Comments on: A Natural Way to Relieve Menstrual Cramps

By: Ryusan

Ryusan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:15:25 +0000

The only thing I have is brown sugar. I am about to try it out. Ahh its so simple and healthy! Time to read books about ancient chinese herbal remedies! I am into this stuff so yeah!

By: Ryusan

Ryusan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:08:33 +0000

This is very interesting. I have my period right now but I am just drinking hot green tea! It lasts for about 20min then I took a hot shower (I rather take a hot bath) and it helped. Now I am heating up some tea and drinking it and heating up some more and drinking it. works:)

However, I need to get more ginger. Also if you exercise.. it lessens the pain and your period because of the testosterone levels. it helps.

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:19:33 +0000

It makes blood flow more easily. If you look at a lot of cramp remedies like fish oil, warmth, garlic, they are anticoagulants, which means they thin out your blood: I think maybe the blood being more thinned out and flowing more easily, instead of clotting up and being stagnant, is what helps prevent the cramping pains.

By: tiffiney

tiffiney — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:51:59 +0000

In graduate school, two of my classmates were from China. We took a road trip to NC and, during my “monthly” I was writhing in pain. Sure enough, she told me to drink hot “brown sugar water.” I had been on prescription pain meds for years and I couldn’t believe that something so simple could work! She also recommended these options for variety: 1) brown sugar “tea”; 2) dong quai root (its so bitter you MUST add brown sugar but it works); and 3) ginger root tea with brown sugar…

By: Belinda

Belinda — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:58:40 +0000

I’m drinking ginger tea right now. Every time I get my period my mother makes the exact ginger tea mentioned in the article and it works! I always have bad/severe cramps that keeps me in bed for the first 2 days, but this really relieves the pain.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:02:03 +0000

I’m 14 and chinese/taiwanese, my mom tells to not drink cold food and drink, which I find particuarly hard to cope with, because there are a lot of yummy things in the refrigerator haha, but my mom makes red bean tea/juice, just boil red beans and then drink it… i think. It works ,though

By: clee

clee — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:09:08 +0000

thank you for this article.. much needed.

By: phoebe

phoebe — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:45:55 +0000

this is a life saver…i find that if i drink it regularly throughout the month, even when i’m not on my period, it helps to make it less painful and even shortens it slightly.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:41:16 +0000

My daughter is 13 years old and she suffers badly I have tried everything. But to think that something as natural as ginger could be so powerful to the body. Thanks for recommanding this home remedy my daughter is much happier.

By: anindita

anindita — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:02:16 +0000

Thanks for the info. But does chewing a small bit of raw ginger lead to heavy periods. My periods had stopped for a day. I had a piece of raw ginger to stimulate metabolism, bleeding started. I am confused. Is ginger the reason?