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Health Remedies - Metrorrhagia

Metrorrhagia is any sort of uterine or vaginal bleeding that occurs between regular menstrual periods. It affects woman of reproductive age group. It may be an irregular timing of the menstrual period or even unrelated to the menstrual period. A woman or teenager with metrorrhagia will experience light to heavy bleeding between her regular menstrual periods. Depending upon the cause, she may or may not have a cramping abdominal pain with the bleeding.

Hormonal imbalance is the commonest cause of metrorrhagia. Other causes include cancer, inflammation or infections, non-cancerous polyps (growths), scar tissue in the uterus (adhesions), the growth of uterine tissue outside the uterus (endometriosis), birth control devices etc.

Useful herbs

Breea segetum	Used in the treatment of haemoptysis, haematemesis, metrorrhagia, boils and carbuncles and traumatic bleeding (plant).
Celtis australis	Colic and amenorrhea (fruit); in the treatment of amenorrhoea, heavy menstrual and intermenstrual bleeding and colic (leaves and fruit decoction); to astringe the mucous membranes in the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery and peptic ulcers (decoction).
Gossypium herbaceum	As an expectorant, laxative and aphrodisiac (seed); discharges from the uterus (flower); stimulating or restoring normal menstrual function (root bark); sporadic fever and dysentery (seed decoction); applied to various skin lesions and for joints inflamed. It not only increases the contractions of the uterus in labour, but also is useful in the treatment of metrorrhagia, specially when dependent on fibroids; useful also as an ecbolic; of value in sexual lassitude. Seed oil and root bark may cause male sterility.
Hydrastis canadensis	Arteriosclerosis, athlete's foot, cancer, catarrh, common cold, ear ailments, eczema, enterorrhagia, gland infections, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, habitual constipation, influenza, kidney ailments, liver ailments, metrorrhagia, mouth sores and mucous ulcerations.
Toona sinensis	Used to treat red spots on skin and as a remedy for gynecological troubles, including irregular menses (bark); to treat diarrhoea, chronic dysentery, flatulence, bloody stools, seminal emissions, leucorrhoea, metrorrhagia and gonorrhoea (decoction of bark); used to cool and to promote urination (powdered roots); chewed to stimulate digestion (young leaves).