Menorrhagia (atyartava) is a disease that occurs in women. In this illness, there is excessive and prolonged bleeding during the monthly period. There are six main reasons for this illness. If uterine bleeding occurs at a time different from the regular menstrual cycle or at irregular intervals, it is called metrorrhagia. The symptoms and causes are the same for this as in the case of menorrhagia.
1 Diseases of internal sexual organs of women: uterine inflammation, traumas or tumours, prolapse of uterus, inflammation in fallopian tubules and ovary, uterine subinvolution, cancer of the uterus, etc. 2. Diseases related to blood circulation: Hardening of the liver, high blood pressure and heart diseases. 3. Abnormalities of hormonal glands: enlargement of the thyroid gland. 4. Disease related to impure blood: Scurvy, bleeding of teeth and gums, etc. 5. High fever: Typhoid, malaria and influenza, etc. 6. Aggravtion of nerves, weak constitution, anxiety, anger, vomiting, extreme happiness, etc. Medicinal remedies - If the juice of Banarasi amla is added to ripe bananas with khand and eaten, it will give relief from heavy flow during monthly cycle.
- If kwarth is made from the bark of babul and doused, then excessive blood flow stops.
- 2gm of the churna of mango seed pulp should be taken twice a day to get relief from heavy menstrual flow.
- 8 rati (1gm) of Loha churna to which khand has been added should be taken 2-3 times a day to stop excessive flow of blood during menstrual cycle.
- Equal quantities of jeera (cumin) and the pulp of tamarind seeds should be taken and made into churna. This should be given at the rate of 3 masha with water of rice 2-3 a day. This will be very helpful in excessive menstrual flow.
- Take 2gm of juice of the peel of the roots of Ulat Kambal for some time to get relief from all kinds of problems related to the menstrual cycle.
- If there are cramps in the uterus, thighs and waist along with irregular periods, then take 4gm of the juice of Ulat Kambal roots with sugar to get relief within just 2 days.
- Grind 6gm peel of Ulat Kambal roots and 3 nag black salt together in cool water and strain. Drink this one week prior to your menstrual cycle and all related problems will be cured.
- Cut finely 50gm of dry peel of Ulat Kambal roots and make a tea in 625gm water. Take this in appropriate quantities thrice a day to get relief from menstrual problems. Start taking this from one week prior to your menstrual period.
Yogic remedies Women can permanently cure problems related to the menstrual cycle by regularly practicing yoga.While doing yoga, women should keep in mind that they should not asanas during their monthly period. After the period ends, for the rest of the days if the following asanas are practiced, they will give a lot of benefits.
Yogasanas:
Halasan is very beneficial for a number of women diseases including painful periods. Apart from this, it helps in indigestion or dyspepsia, ‘mandagni’ (poor digestive fire), constipation, etc. It also helps in making the thyroid gland healthy and thus reduces obesity, weakness, etc. It also helps in giving relief from the problem of heavy flow of menstrual blood.
Pavanmukhasan if practiced gives relief from women diseases—low menstrual bleeding, painful menstruation, and all diseases related to the reproductive system. It also reduces the fat accumulated in the stomach. It is also helpful for acidity, arthritis, back ache and gas in the stomach.
Kandhrasan gives relief from all kinds of reproductive ailments. Menorrhagia, white discharge, metrorrhagia, etc is taken care of curing infertility. It is also beneficial in stomach ache, backache, etc.
Saskasan gives strength to the uterus and female reproductive system. The problems of polyuria (bahumutra), osteoarthritis and arthritis are taken care of. Gomukhasan also helps in problems related to female reproductive system. Chakrasan also helps in problems of the uterus. Bhujangasan if regularly practiced takes care of all problems related to the female reproductive system and increases youthfulness and beauty. Dhanurasan is extremely beneficial to problems related to the menstrual cycle. Astrasan, Uttanpadasan, Singhasan, Marjarasan, Komasan, etc also help in female diseases.
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