If there is excessive discharge of blood from the womb during the monthly periods, it is called menorrhagia, but if there is irregularity of menstruation, the condition is called metrorrhagia. The treatment for both the conditions is the same.
The disorders may be due to the imbalance of the hormones; abnormal growths (whether benign or malignant) in the uterus may be at the root of excessive or irregular bleeding. In severe cases, bleeding may continue for a long time giving rise to symptoms of prostration like giddiness, constant headaches, pain in the calves and restlessness. Neglect of the condition or ineffective attempts at dealing with it may lead to anaemia of the most severe type.
Natural Cures and Remedies for Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia:
Ashoka (Saraca Indica) and Lodhra (Symplocos Racemosa) are two remedies which have been successfully used by the practitioners of Ayurveda to deal with these conditions. A home remedy is to grind seven leaves of the Pomegranate tree and seven grains of Rice into a paste and given to the patient for a month twice daily. It acts as a curative as well as a preventive agent.
Twenty grams of bark of Ashoka tree should be crushed and boiled in 250 ml. of milk and an equal amount of water: when half of the liquid is left, it should be strained, sweetened with sugar, and drunk. A few days' use will put the patient on the road to recovery. Or, equal weights of Pathani Lodh, Red Ochre (Geru) and Oak Galls (Mazu) should be finely powdered and four grams of it taken in the morning and evening with milk.
Half ripe fruits of the country Fig tree (Gular) should be dried in the shade, powdered and mixed with an equal quantity of sugar. Six gramsof the powder taken with milk in the morning and evening gives. Alternatively, three grams of Rasaut and an equal quantity of Shellac should be finely ground together and made into two doses, one to be taken with milk in the morning and evening.
Another wonderful remedy for this condition is Amla. Dry Amla should be soaked in juice of green Amla for three days and then ground into powder. Six grams of this powder taken with cow's milk for some days cures the condition. Other remedies recommended are: 10 grams each of Selkhari (Talk) and Geru (Red Ochre) ground together should be taken in three grams doses thrice daily. Multani Mitti (Bole Armeniac) steeped in water and the supernatant water drunk in the morning is also good for excessive bleeding from the womb. Five grams of bark of Kurchi and raw Sugar mixed together taken in the morning and evening is also an effective remedy.