Every woman has probably wished that she could prepone or postpone her periods by a few days at some point. In India, menstruating women are taboo when it comes to religious pujas or festivals, marriages etc. The basic idea for choosing which foods act as pre-menses friendly lies in opting for foods that generate heat in your body, as these are the ones that cause your menstrual cycle to start early. Here is a list of some easily available natural foods to cause ‘heat’ in your body and prepone your periods so they can end before that vacation or wedding that you need to attend.
Eight magical foods to prepone your periods
- Papaya – Papaya is one of the most effective home remedies for preponing your menses as it generates excessive heat in your body. Carotene present in this fruit helps in stimulating the hormone estrogen, thereby inducing your menses early.
- Jaggery – Always available in the Indian kitchen, jaggery is a good home remedy for preponing periods. Consume jaggery with sesame seeds or drink a glass of ginger juice with jaggery on an empty stomach early in the morning as this is believed to help prepone your menstruation cycle.
- Pomegranate – Drink pomegranate juice thrice a day for some days or have one glass of (pomegranate juice with sugarcane juice) juice mixture four times a day to start your menstrual cycle early.
- Carrots – Eat fresh carrots (or pumpkin – rich in carotene) or have carrot juice 2-3 times a day, as carotene present in carrots encourages the production of estrogen thereby preponing your menstrual cycle.
- Carom seeds – Having a glass of juice made from carom seeds or even fenugreek seeds is found to help in preponing your periods by few days.
- Sesame seeds – You can have a teaspoon of sesame seeds with jaggery around 15 days prior to the expected date or can have a spoonful of sesame seeds with hot water 2 times a day for early menstruation.
- Pineapple – It is one of the good heat-inducing foods that seems to act effectively if you need to prepone your periods, when consumed in larger quantities.
- Turmeric – Add a pinch of turmeric powder to boiling water and drink it in the morning and evening every day for around 15 days prior to your expected date to raise your chances of early menses by approximately 5 days.
Disclaimer: These are only home remedies and should not be used instead of a doctor’s advice. Please visit your doctor for a proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
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References
- Siobán D. Harlow, Menstruation and Menstrual Disorders: The Epidemiology of Menstruation and Menstrual Dysfunction.
- H.S. Cronjé, et al Menstruation: Symptoms, management and attitudes in university students, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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