Home Remedies For Menstrual Cramps

What causes menstrual cramps?

Being a woman, your body undergoes numerous changes throughout life. Initially, you go through the development of certain body parts like breasts, hairs under your arms and genital area and adding to it, are the psychological changes. By the time you learn to adjust to these changes, the time for menstruation cycle arrives that brings a long list of discomforts and problems with it. When you cross your teens or say, enter into adulthood, the biggest experience of your life is waiting for you- pregnancy. After pregnancy, you have to meet the challenge of upbringing the child with a good mind and body. Then comes the time when you cross your 40s, the age of menopause which again changes your life physically and mentally both.

But here, we are going to discuss the second stage of a woman's struggle- menstruation. Now, the problem most of the teen girls face during their menses is the menstrual cramps. This causes a lot of discomfort and with it comes major stress. The pain is felt in the lower abdomen, possibly extending to the hips, lower back or thighs. Some may also experience nausea, fever, vomiting, diarrhea and body aches. Mild abdominal cramps on the first two days of your menses are nothing to be worried about but, there are almost 10 % of girls out there who get unable to manage their routine tasks unless they take some medication.

There are two types of dynsmenorrhoea,

1. primary dynsmenorrhoea- if you do not experience any underlying gynecologic disorder, then the pain is primary dynsmenorrhoea. Generally, it is caused by high levels of prostaglandin (a substance that makes the uterus muscles contract and shed its lining). Though this is painful, yet it is not dangerous in any case. It almost disappears as you enter into mid20s or after you have a baby.

2. secondary dynsmenorrhoea- pain caused by some underlying gynecologic disorder is called secondary dynsmenorrhoea. The reason may be the presence of a fibroid tumor (a benign tumor in your uterus wall). This is a sexually transmitted disease (STD), endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease or an ovarian cyst or tumor.

Now, what will you do on your own to combat such a situation if you cannot pay an urgent visit to your doctor?

For this, here are the home remedies for menstrual cramps [http://health.top54u.com/post/Home-Remedies-for-Menstrual-Cramps.aspx].

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By Navneet Brar 
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Causes of Bronchitis and Ayurvedic Home Remedies

Author: Dev Saras
Bronchitis – causes and Ayurvedic home remedies for bronchitis.

Bronchitis is inflammation of bronchi or air passages that carry air to lungs. People suffering from bronchitis see a heightening of this disease in damp climate.

In Ayurveda, bronchitis is termed as kasa roga (casa roga). According to Ayurveda concepts, germs cause this disease. However, accumulation of phlegm in the digestive tract after indigestion is the primary reason for bronchitis.

Thus treating bronchitis primarily aims at treating abnormalities in digestive system. The medicines also have curative powers to treat lung diseases.

Herbal remedies for Bronchitis

Tulsi (Holy Basil Ocimum sanctum), adathoda (Adathoda vasika), linseed, etc are used in the treatment of bronchitis.

You can chew two or three fresh tulsi leaves daily to keep yourself free from almost all of the diseases that affect you. Tulsi leaves also form constituent of several Ayurvedic preparations aimed at treating bronchitis. The other herbs are used in the concoctions (Ayurvedic preparations). They give the best results when used in the right proportions in the combination.

Precautionary measures include avoiding exposure to humidity, dust and other allergens.

You should also take care of your food and diet. Include a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables in your daily diet. Avoid smoking, alcohol and other addictives. Canned foods items are also best avoided. Easy to digest food items should form the main meals. Eat lots of fibrous food items and avoid the chances of constipation. Problems in digestion are the beginning point of bronchitis and you need to take extreme care in ensuring you have smooth digestion.

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Dev Sri provides insider information about Ayurvedic herbal medicine practices and Ayurveda in Kerala. Find more about Ayurvedic medicines at http://www.KeralaAyurvedics.com/.

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