Herbs you've used for menstral cramps?

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Permalink Reply by Didi on September 10, 2008 at 3:43pm

haha...I'll try that next....life ;)

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Permalink Reply by ♡Alicia ♥ on September 10, 2008 at 3:47pm

Hey, well I'm not a MAN. But I'm a woMAN. Besides, I doubt you (David) have been escorted out of school on a wheel chair for having cramps so bad you almost faint. Hey, life is hard being female...what can I say.. =)

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Permalink Reply by Didi on September 10, 2008 at 3:47pm

In my experience this should go away anyway with eating raw. My cramps completely stopped with eating raw. Only at the beginning it might be worse because of an even stronger detox. But the next months it should get less and less...
While I was cooked, what always helps me was a hot bath....

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Permalink Reply by ♡Alicia ♥ on September 10, 2008 at 3:53pm

Thanks Didi, I really am hoping it will stop. And yeah, I took four hot baths last night...

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Permalink Reply by Didi on September 10, 2008 at 3:54pm

wow, I hope one of your baths doesn't last 3 hours like one of mine...

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Permalink Reply by Didi on September 10, 2008 at 3:58pm

Since I'm raw I also felt that menstruation is so much about cleaning the intestines as well. So it helps to not eat too heavy foods before and during it. And nothing that you know is not perfect for your intestines...
And before I forget..maybe start bellydancing...
I know what you're talking about Alicia, wasn't a wheelchair in my case, but I constantly had to leave school because of that.

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Permalink Reply by ♡Alicia ♥ on September 10, 2008 at 4:06pm

Now, Belly dancing I've always wanted to do. No, they don't last three hours, just enough to sooth me. Then, it's like my body is so focused on cooling down that it forgets about the cramps, but for a very short period of time. Ha, I'm hoping my cramps will calm down. They used to be worse when I drank coke...

I'll definitely keep what you said in mind, Didi. I appreciate your responses.

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Permalink Reply by Grün on September 10, 2008 at 4:33pm

Take something to clean your liver before (milk thistle comes to mind, but there are others). That can prevent them. Sometimes cramps are caused by hormones not passing through the liver properly. Also Red Raspberry leaf tea everyday. They have capsules, but they aren't as effective due to the small amount of herb in them.
Your cramps should slowly go away the longer you are raw/living. Wether they are from a lack of magnesium (or other nutrient), or from toxins, it will be healed in time.

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Permalink Reply by aishwarya on September 15, 2008 at 9:45pm

For me chamomile tea and smelling essential oils like chamomile, basil and rubbing cool aloe gel on cramp areas work. but since going raw my menstrual cramps are really gone. though once in a while they do come in some degrees.still i hope this works.
i have had the worst cramps all my life(since starting to menstruate). i would have to be in bed for over 12 hours and no amount of pain killer would help.they were terrible! then i started taking some Indian herbal connoctions to ease the pain. they were far better though nothing helped more than staying raw. few months after raw and i bleed so much less there is barely any feelings and kinda, no cramps. i wish you good luck!

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