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<\/p>\nOn an average, 3 to 4 productive days of all women on this planet are reduced to the most dreadful days, thanks to the blessing of creation women have \u2013 periods. We fill our days staying curled up on the couch, spend nights tossing and turning on the bed, pressing our hands tight against our dear uterus. Only if we knew better than that. But here is your one stop full guide to combat period pain.<\/p>\n
For some, the cramps start a few days before getting the menstruation and the pain lessens once the bleeding starts. For others the uterus becomes a cactus bed as the bleeding starts, lasting at times throughout the 4 to 5 days, and for others just the 1st or 2nd day of periods.<\/p>\n
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Menstrual cramps are a result of contractions in the womb or the uterus, which is a muscle. If the contraction is too strong during this period, it presses against the nearing blood vessels and briefly cuts off the oxygen supply to the uterus, in turn leading to cramps and pain.<\/p>\n
What you need:<\/strong> Water, and a water bag<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Fill the rubber water bag with hot water. When the heat comes down to a bearable temperature, press it against your belly for 10 minutes. Remove it, repeat after a break of 2-3 minutes.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Applying heat on the lower abdomen helps relaxing the contracting muscles in the uterus.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> You can use it for hours during the first two days of periods.<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Few cloves of garlic<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Chop the garlic into fine pieces and boil them in water for 2 minutes. When the water turns lukewarm, gulp it down.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Its medicinal properties help soothing down the cramps.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Twice daily<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A mid-sized thumb of ginger, honey<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Grate the ginger finely, and add it to your morning tea with honey.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Ginger helps relieve menstrual pain by lowering the level of pain-causing prostaglandins.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day during periods<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A bunch of basil leaves, honey\/sugar<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Wash the basil leaves and grind them finely. Add a teaspoon of honey to it and eat it. Follow up with a cup of water.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Basil leaves with its rich content of coffee acid that has analgesic, is boosted with pain-killing properties.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Morning and evening everyday<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Cinnamon dust<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Add half a teaspoon of powdered cinnamon to a glass of lukewarm milk and stir well before drinking.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> The anti-inflammatory, anticlotting and antispasmodic properties of this spice is magical in relieving menstrual cramps.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day, at bed time<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A teaspoon of fennel seeds<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Soak a teaspoon of this easily available Indian spice in a glass of drinking water overnight. Strain the water in the morning and drink on an empty stomach.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Fennel seeds helps the uterus muscle relax because of its phytoestrogenic, anti-inflammatory, and antispasmodic properties.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> 1 teaspoon of Blackstrap Molasses<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> You may take 1 teaspoon of Blackstrap Molasses with tea, coffee or milk.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Being rich in iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, selenium and vitamin B6, blackstrap molasses dissolve blood clots soothing down the muscles of the uterine walls, resulting in lessened cramps during menstruation.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A teaspoon of dried chamomile flower, a teaspoon of honey, water<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Boil the dried flower in 2 cups of drinking water till it comes to 1 cup. Strain the water in a cup of water, add a teaspoon of honey and stir well. Imbibe slowly.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Consumption of chamomile tea rises the urinary levels of glycine that relieves muscle spasms. Glycine acts as an effective nerve relaxant also.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Twice daily<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A bunch of parsley, water<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Boil a bunch of parsley leaves in 5 cups of water. Drink it when its lukewarm.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Along with the numerous health benefits, Parsley is also beneficial is curing period cramps.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Handful of flaxseed<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Ground the flaxseeds finely. You may mix this with water and drink or sprinkle it on your salad and have it.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Consumption of flexseeds regularizes ovulation<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Every day during periods.<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Ripe papaya slices<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> You may eat the papaya cubes as a snack or make a papaya milkshake and drink it.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> The \u2018papain\u2019 enzyme in papaya helps regulate and helps to ease out the flow during menstruation<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day for a few days before the scheduled date<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t know.. how about your man?<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Would you really want us to tell you that?<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Calms down the cramps, de-clots blood and eases out flow<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Suit yourself ladies<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A handful of mint leaves, water<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Add a handful of mint leaves to 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Strain and drink when it cools down.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Sipping mint leaves tea loosens the congested pelvic area.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A teaspoon of sunflower seeds<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Soak sunflower seeds in a glass of drinking water. Strain and drink the water on an empty stomach in the morning.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Sunflower seeds promote proper hormones which are prevalent throughout the entire cycle. They provide the nutrients and fiber required to aid the body metabolize hormones.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Sesame Seeds and jaggery<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Fry some Sesame seeds in a pan. Much on them in the mornings with jiggery.