Womanhood

Only woman are blessed with motherhood and the first step towards it is menstruation. It starts at age 12- 13 year and last till the age of 42-46 years duration a lady is able to reproduce. Menstrual cycle is of 28-32 days, it clears the toxicity of the body. When menses stops at age of 46 or onwards (in few cases) it is known menopause. Total absence of menses eve after the age of 16 years is known as pre-ammenorrhoea and when it disappears in reproductive age due to any cause is known as sec, amenorrhoea. When menses is profuse it is known as menorrhagia. The abnormal bleeding between two menses is known as metrorrhagia. If the menses is severely painful it is known as dysmenorrhagia, it is of two types:

1. Spasmodic dys-more common between the age of 18-24 years the uterine muscles contracts and relaxes very rapidly which causes severe pain.

2. Congestive dys-menstrual flow is obstructed due to any pathology in vaginal tract which causes several congestion in uterus

Sometimes extreme physical exertion and mental stress can cause dysmenorrhoea progesterone secreted by ovaries meets prostagelandin, a toxin, creates more contractions in uterine muscles. The pain starts before menses and lasts 2-3 hours. Sometime in few cases dysmenorrhoea is associated with nausea and vomiting. As the age increases the flow gets reduced. If large clots are present with flow then the flow is more severe. If the pain is intolerable the lady cries and shouts loudly. Usually dismeno is the disease of unmarried one but if it happens even after marriage and normal labour, then the expert opinion should be taken immediately. Few girls consume pain killer every month but it provide temporary relief. In homoeopathy lots of medicines are there which cure the root causes and provide gentle relief without any side effect. As homoeopathy follows individualization, there is a different remedy for every person according to his physical and mental status.