Menstration Question...need home remedies

United States
August 12, 2007 6:14pm CST
Does anyone know of any home remedies to help with severe cramps and headaches at "that time of the month"??? I try everything like Motrin, hot baths, cold compresses, etc and nothing works. Pamprin is a joke! I just need to find something natural to help me with these symptoms. I am useless for about 4 days every month! VERY tired, headache, cramps, etc. I don't want to get on birth control and I don't want to think of a hysterectomy.
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
13 Aug 07
I suffered for years with headaches, three days of every month I had a dreadful headache so I know how you are feeling until someone suggested I have a little apple cider vinegar in water every morning, I used to have as little as half an eye glass and so did my sister who suffered as well and while we were on this we never suffered a headache or got a cold or had any stomach upset, my sister used to say it tasted so bad nothing would come near you... but it worked... from what I have read in the Apple Cider vinegar book which you can now get it is a blood thinner so it really does work if you can drink this stuff but you only need a little every morning...
• United States
13 Aug 07
my doctor gave me a med that works well for me sodium naproxen you can also get it over the counter but not in the same does it is like a blood thinner, and pain pill in one works good for me but also salt and the viiniger its the salt contents in that I heard that realy helps you. I worked as a cna and we had nurses that was pg there they would open a salt packet and eat the salt if they got any cramps
@AmbiePam (90386)
• United States
13 Aug 07
If you have a walking schedule all through the month, I find that it lessens the cramps a lot. I mentioned it to my doctor once and she says regular exercise like that usually DOES decrease the amount of cramps in that time period. Also, have you ever tried a Therma Care heat wrap? They go on under your clothes and stay fairly well.