Inducing menstrual period naturally with foods and herbs
Health Vision|Feb 2021
Inducing menstrual period naturally with emmenagogue foods and herbs is very helpful. Pregnancy aside, there are many possible reasons for a late period, including stress and illness.
Dr.Venkatraman Hegde , Dr. Nandhini V. Mohan,
Inducing menstrual period naturally with foods and herbs

A Woman’s menstrual cycle is usually around 23 to 32 days, with menstrual bleeding usually starting about two weeks after ovulation. However, it is not unusually that a period, or menstruation, sometimes starts earlier or gets delayed. A delayed period can cause anxiety to women who are sexually active but not trying to get pregnant. If the possibility of a pregnancy is overruled, a delayed period can still be annoying. Pregnancy aside, there are many possible reasons for a late period, including stress and illness.

List of potentially foods:

Emmenagogue foods or emmenagogic foods are foods and herbs that have been reported to stimulate blood flow in the pelvic area & uterus and they are believed to stimulate menstruation.

1. parsley - both flat-leaf & curly contain apiol and myristicin which are known to stimulate contractions of the uterus. Folk healers around the world have touched parsley tea as ‘REMEDY’ for delayed periods.

2.Celery stalks & leaves are said to work much in the same way as parsley to induce menstruation.

3. Cumin belongs to same Apiaceae family of plants as parsley and cumin seeds are commonly used as a natural uterine stimulant in India.

(Drink a glass of beetroot juice by adding 2 tbspn of cumin seed powder)

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