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- Chamomile is an herbal relaxant. Drink a cup of chamomile tea as needed.
- The Chinese herb dong quai helps to regulate the menstrual cycle by balancing female hormones. When taken for a few months, it will help alleviate cramping, particularly when taken in combination with red raspberry leaf. Begin by taking 40 drops of dong quai tincture, or dong quai and red raspberry leaf combination formula, twice daily, from Day 6 through Day 20 of the menstrual cycle (calculated from the first day of menstrual bleeding). Continue taking 40 drops, twice daily, for three weeks. If the cycle is irregular, take the herbs for two to three weeks out of every month, and repeat this program for at least three menstrual cycles. Do not take this remedy during the menstrual period itself, however.
- A hot ginger-tea compress placed on the lower abdomen helps to relax muscle cramping. Boil 6 ounces of fresh ginger root in 1 quart of water for fifteen to twenty minutes, and dip a washcloth or hand towel in the tea. You can either place the saturated cloth directly on the abdomen, or wrap it first with a dry cloth. Ginger is warming and increases circulation in the lower abdomen. This compress will feel like a deep heating rub.
- True cramp bark, a little-known botanical, is effective in treating menstrual cramps. Take 1 cup of true cramp bark tea, twice daily, for three days before the expected onset of the menstrual period, and 1 cup, three times daily, during the menstrual period if cramping occurs
- Prepare a soothing herbal bath. Mix 1 quart of strong chamomile tea and 1 quart of ginger tea with warm to hot bath water, and enjoy a leisurely soak.
- Pasque flower: Good for all pain including uterine.
- Black haw: An antispasmodic especially good for uterine spasms.
- Blue cohosh: An antispasmodic that also has a steroidal component. This herb has been used by North American Indian women for generations to relieve menstrual cramping.
- Black cohosh: Helps with a number of uterine disorders.
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