loating? Fatigue? Cramps? Don’t forget the mood swings! In this article, we are going to discuss six simple and natural home remedies to ease your menstrual cramps and improve your mood. But first, let’s see why they do happen. Period pains occur because a hormone-like substance called prostaglandin causes your muscles to contract during menstruation and can cause a dull or throbbing pain in your lower abdomen. This pain can also radiate down to your lower back and your thighs too. So what’s the answer? What are the best home remedies to alleviate pain during menstruation?
1. Warm baths and heating pads
The first simple way to get rid of menstrual cramps is to enjoy a nice and warm bath. The warm water helps relax the muscles, reducing the pain. You may want to light some candles for an all-over body and mind rejuvenation.
Heating pads have similar effects. These are perfect for calming muscle contractions by helping to get the blood flowing into constricted blood vessels, much like a warm bath. Don’t have a heating pad? No worries! You can make it on yourself using a tube sock and rice. Grab the rice and pour it in the sock. No need to fill the sock to the top, just make sure it is enough to make a decent sized pad. Tie into a knot to secure it, then toss into the microwave for a minute or two depending on how hot you want it to be. When it’s done, just toss it on your abdomen, sit back, and relax.
2. Use Papaya.
Papaya is a potent anti-inflammatory agent and a very powerful way to get rid of your period cramps fast. Papaya has amazing nutrients such as carotene, iron, calcium, and vitamins A and C as well. Those nutrients help you to soothe your uterine walls and help you to ease your muscle contractions. Simply include papaya in your everyday diet just before and also during your period, to help you minimize or eliminate your period pains.
3. Use Flaxseeds
Flaxseeds are also great at helping you to get rid of your period cramps naturally and quick. The essential fatty acids inside flaxseeds can help you to stabilize the production of progesterone. Flaxseeds can also help you to improve your uterine function and treat any fertility problems you may be having also. When you’re suffering from period cramps, just consume one to two tablespoons of flaxseeds per day until your period cramps are all gone.
4. Use Chamomile Tea
Chamomile tea has some very potent anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic properties. It can help to relax your uterus and can also help you to ease the spasmodic contractions that are causing cramp pains in the first place. Simply start drinking some fresh chamomile tea two to three times per day as soon as you feel your very first period cramps coming on and keep doing this daily if you can or until your pains are completely gone.
5. Use Parsley
Parsley contains two very amazing compounds called apiol and myristicin that are both extremely effective at getting rid of your period cramps faster. Parsley can help you to regulate your irregular cycles as well. Just start eating about one small handful of parsley two to three times a day when you start to feel your cramps coming on and keep doing this process daily for the best results or until your period cramps are all gone.
6. Use Cinnamon
Cinnamon has anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-clotting properties. Thus, cinnamon can help you to get rid of your period pains quickly and naturally. It is also an excellent source of dietary fiber, calcium, iron, and manganese as well. Simply start drinking two to three cups of fresh cinnamon tea one to two days before your menstrual cramps usually start and keep doing this process daily if you can or until your period cramps are gone for good.
Along with the aforementioned remedies, you may want to consider some light workouts or aerobics. Thus, your body releases endorphins that help to ease the period pains. Also, sometimes you just need a distraction. Take a nap. When you are sleeping, you don’t notice the pain.
Just remember to take it easy, stay cozy, relax, and take care of your body!
References
http://thehealthinfosite.com/stop-period-tips/
http://www.everydayhealth.com/treatment/womens-health/ways-to-relieve-period-cramps/
