin and 1 glass of arrack to reduce the Menstruation Pain.
· Once you feel the cramps, eat 1 banana.
· Drain some pickle juice and drink 1 cup.
· Swallow two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar 3 times a day with meals.
· Eat yogurt daily and you wont get cramps on your period.
· Cook 150mg of fresh dill with 2 cups of water until it's decreased to half, stir, and
· add two spoons of wine (just before you drink). Can drink 3-4 times a day.
· Suck on a lollypop or peppermint candy to help with stomach cramps.
· Boil some brown sugar and ginger in water with low heat, cool and drink.
· Eat rice before menstruation to reduce the pain and bloating.
· Take a very hot bath, can also add a cup of camomile tea into the water. Put your feet up and a heating pad on your
· abdomen and under your lower back.
· Eat 1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds a few days before you get the period.
· Put some oregano leaves in boiled water and leave for 5 minutes, then drink. Lie down and rest for a few minutes.
· Goldenseal with a very small amount of mistletoe is an effective remedy to reduce blood flow.
· To relieve menstrual cramps quickly and easily, wrap a hot, wet towel around mid-section and lay in the fetal position.
· Chamomile, parsley, safflower, and squaw vine is useful in cases of amenorrhoea.
· Boil a teaspoon of saffron in a half cup of water until it reduces to a tablespoon. Divide into three portions and take three times during the day. This gives relief to cramps.
· Make a paste of six or eight almonds and mix with a cup of milk, an egg yolk, a half-teaspoon sesame powder, and a teaspoon honey. Take a couple of times a day to relieve cramps.
· Drink a glass of milk with a half-teaspoon cinnamon each night to relieve cramps.
· Place a pinch of dried ground ginger in a cup of hot boiling water for a tea (no sugar), and let steep for 5 minutes. Drink this tea. It will give relief to the cramps.
· Dissolve 2 aspirins, 1/2 tsp. of sugar and 1/2 tsp. of honey into 1/2 cup of water. Drink this solution if you’re missing periods. This will lead to regular menstrual cycle.
· Take a teaspoon ground dried mint leaf and a teaspoon of honey twice a day to relieve cramps.
· Drink parsley, beet, carrot, and cucumber juices on a regular basis to relieve cramps.
· Dissolve half-teaspoon sesame seeds in hot water. Drink this twice daily to relieve spasmodic pain.
· Eat 5 raw adzuki beans (also called aduki, or azuki) will help to halt the heavy bleeding.
· Boil 1 cup of black beans in 5 cups of water and drink the juice half cup before your 3 meals this will help regulate menstruation.
· Mix half a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds in a cup of hot water and leave for half an hour; then drink (eat the seeds as well). Do this every morning with an empty stomach. This will give strength to the uterus.
· Most of the problems in women arise due to undue stress of life. Reducing stress might help resolve the disorder in some women.
· Being either over- or underweight is a contributor to menstrual disorders. Women should make every effort to maintain a normal weight.
· Agnus castus fruit, also known as chaste tree berry (Vitex), helps alleviate symptoms of PMS.
· Black cohosh (Remidfemin) has been used for amenorrhea and symptoms of menopause.
· Low-fat vegetarian diet during menstrual cycles leads to less pain and bloating and a shorter duration of premenstrual symptoms than those who ate meat.
· Reducing caffeine, sugar, and alcohol intake during menstruation may be beneficial.
· Massage lobelia extract into any area that is cramped. Drink a tea of red raspberry leaves to prevent and reduce the severity of menstrual cramps.
· Drink a tea of comfrey leaves and alfalfa to lessen the pain of muscle cramps.
· Drink 1 or 2 glasses of tomato juice, every day. It will give significant improvement in your flow, and fewer cramps in your next period.
· Parsley is one of the most effective among the several home remedies in the treatment of menstrual disorders. It increases menstruation and assists in the regularization of the monthly periods.
· The unripe papaya helps the contractions of the muscle fibres of the uterus and is very effective in maintaining a proper menstrual flow.
· Put an entire Bengal gram plant in hot water. Take a bath to get relief from painful menstruation.
· The herb Marigold, named after the Virgin Mary, is useful in alleviating any pain during menstruation and facilitating menstrual flow. One tablespoon of the herb should be taken twice daily for the treatment of these disorders.
· The use of banana flower is one of the most effective home remedies in the treatment of menorr
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take calcium & you can take it now even if the cramps are gone & watch next month you won't even know you are getting your period so watch the calender so you don't end up some where bleeding. Drink enough water everyday. Take your weight for example if a person weights 180 divide in half & get 90 so you would drink 90 ouces of water a day. So take your weight number divide it by 2 & drink those many ounces of water a day. If you like yogurt & it agrees with you, you can freeze one & have that for a snack to get some calcium but I take a supplement…this is for sure.
