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Often the sentence is said when the first day comes a month or menstruation or menstruation or often called PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome). For some women, naturally experiencing pain or pain in the lower abdomen when menstruation arrives.
Abdominal pain during menstruation or menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) occurs because the uterus contracts excessively to expel the lining of the uterus that comes out as the blood of the enstruation, indeed this does not happen to every woman, and the cause can be different.
Here's how to cope with menstrual pain naturally and easily
1. Lying
Relaxates the body and parts of your uterus with a stretched sleep, and a leg with a few pillows so that the position is higher than the body. This will reduce the tension of the uterus and smooth the blood flow to the uterus, so that it can automatically help reduce or even relieve painful menstruation.
2. Use warm compress
While lying on the back, compress the abdomen right above the uterus, the bottom of the navel, using something warm. You can use a bottle, plastic, or a special container filled with warm water. Apply for 15 minutes and rest 15 minutes as well, then repeat again until menstrual pain disappears.
3. Warm water bath
If the above steps are not enough, you could consider bathing a warm water. The warm water that envises your body will give a relaxed feeling to the muscles that are tense and blood circulation, not only in the womb but also the whole body. It is more perfect for soaking up the warm water for a few minutes.
4. Drink warm water
During menstruation, the body secretes more fluid than usual so it needs to be balanced by consuming enough water. To give a more comfortable taste in the abdominal pain, we recommend the consumption of warm water.
5. Keep your diet organized
Some women who are menstruating must often have decreased appetite until there are those who do not eat. But this is not good for health and will cause other diseases.
However, keep the diet well organized. If you need to consume a little food but in a relatively frequent frequency. This will keep the work balance of your body organs, so the pain can be reduced.
6. Sports
Light sports such as walking, biking or swimming can help increase oxygen flow throughout the body so that the muscles can relax. Good stretching exercises also give you the same results. However, only doing this activity when the menstrual pain is not so heavy.
7. Consumption of nutritious intake
Often most women do not pay attention to the intake of food or beverages consumed during menstruation. This is certainly not good for health, which there will only exacerbate health conditions. Start by changing the intake with a nutritious one.
In food, avoid high fatty foods, containing a lot of MSG and other preservatives. We recommend consuming food that can be trusted to reduce the pain, namely pineapple, broccoli, banana, salmon, spinach, chicken without fat and dark chocolate.
While on drinks, avoid drinks that contain alcohol, soda, coffee. Consume good drinks for health so that the pain does not appear anymore, such as milk, yogurt, ginger drinks and warm lemons as well as herbal tea drinks.
8. Drinking chamomile tea
A study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Chemistry finds, that there may be a pain relief trait in chamomile tea. According to Elaine Holmes, Ph.D., a chemist at Imperial College London, the study found that when 14 participants were given chamomile tea, in the urine they were found a significant increase in hippurate. Hippurate is a natural anti-inflammatory compound that is able to lower the production of prostaglandins, thereby reducing menstrual cramps.
9. Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a type of traditional Chinese medicine, involving the installation of small needles to stimulate the body at certain points. Researchers from the Oriental Hospital at Kyung Hee University Medical Center in South Korea find, that acupuncture has a positive effect of reducing menstrual cramps. The research was based on 10 experiments with 944 participants.