Kelly (Tacoma, Wa) on 10/09/2016
Two "side effects" I've noticed on Dandelion root:
I feel myself getting dehydrated so I have doubled my water intake.
It makes me urinate frequently, so I will continue to take it in the morning so as not to disrupt my sleep. Dandelion is a powerful diuretic!!
I hope others will try this simple remedy. Dandelion root is very inexpensive.
Freda (Northeastern Wi) on 07/01/2016
I'm 35 and have struggled with heavy menses well its been two days since I been taking a little less than a tsp. of the blackstrap molasses that I happen to have. I didn't really know what it was for and I googled it and read about good info on here.
Every month before I start my menstrual I feel very heavy and tired and also get anxiety very bad when it's that time :( ..well this morning I got my thing and I noticed that I feel pretty good and noticed also small air bubble noises coming from down there? Is this good? I feel so much at ease today ...good stuff but maybe like some other people on here were noting that you should check w the doc before taking with some other meds your taking > I think I will stick to a smaller amount it seems to make a big difference for me.
Sue (Pittsburgh, Pa) on 12/16/2015
All_natural (San Francisco, California) on 07/01/2015
The maybe $40 you'll spend buying natural remedies will by far be better for your mind and body than prescription drugs!
I've been an avid user of ACV for a variety of aliments but over the past few months have stopped use. (what a mistake) This year, from what I can recall, my PMS took a really bad turn for the worst. My poor family and boyfriend probably didn't know what was really going on. As much as I tried to be positive and happy, there was just something in me that couldn't keep faking it. There was something biological going on that needed help. So yesterday, 6-30-2015, I started taking a variety of things I read up on right here on Earth Clinic.
1. ACV + Baking Soda + Water + lemon (optional) = Amazing
2. Iodine drops + water= Amazing
3. Calcium/Magnesium Vitamins = Wonderful
4. Rhodiola Rosea = Wonderful
Yesterday, I couldn't hold back tearing up at work but today I feel so much less overwhelmed/stressed, it's almost magical how giving your body what it needs, will in turn give you mental clarity and you feel like you can finally be yourself & live life!
I'm never going to stop taking these 4 things. The balance of these 4 have brought me back to life. The two weeks I usually lose to PMS, I know I'll get back if I already feel this great after less than 24 hours.
Try it out, you have nothing to lose.
Sue (Pittsburgh, Pa) on 03/11/2015
Sam (Miami, FL) on 08/11/2014
Read more:
http://www.itmonline.org/arts/xiaoyao.htm
and
http://www.itmonline.org/shen/chap6.htm
Jennywren (Western Australia) on 05/20/2014
I was looking online a few years back and read that Vitamin B6 was meant to help. So the next time I had a PMS day I took one and it simmered the symptoms right down. If it's still hanging around after a few hours, I take another. And that's it! Works for me! :)
Shellie (Dallas, Tx) on 07/20/2013
Briona (La, Ca) on 05/18/2013
Robert (Katy, Texas) on 04/28/2013
Shannon (Minneapolis, Minnesota, Usa) on 01/21/2013
I have had horrendus PMS for the last 10 years, to the point I was diagnosed with PMDD. I would be 100% normal 3 weeks out of the month, but the week before my period I would hit rock bottom, just like flipping a switch. I would get enraged, ehausted, suicidal. Completely out of my mind. The only thing the doctor offered was various anti-depressives I. E. Prozac, Zoloft, etc.
Recently I noticed some redness in the face and scalp flaking, and attributing this to seborrheic dermatitis/rocasea, started taking some supplements that I read could combat it. I started out with a quality B complex, and 2 days later started taking supplement that had Calcium/Magnesium/D3.
One day I went to the bathroom and found out my period had started. I was absolutely mind-blown; never in my life has it come without a major buildup that would peak with extreme mood swings and end with me in bed, sobbing, exhausted in pain.
B-Complex contains:
-Vitamin B12 1, 000 MG ~Make sure it is in the form of methylcobalamin~
-B6, 5MG
-Folic Acid, 400 mcg
-Biotin, 25 mcg
Mine is sublingual, which is recommended for effective absorption. Took this and the other supplement for 8 days before my period came effortlessly.
Shirley (London, UK) on 07/29/2012
I am someone who every month contemplated suicide due to the severity of the mental symtoms I regularly experienced from PMT - mood swings, short temper, anxiousness, extreme fatigue, weepiness - I often felt like I had been injected by a chemical that affected my brain the week before my period started. I also have had bloating and swelling - puffy face and eyes as a regular occurence at period time and often I just could not face going out of the house.
After following the plan in the book for 3 months I have no bloating, I feel "normal" and not like I have turned into some mad women and besides a little cramping the day my period comes on I feel normal during my period for the first time ever. I would recommend this book to anyone sufferring mood swings and anxiety/aggression etc at period times - it is the only thing that has really worked for me.
Juliette (Reston, Va) on 05/24/2012
Sharon (Houston, Tx) on 12/01/2011
Carly (Seattle, Wa - Usa) on 08/30/2011
To help make the ACV taste better I take 1 oz of ACV, and then I add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda to it. When it stops fizzing (bubbling up) I add about 10 oz of (non chlorinated) water and 2 oz of orange juice. It tastes GREAT this way. Some people add apple juice instead of OJ - so if you prefer it, maybe try that.
ACV is great stuff. Keep at it, and you will start to actually like the taste of it, I promise!
Carly :-)
S.a (Savannah, Ga) on 03/05/2011
P.b. (Cape Breton, Ns) on 02/16/2011
Better But With Side Effects
There was a side effect though - it shortened my cycle by a week. I couldn't stand that so I'm off it now. But haven't found anything else yet that worked as well.
Paula (Ãâ¦s, Akershus, Norway) on 01/29/2011
I started drinking a glass of water with two teaspoons of ACV and one of molasses every morning and have been doing it for a month now. Not sure if it's related to it, but after months of being pretty regular, my mood changes came on day 14 on my cycle instead of right before my period. The spots on my face did not go away, and even got stronger right after my period!
I did not gain the traditional 2 kg but the cramps were maybe a bit more painful!
Does anyone know how long does it take to see the effects of drinking this mix? Should I be drinking it twice a day? Should I wait a little longer? My skin and hair are pretty dull too... I thought ACV was a miracle skin enhacer! :(
Any help will be appreciated!
Ee (New York, Ny, United States) on 09/18/2010
Cleoppa (Cleburne, Tx) on 08/28/2010