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Menstrual Cramps By Elaine Lewis
Who hasn't had menstrual cramps! Well, alright, at least half of you. But the other half are going to know what I'm speaking about. Hopefully, you have a home remedy kit, do you? Go to www.a2zhomeopathy.com (or read this article on Homeopathy Remedy Kits)and order their 30C Emergency Kit, it contains 50 remedies in a very small case that you can carry with you. Washington Homeopathics also sells an emergency kit of the same size. In Europe, check out Helios and Ainsworth's Pharmacy for on the web orders. Of course, many other vendors sell emergency kits as well. That being said, here are your remedies for painful menses:
Belladonna–Throbbing pains, violent pains, worse on the right side. Sudden onset. Bright red, clotted, hot, profuse bleeding. Congested/full feeling in uterus. Bearing down sensation. Irritable with maddening pains. Better lying down, propped up; thirst for cold water or no thirst at all, desire for lemons or lemonade, worse motion, worse from being jarred, worse light and noise.
Chamomilla–The mentals will be the guiding symptoms here. The person might be hypersensitive and intolerant to the pain–very irritable, easily angered and inconsolable. Intense pains extending down inner thighs. The blood may be black with large clots with gushing of bright red blood. The person desires cold drinks, is worse lying down, superior cold applications.
Colocynthis–This one looks a lot like Mag-phos. (see below). There's a bit more emphasis on the amelioration from hard pressure with this one. There might be an exaggerated “bending double” postition; with Mag-phos, the heat is more important than the hard pressure, though Colocynth likes heat as well. Thirsty. Irritable, indignant. Anger aggravates.
Lac Caninum–Painful swelling of the breasts before the period. Flow is in gushes. Pains may alternate from side to side.
Lachesis–PMS-irritable, jealous, depressed, headache, flushes of heat all ameliorated with the onset of the flow. Severe cramps, worse from pressure of the clothing, ameliorated with the onset of the flow. Flow might be black, scanty, lumpy; the less the flow, the more the pain. Superior from open air, cold drinks, speaking, worse from sleep, heat, hot drinks.
Magnesia Phosphorica–This is the main one; if you're not sure what to do, give Mag-phos. This is the typical picture of a woman with her period, doubled up with a hot water bottle or heating pad pressed firmly against her stomach. The flow is dark. She wants to be nurtured; superior hot baths, better pressure, worse lying on the right side. Thirst for cold drinks.
Nux Vomica–Pain in lower back with constant urging to stool. Patient might be chilly and very irritable, impatient and angry. Superior rest, lying down, worse pressure–even pressure of clothing. Desire for fats and spicy foods.
Pulsatilla–The menses are easily suppressed, for instance, by getting the feet wet or by bathing. Menses are irregular and the flow is irregular–changeable. The mentals will be a tip off here. The Pulsatilla person is weepy, changeable, shy, dependent, wants nurturing, love, attention; she is thirstless; she craves creamy things–whipped cream, ice cream; she’s warm, worse in warm rooms, superior in open air, walking slowly in cool crisp weather.
Sabina–Severe cramps extend from low back to pubis; also, pain extends from uterus to thighs. Blood is bright red or bright red mixed with dark clots. Shooting pain up the vagina. Superior lying flat on the back with limbs extended.
Secale–Continuous discharge of watery black blood until the next period.
Sepia–Weak uterus, bearing down sensation as if all the organs would fall out, must cross her legs; menses late, scanty, irregular or early and profuse. Violent stitches upward in the vagina. Low sex drive. Patient might be angry, fatigued, chilly, irritable and over-worked. She may desire sour foods like pickles, but also might desire chocolate. She might be much improved by exercise, worse from cold, better warmth.
Veratrum Album–Heavy periods, severe cramps often associated with diarrhea and vomiting. Chilliness with cold sweat, especially on the forehead, and weakness/exhaustion, feels faint; might desire ice water.
How to take your remedy:
Tap one, two or three 30C pellets into the cap of the remedy bottle and pop them into your mouth. Grant them to melt.
If subsequent doses are needed, tap a few pellets into a bottle of water, shake the bottle and take a sip as often as the severity of the condition seems to warrant. Always remember to shake first. By putting the remedy in water and shaking before each dose, we can prevent the problems that might come from overdosing.
How often to take the remedy depends on how much or how little you're improving since the first dose. If at any time there is a striking or noticeable improvement, there’s no reason to keep taking the remedy unless the improvement stops.
If the improvement is advancing slowly, a general rule is take the remedy 3 or 4 times a day for 3 days, and stop or take less often when you’re sure you are getting better.
Since there are no real rules about this, the idea is to take the remedy often enough to ensure a steady improvement, but not so often that you cause an aggravation. In fact, if at any time you think you're getting worse, stop the remedy. You may have caused an aggravation, but, that should wear off quickly and an improvement should follow. Again, if the improvement slows down or stops, repeat the dose. In general, if there has been no improvement at all after 3 doses or 6 hours, try another remedy.
