Herbal medicine for relief of mild cramps during menstruation
Almost all women are familiar with pain during the period. Hänseler improves well-being during this time with an herbal medicine from the yarrow extract in keeping with the motto “Make it through your period without cramps”. Hänseler Achillea is traditionally used to relieve mild cramps during menstruation.
Yarrow herb extract
Has a relaxing and antispasmodic effect on mild cramps during menstruation
Tried and tested for thousands of years: Yarrow
The ancient Greeks already knew yarrow as a medicinal plant: According to legend, Achilles healed his injuries with this herb. Hence, the first part of the name, Achillea. The second part, millefolium, originates from Latin and means “thousand leaves”. However, the “soldier’s weed ” was already very quickly used in gynaecology, but also has a stimulating effect on the appetite and helps with gastrointestinal tract problems.
Composition
1 film-coated tablet contains: Active substance: 250 mg dry extract from yarrow herb (Achillea millefolium L., herba) Drug-extract ratio 5-10: 1, extraction medium: water. Excipients: maltodextrin, cellulose, croscarmellose-sodium, highly dispersed silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, stearic acid, macrogol 6000, talc, titanium dioxide E171, iron oxide red E172
Use
Adult women and adolescents 12 years of age and above: One film-coated tablet 2-3 times per day
Take the film-coated tablet whole with sufficient liquid. This medicinal product is not suitable for men or children and adolescents under 12 years of age because there is no therapeutic benefit.
If you have taken more film-coated tablets than recommended, please ask your doctor, pharmacist or chemist for advice. They will initiate the appropriate measures, if necessary.
All about menstruation
Menstruation, also called the period, cycle, or that time of the month, is a natural biological process in the female body: Every month, an egg cell matures in one of the ovaries. After ovulation, it wanders in the direction of the uterus. If it is fertilised with a sperm, it nests itself into the mucous membrane lining of the uterus which has built up since the last menstrual period to provide protection to the egg cell. If fertilisation does not occur, the egg is expelled from the vagina together with the mucous membrane: This results in bleeding from the vagina. This entire process is also called the menstrual cycle. Many hormones, the sexual organs and the nervous system are involved in this very complex process in the female body. That is why menstruation is not only noticeable through bleeding, but also through many other factors.
Tips to help with menstrual complaints
- cravings for chocolate? Magnesium tablets are the better alternative. With cravings, the body is signalling that it lacks this mineral – it has a cramp-relieving effect.
- Caffeine can intensify the pain. Therefore, it is best to avoid coffee, cola and black or green tea.
- Instead, drink a lot of tea or water so that you do not become dehydrated.
- Stress promotes cramping; therefore try to relax when possible.
- Keep moving! Light sports activities are good for you and also have a cramping-relieving effect. So how about a walk or a yoga session?
- If warmth helps you (this varies from woman to woman), then make yourself cosy and warm and drink something warm. A hot bath or cherry pit pillow on the stomach can also have a cramp-relieving effect.
- Make sure that you get enough sleep. Women are more sensitive to pain and more irritated when they are tired.
- If it is not uncomfortable for you: Try sex. The endorphins released during sex also relax the muscles in the lower abdomen.
- Take Hänseler Achillea with beneficial yarrow before and during menstruation. The preparation relieves mild cramps during menstruation.
- For severe menstrual pain that affects your life, pain or hormone preparations can also help. Consult your gynaecologist in this case.
What affects menstruation?
Every girl and every woman knows it: No cycle is one hundred percent regular; no cycle is the same length; the bleeding is sometimes weaker, sometimes stronger. In addition to the hormone level at the respective timepoint of menstruation, there are still other factors that can affect this natural process:
- Both severely malnourished as well as severely overweight women more often have an irregular menstrual cycle.
- Directly after the birth of a child, the cycle may be irregular, even over a longer period of time.
- Women who are under great stress and overexertion are more likely to have irregular periods or even no periods at all. This also applies to high-performance athletes who subject their bodies to great physical exertion
- Physical and mental balance has a positive effect on menstruation, its regularity and also the pain during the period.
- Women who are overweight often bleed more than those who are of normal weight. This is also true for women who are about to start menopause.
- Diseases can affect the regularity or the amount of blood during menstruation:
-
- Myomas in the uterus (benign growths)
- Endometriosis (uterus-like tissue on the ovaries, intestine or peritoneum)
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (ovarian cysts)
- Pelvic diseases, that originate from an infection
Helpers from nature against period complaints
Help yourself to nature’s garden when you aren’t feeling well! Many different herbal preparations can help you relieve pain and other unpleasant side effects of menstruation. Pharmacies often sell tea blends of the following herbs, the combined power of which can help you get through the time around your period.
For pain and cramps
Yarrow
Chamomile
Ginger
Black cohosh
St. John’s wort
Lady’s mantle
Lemon balm
For PMS symptoms
Chasteberry
St. John’s wort
Valerian
Hops
Lemon balm
Passion flower
Phytotherapy – Harnessing the power of plants
Herbal preparations such as Hänseler Achillea are produced from plant extracts. They need somewhat more time until they unfold their full effect. Therefore, do not stop taking them after a short time if you do not notice any improvement. Ask a professional in the pharmacy or drugstore if the medicine is the right one for your complaint.
Did you know that...
... approx. 30 to 150 millilitre blood is expelled per cycle?
That’s about a small coffee cup full.
... every woman goes through an average of 500 menstrual cycles?
When a woman menstruates five days long for approx. 40 years, that amounts to menstruation of approximately seven years.
... women who take the pill do not have menstrual bleeding, ....
… but something called break-through bleeding? This is because during the seven-day pill pause, the oestrogen level is lowered and withdrawal bleeding therefore results.
... less uterine lining is built up by taking the pill?
Therefore, the bleeding is less severe and lasts a shorter time.
... menstruation is subdivided into four phases?
Into the menstrual phase, follicular phase, ovulation phase and luteal phase.
... some women also bleed during pregnancy?
That occurs particularly in women who take the pill. In this case, a woman should consult her gynaecologist.
... menstrual blood contains 385 proteins that are unique?
These are neither present in the vaginal fluid, nor in normal blood.
... many women feel ovulation?
Either it hurts a little or light bleeding occurs.
... during ovulation, the body temperature usually rises by 0.5 degrees?
This observation is used for natural contraception with the temperature method because it is at this time that the woman is most fertile.
Hänseler Achillea
Unfettered by the days
For the relief of mild cramps during menstruation. The main active ingredient is obtained from yarrow, which among other things has an antispasmodic effect. „Be a relaxed woman“ and use valuable active ingredients from nature. Hänseler supports women's health with another herbal medicine made from the extract of yarrow. Achillea is traditionally used to relieve mild cramps during menstruation. It is taken only shortly before and during the menstrual cycle. The full development of the effect occurs after repeated use.
This is an approved medicine. Consult a healthcare professional and read the package insert.
