CBD and Your Menstrual Cycle

Have you considering using CBD during your menstrual cycle?

​If you have been searching for ways to make your menstrual cycle less painful, then CBD could be just what you’ve been looking for!

There’s nothing worse than when that time of the month rolls in to ruin your mood and your day. When your menstrual cycle hits, it can play havoc with your hormones and your personal and professional lives. For many women, it’s that thing that they dread most every month.

For some women, their menstrual cycle or period is regular and mild. It comes and goes every month without a lot of fuss or trouble, but this isn’t the same for everyone. Over 90% of women experience painful periods known as dysmenorrhea. Pain can spread from the lower back, thighs, and stomach. Pain can be felt as mild in some cases to severe in extreme circumstances.

While there are a variety of different pharmaceutical pain management options available, the last thing many women want is to pump themselves full of chemicals. Not to mention the negative side-effects of many opioid-based pain medications such as addiction, constipation, nausea, and drowsiness.

The good news is that there could be a natural solution to help with your next menstrual cycle and it’s Cannabidiol (CBD).
 
How could CBD help with your menstrual cycle?

CBD has a variety of different benefits, and scientists are still unlocking more and more benefits of this natural compound every day. There have been a variety of various studies into CBD and its effects, many of which could assist with your menstrual cycle.

Several studies have shown that CBD can be useful for reducing inflammation, and its anti-inflammatory properties are just the beginning. When the body is sore or injured, it floods the area with inflammatory compounds, which cause the affected area to swell while it heals. The faster the inflammation is reduced, the quicker the body recovers. Often during the menstrual cycle, your abdomen feels swollen and inflamed, and CBD could potentially reduce that swelling, easing pain and making you feel more comfortable.

One of the traditional remedies for period pain is Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs). NSAIDs work by inhibiting the enzyme that’s responsible for producing prostaglandins (COX-2) that contribute to contractions, inflammation, and pain. The problem with NSAIDs is that they come with a list of negative side-effects, including gastrointestinal issues.

However, scientists may have unlocked a better solution than NSAIDs. CBD also inhibits the prostaglandin-enzyme, but it doesn’t appear to have the same negative side-effects as NSAIDs.
 
CBD and your menstrual cycle

Dreading that time of the month can play a massive part in how much stress you experience. It can have a variety of adverse flow-on effects into both your personal and professional lives as well as impacting your relationships. Finding a natural solution to painful periods could change your life and the way you live for the better. If you have used CBD to assist with your menstrual cycle and would like to share your story with others, please don’t hesitate to comment below.

We hope CBD use helps turn that time of the month into a slightly less stressful time of the month. And if you'd like to learn more about our very own full-spectrum and broad-spectrum CBD tinctures made with no compromises, feel free to swing by our sister site, asepurenaturals.com.

-APN

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