If you are helped by one of these remedies but find that the symptoms keep coming back every month just the same, you might want to consider seeing a homeopath for constitutional treatment, which means prescribing for the whole person, so that you can be free of painful menses once and for all.
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When I get bad period cramps the ideal thing I do is fill a hot water bottle & lay in bed with it and just rest. Warm baths are really good too, with lots of bubbles.
Lavendar is a really good relaxant too, just put a couple of drops on your pillow or oil in the bath and it will rest you no end, I tend to find that the pains get worse when I consider them, if you just rest & try not to think about them then the pain seems to be lessened (just my view anyways!)
If those dont work then you can purchase a lot of things from the chemists to soothe your pain, such as tummy rubs, heat pads and pain relieving tablets especially for periods.
I hope it helps!
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other than painkillers and the pill? hmm. try using a heat pack to help ease the cramps. heat works wonders. also remember to keep up anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, and you can try drinking some pineapple juice as well. yeah i know, sounds strange, but it works. walking around can help ease some of the discomfort, and magnesium suppliments can also help stop the cramping (you can pick those up from any health store). failing that, as others have said, you might want to try taking the pill. good luck!
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Sleep! & lots of it. Chocolate helps too. If the pain is too unbearable to sleep and eat chocolate, and if it is legal in your say [like it is here in _*(*_-HAWAII-_*)*_ ], you can see your Physician and get a note and a prescription for medical marijuana. After you are medicated on this natural herb you can easily sleep and eat chocolate. As for me, they seem to have eased up in my 20's -30's and then started getting worse again as I’m nearing my 40's. Go figure. Good luck with eliminating the misery of this cruel gift we are blessed with every month. You may want to consider that pill that you only get your period 3-4 times a year with!
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There is no a universal answer for this question because cramps in different people can be caused by different problems. The basic differentiation is excess vs deficiency type of cramps: do you feel worse or superior with pressure/hot on your abdomen? If you have cramps AND you become easily ANGRY during your PMS, then having orgasm will help (I won't go into details of Chinese Medicine about pathomechanism of it here). If your abdomen feels cold AND it feels better with pressure, then heating your belly with anything will help (moxa is the ideal, a hairdryer, a hot bottle). You should keep warming your middle and lower abdomen until it can sustain warmth for at least 5 sec. If the pain is very sharp and goes away after you pass clots, then you superior see acupuncturist because it's blood stagnation. She’ll give you few treatments and herbs and you should be fine. The other possibility is that you might have a structural misalignment in a hip area that could be fixed by going through vaginal delivery. These are only few possibilities just to show that it's not so straight forward.
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Start by supplementing magnesium. That helps over time, and has been very successful for eliminating cramps for my daughters. It took about 2 - 3 months to noticed a marked improvement.
But, the cramps are from hormone imbalance, and you need to address that. You can get your own hormone test to see what's up at http://www.salivatest.com When you’ve the results and know what needs to be adjusted, you can address that.
For Estrogen Dominance (see Dr. Lee's site - http://www.johnleemd.com/store/estrogen_… ) you can take over the counter, natural bio-identical progesterone to get back into balance. My favorite brand is here http://www.womhoo.com - You need to cut out extra estrogens in your life to take the progesterone. There is more info at Dr. Lee's site.
On the rare chance it is estrogen you need, you can grind 1 tablespoon flax seed and put it in 12 oz of water. Drink that daily. Flax will boost your estrogen.
DO NOT take the pill. That just succeeds in masking symptoms and causing more hormone imbalance.
BTW - The chocolate suggestion is not that far off. Good chocolate (not Hersheys or Nestle sugar bars) is a good source of MAGNESIUM 
Ideal bet is to get a high quality organic cocoa and make yourself a hot chocolate drink to get full benefits without a sugar surge.
My daughters both found that binging on sugar causes more cramps.
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i personally can't live w cramps, especially bc i am so active. but mine last for hours and i refuse to do anything if i'm having them. it's too hard, it immobilizes me. so i either smoke pot or take midol (which is perfectly legal. im sure you've heard of it). you buy it where the rest of the aspirin are in any store. it's made specially for cramps. it's nothing like the pill or painkillers. those both work fast and effectively.
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Homeopathic medicine Pulsatilla 30 three times a day for one day just before the expected date. This will ensure smooth flow. Use Cuprum Metalicum 30 or Mag Phos 30 single dose in case of cramps . Pulsatilla should not be used during mesntruation.
Medicines should be used in consultation with homeo doctor.
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try relaxing warm baths. geranium essential oil and ylang ylang are good for menstral cramps. put a few drops of each in the tub and try to relax the cramped up abdomen muscles.
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The pill or shot that screws with your hormones are not worth it. Those are more perilous than you know and takes years for your body to mend itself from them! Take peppermint tea. Or primrose. Peppermint helps a lot. Real peppermint oil.
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Take the pill, over time it will help you with the cramps.
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I would take a pill that would kill the pain fast. But I think staying warm and rested helps too.
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paracetemol works although it takes a tiny bit of time to kick in.