Herbal Ginger, the Natural and Effective Treatment of Menorrhagia ( Heavy Menstrual Bleeding) with No Side Effects in Human Studies

By Kyle J. Norton

Scientists may have found a kitchen pungent spice for the treatment for women with the condition of excessive menstrual bleeding during menstruation with no side effects, according to studies.

Menorrhagia is a condition of excessive bleeding in the menstruation phase of the menstrual cycle in the reproductive age woman, caused by the disruption of normal hormonal regulation of periods or disorders of certain reproductive organs.

The heavy loss of blood has been found to interfere with the woman daily normal activities.

In traditional Chinese medicine, menorrhagia can be caused by a combination of spleen qi deficiency, liver blood deficiency, damp accumulation.

Depending on the differentiation, treatments may include tonifying spleen qi, nourishing the blood, and/or resolving dampness. 

In TCM, the same disease can be treated with different formula and difference diseases may be treated with the same formula, depending on the diagnosis.

Similar to those of dysmenorrhea,, menorrhagia also can be classified into 2 types

* Primary menorrhagia is the heavy menstrual bleeding disorder with no underlined causes.

* Secondary menorrhagia is the heavy menstrual bleeding disorder due to damage of reproductive organs such as adenomyosis, dysfunction of the ovaries, and uterine fibroids.

Aging is one of the most common causes of menorrhagia. Women who are at the age of 40 - 50 may be experience abnormal menstrual cramps and pain and heavy than a normal period as a result of approaching the menopause stage. 

And, girls in their first 2 years of menstruation may experience the adnominal cramp and pain and heavy period due to the immature of the reproductive organs. 

Conventionally, most cases of menorrhagia are treated with ethamsylate, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and birth control.

If you are currently taking one of the aforementioned drugs, please make sure you know all the side effects for preventive measure.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) or ginger root, the second superfood used for thousands of years by mankind, is the genus Zingiber, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, native to Tamil.

The root has been used in traditional and Chinese medicine for the treatment of dyspepsia, gastroparesis, constipation, edema, difficult urination, colic, etc.

Researchers on finding a natural compound for the treatment of the heavy menstrual bleeding disorder, with no side effects, evaluated the effect of frankincense (Boswellia serrata, oleoresin) and ginger (Zingiber officinale, rhizoma) as complementary treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) among women of reproductive age.

The randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial based on the data provided by the gynecology outpatient clinics included patients with HMB (n = 102) randomly assigned to three groups.

All patients received ibuprofen (200 mg) and either frankincense (300 mg), ginger (300 mg), or a placebo.

According to the assays, ginger exerted a significant effect in reduced the duration of menstrual bleeding similar to those of frankincense group, compared to no reduction in the placebo group.

Ginger and frankincense groups showed a statistically significant improvement of the QOL compared to the placebo group.

Dr. the lead scientist said, "Ginger and frankincense seem to be effective complementary treatments for HMB".

Furthermore, in order to reveal more information about ginger effects on HMB, researchers at the Iran University of Medical Sciences investigated the effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in high school girls.

The study included 92 young women who experienced HMB were evaluated for six consecutive menstrual cycles and randomly allocated to two study groups to receive either ginger or placebo capsules.

According to the assessment, the ginger-receiving group displayed a reduction in the level of menstrual blood loss dramatically during the three intervention cycles.

The decrease of blood loss in the ginger-receiving group was significant and remarkable compared to that of participants receiving a placebo.

Adverse effects were reported by a minimum number of participants.

Take all together, ginger may be considered a functional alternative for the prevention and treatment of the heavy menstrual bleeding disorder, pending to larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
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Sources
(1) Effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) on heavy menstrual bleeding: a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial by Kashefi F1, Khajehei M, Alavinia M, Golmakani E, Asili J.(PubMed)
(2) The effect of frankincense (Boswellia serrata, oleoresin) and ginger (Zingiber officinale, rhizoma) on heavy menstrual bleeding: A randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial by Eshaghian R1, Mazaheri M2, Ghanadian M3, Rouholamin S4, Feizi A5, Babaeian M. (PubMed)