Painful menses plague women of all ages, often causing withdrawal from daily activity or the use of toxic pain relievers, month after month. Yet women need not experience their monthly cycle in this way. Ancient remedies hold the key to not only relieving the symptoms of pain, but cleansing the organs so that the cause of such sensation is eliminated from the body.
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In this article for Birth Institute, Rosita Arvigo, naprapathic physician and teacher of Maya medicine, reminds us of a forgotten ancient treatment that any woman can use at home.
Gretta, a fifteen year old Mennonite girl, sat before me in tears. “I hate my period. I hate it. There’s so much pain that I wish I had not been born a woman.” Ever since her menses started three years earlier she was confined to bed for three days of each month, taking strong pain relief drugs that could only slightly alleviate the pain. Her mother brought her to me after all else had failed. Already, Gretta had seen doctors in Merida, Guatemala City and a host of other professionals to no avail.
I asked the most important question: “Do you see dark blood at the beginning of the cycle and dark blood at the end of the cycle?”
She looked surprised. “No one ever asked me that before, but, yes, always. What does that mean?”
“Well,” I answered, “it means that your uterus needs to be cleansed from within. The dark blood at the onset of your period is what did not flush out the last cycle and the dark blood at the end of the period is from many months, even years of accumulation on the uterine membrane. The accumulation hardens, darkens and thickens which makes the uterus work and cramp harder to expel the indurated material.”
I gave her a good Maya Abdominal Therapy treatment and found that, as expected, her uterus was very low and sitting on top of the bladder. It was easy to lift, and I taught her the self-care to do at home every day when not menstruating.
“Do you know what a vaginal steam is?” I asked her mother.
“Actually, yes, I know that my grandmother in Canada used to do them for us, but I forgot all about them. Do you think it will help?” she answered with a quizzical look.
I gave them a good double handful of fresh oregano leaves to do three consecutive vaginal steams at home. Fortunately, the timing was right as her menses would begin in about 7 days – perfect. Also, I took the time to explain to both of them that very likely they will see a lot of dark, thick blood pass with the next menses. It might look like coffee grounds, chocolate syrup or even hamburger meat. And, sure enough, that is exactly what happened on the first, second and third day of her period.
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