Easy Home Remedies to Regulate Your Periods

What to do for late periods?
 

A menstrual cycle occurs monthly, wherein the lining of the uterus sheds its old self and develops a new one. The average gap between the current period and the occurrence of the next one is usually 28 days. However, it can even range between 24 and 38 days for many women. 

If you get your periods at more or less fixed intervals, it is considered to be regular. But, if you experience variations in the occurrence of your periods or a noticeable difference in the blood flow during each menstrual cycle, then it is considered to be irregular periods.

Irregular periods can be due to various reasons like hormonal imbalance, unhealthy diet, increase in stress levels, excessively heavy exercises, diseases, and hereditary factors. Sometimes, you may experience relatively heavy blood flow and at other times, insufficient flow. 

Though it is important to assess the correct reason behind the variation in the period cycle of your body by getting a proper medical diagnosis, here are some of the treatments for irregular periods to bring your cycle back on track.

How to get regular periods naturally

1. Yoga is the key

Yoga is a proven remedy that can control and maintain your imbalanced hormones. There are so many different poses in yoga that help in soothing the pain of menstrual cramps. Some women might experience deadly cramps more than others. Yoga simply lessens the pain involved and also ensures a healthy flow. Yoga can help lower anxiety and stress. 

Check out: 7 Best Yoga Poses to Help Ease Menstrual Pain

2. Maintain a healthy body weight

Body weight plays a major role in your menstrual cycles. If you are obese or overweight, you might experience irregular periods with heavier and longer blood flows than normal because of the impact of fat cells on hormones and insulin. On the other hand, if you are underweight or weak, you might experience longer gaps between two periods with a variation in blood flow and consistency. So, it is very important to maintain a healthy and correct weight according to your Body Mass Index (BMI).

For this, try consulting your nutritionist or a family doctor to get advice on how to gain or lose weight and maintain a healthy weight. Never go for steroids or fat pills, which might give short-term results while being extremely risky to your health and life.

3. Keep your body fit

No matter how great your body shape is, it is always recommended that you exercise daily to keep yourself fit and healthy. Like yoga, regular exercise is essential to maintaining proper menstrual cycles in women. It reduces the intensity of pain and irregularity of hormones in the female body. The treatment of PCOS too involves a necessary set of exercises to keep the hormone levels in check.

A good 5-minute exercise can do wonders for your menstrual health, if done consistently.
 

4. Add ginger to your diet

Ginger is a home remedy for a regular and painless period. Ginger is said to control the blood flow during periods by maintaining hormone levels. It also decreases the pain that you might experience in the first 2-3 days of your periods.

You can add ginger paste to your food or take ginger powder by mixing it with water. Ginger has shown a great impact on mood swings and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) that you get 5-7 days prior to your periods.

5. Add a little cinnamon to your diet

The other home remedy for irregular periods that you can add to your diet is cinnamon. Cinnamon is a great spice that has wonderful benefits for the human body. It has proven effects on menstrual symptoms like nausea, extreme mood breakdowns and vomiting.

It has great abilities to treat women with PCOS. It relieves you from feeling pukish and acidic.
 

6. Have apple cider vinegar daily

Apple cider vinegar is a boon for healthy skin and detoxicated body. If taken daily, it can restore the ovulatory menstruation in women with PCOS. The bad part is that apple cider vinegar has a very bitter taste which may stop you from trying it. Try adding it to water and mixing it with honey or milk.
 

7. Make pineapple your go-to fruit

Pineapples are not only tasty but they also contain Bromelain which is an enzyme that softens the uterus lining and thus, regulates your periods. Bromelain has some anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties that alleviate painful cramps and headaches during periods.
 

8. Get your vitamin D daily

Deficiency or low amount of vitamin D in the body often leads to irregular periods and a bad menstrual health. So, it is important to add an adequate amount of vitamin D to your diet to regulate your menstrual cycles. 

We all can easily add Vitamin D to our diet at home through dairy products.

So, try these natural home remedies to get your hormones back on track. These remedies not only help regulate your periods but also keep your body fit and healthy.

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