Natural Ways to Lighten/Shorten Your Period?

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I don't know of any, I'm sorry

I've heard of people using an instead cup and still being able to have sex without the mess..

The diva cup works wonders, but also masturbate, masturbate, masturbate... it helps a lot

Excerise for like an hour... then take a long hot bath... massage the area where your cramps are the most..

Well, I read on RedVinylKitty's blog a while back that orgasms make your period end a wee bit faster. So maybe there's something to that

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*Quick post-published edit*: I just saw what Madeira said, lol. I guess it's true then, two reliable sources say it is, so there

There's an herbal product called Cat's Claw that works for some women -- the purpose is supposed to be to relieve cramps, but for some it actually makes cramps much worse. However, it shortens the messy part.

There's also an urban legend about McDonald's beef being so full of hormones that you can manipulate your cycle with it, but it didn't work for me. Also, yuck.

In Secret Diaries of a London Call Girl, no doubt an excellent source of health information, Belle mentions shoving bits of sponge up herself to hide her period from a customer. It sounds like an absolutely terrible idea and a fine way to get an infection of some kind to me, but maybe there's something more to it than appeared in the show.

Oh, I forgot to recommend Instead cups to you! They won't shorten it but you can have sex with them in. The local stores around me carry them and not Diva Cups so I would say that they are probably easier to find.

Parsley is known to contract the womb. Google it for more info I don't know much more about. But I assume you need to make tea of it

When I had an eating disorder, my periods were almost absent. Obviously not a good idea, not natural, and not worth it. Most measures you could take don't work in the short term (meaning they would gradually shorten your periods over the course of a year).

I would suggest using a menstrual cup for intercourse. There still will be a little blood in your discharge, but not enough to stain the bed. You could also try a trick I use for nude modeling: insert a tampon, then clip the string (be careful to leave some so you can retrieve the tampon with your fingers, and be careful not to clip your labia in the process).

Exercise at a high intensity and if all else fails, just have sex in the shower!

I have no medical research behind any of this, except the word of MANY MANY MANY women. Try using a menstrual cup. I have used one for years, and I went from 8 day periods to 4 day periods. Also, birth controls can reduce your periods.

Another way to reduce the length of your period is to masturbate. I don't know if it is scientifically proven, but I promote masturbation in my area and at a seminar we were told that masturbation helps remove the blood as your orgasm... thus shortening your period.

I learned a lot reading this, good answers guys!

I have a lot of good natural ways to ease symptoms and lighten periods, but I've saw this question quite a bit and have wore my fingers out typing all the stuff so I'll try to keep this one short. First, I have endometriosis so I take depo provera injection and have for 7 years after a few yrs, my periods stopped. It helps the endometrial tissue not to grow. But, you asked for natural. Ok, I just started taking aloe vera pills (only use natures factory!) anyways, I just started them today, but I highly recommend you check out their site to see the benefits! You have to be careful who you buy from because they're usually not effective since most claim to be 100% pure, but are far from it. That is why I only use these types of things from natures factory. You can get a good bit of info on it and you'll be totally shocked to hear what all the aloe vera pills will do. They're totally safe. They're not pricey. The alleviate and can lighten menstrual symptoms and the period itself. I can't say how well it works for someone who has endo, because I've just started taking them, but I would really be shocked if they didn't give a normal person satisfaction in this area. I actuall am sure they'll give me relief even with the endo. I also take coconut oil. It's available online and I ONLY buy virgin coconut oil and I only buy my oil from tropical traditions. Yes, I'm picky because I want to be sure it's the real thing. Anyways, the coconut oil has amazingly unbelievable health benefits as well. I've been eating it from a spoon once a day no problem. No nasty side effects, but you can get side effects if you're allergic to coconut oil. It contains a lot of proteins and those are the main cause for people who get allergic reactions.

So, you could try that. You could also try Evening Primrose oil, but it's more for lightening pms and symptoms, cramps. I dont think it will lighten the actual flow or shorten the period. It's pricey so I never tried it.