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Sesame seeds contain healthy fatty acids which relaxes the stomach muscles in turn reducing\u00a0cramping.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once daily<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Slices of pineapple<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Snack on them as cubes or drink pineapple juice.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> A natural muscle relaxer, pineapples contain bromelainm that help alleviate and reduce inflammation and reducing cramps during periods.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once daily<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Bananas<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> You may eat banana as a whole, or add it to your cornflakes or oatmeal in the morning.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Vitamin B6 and potassium in banana stop you from retaining water thus evading chances of bloating.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once daily<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Handful of walnuts<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Munch on after breakfast<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Walnuts, rich in the healthy omega-3 fatty acids, have anti-inflammatory that works toward relieving pain.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Every day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> A bowlful of oats, honey, milk, dry fruits of your choice<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Mix all the ingredients and eat it for breakfast<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Oats are rich in anti-cramping mineral magnesium and is the best source of dietary zinc that together alleviate painful periods.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Every morning<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Handful of fenugreek seeds<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> You may soak 2 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds in a glass of drinking water overnight and imbibe it early in the morning on an empty stomach.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> With its pungent-sweet flavor, these little seeds are famous in Asia as a remedy for menstrual pain.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Once a day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Fish oil pills<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> After any one main meal, have a dose of it with plain water.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Omega-3 fatty acids, in fish oil, is known to have anti-inflammatory that calms down menstrual pain.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> once a day<\/p>\n What you need:<\/strong> Any essential oil of your liking<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong> Take any essential oil of your liking, heat them a little, and massage gently all over the pain prone area.<\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> All these oils help cure pains in lower back, neck and lower abdomen by decreasing and suppressing inflammation in the uterus.<\/p>\n How frequent to use:<\/strong> Every day before bath<\/p>\n Note<\/strong> \u2013 Mixing more than one essential oil can be a little more beneficial than using just one.<\/p>\n How it works: Low impact exercises, like walking in a comfortable pace, can greatly alleviate menstrual cramp. It gets your heart pumping blood rapidly to your body and all the muscles of your body are put to work and get active. Even the uterus muscle, thereby the pains are lessened.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Early morning and evening<\/p>\n How it works: Swimming is another great way of getting rid of unwanted period cramps as the motion of swimming will stretch the abdomen muscles and curb cramps. Even the blood flow in the pelvic area is improved by it.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Early morning<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> It helps the muscles stretch and gain flexibility, there by calming the uterus cramps.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Early morning<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works<\/strong>: It the groins, alleviates indigestion and flatulence and cures menstrual discomfort.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Early Morning<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> It stretches your entire body while opening the abdomen, throat and chest. It is also therapeutic for menstrual pain.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Morning<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Stretches the thighs, hips, groins, hamstrings, and calves<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Morning\/Evening<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> It increases the stretch and flexibility of abdomen muscles, uterus being one of them.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Morning\/Evening<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> This Pigeon position stretches the hip flexors, glutes, lower abs and increases spinal flexibility<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Morning\/Evening<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> Many women experience backache during periods, the child\u2019s pose alleviate this pain.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Morning\/Evening<\/p>\n How to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n How it works:<\/strong> It massages your abdominal organs including the uterus and strengthens it against menstrual cramps.<\/p>\n Best time to do:<\/strong> Morning\/Evening<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/home-remedies-for-menstrual-cramps-300x196.jpg\")
<\/p>\n2. Garlic<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n3. Ginger<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n4. Basil<\/h3>\n
5. Cinnamon<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n6. Fennel<\/h3>\n
7. Blackstrap Molasses<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n8. Chamomile Tea<\/h3>\n
9. Parsley<\/h3>\n
10. Flaxseed<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n11. Papaya<\/h3>\n
12. Having An Orgasm<\/h3>\n
13. Mint Leaves<\/h3>\n
14. Sunflower Seeds<\/h3>\n
15. Sesame Seeds<\/h3>\n
16. Pineapples<\/h3>\n
17. Bananas<\/h3>\n
18. Walnuts<\/h3>\n
19. Oats<\/h3>\n
20. Fenugreek Seeds<\/h3>\n
21. Fish Oil<\/h3>\n
22. Essential Oils<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nExercises<\/h2>\n
1. Walking<\/h3>\n
2. Swimming<\/h3>\n
Yoga<\/h2>\n
1. Janu Sirsasana: Head-To-Knee Forward Bend<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n2. Pasasana: Noose Pose<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n3. Ustrasana: Camel Pose<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n4. Supta Padangusthasana: Reclining Big Toe Pose<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n5. Half Bound Squat:<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n6. Arching Pigeon<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n7. Wide Child\u2019s Pose<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n8. Reclining Twist:<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nFoods To Avoid<\/h3>\n
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