Vitamins that Help Reduce Heavy Menstruation Bleeding To Normal

By Dr. Jonathan V. Wright

How can I stop heavy menstrual bleeding naturally?

Nutrition & Healing – Heavy Menstruation

If you have overly heavy menstrual periods, it’s almost always possible to reduce bleeding to normal without using drugs or surgery. Of course, it’s necessary to have a check-up with your doctor or gynecologist first to make sure there’s nothing to be found in the matter except for the heavy bleeding.

If nothing else can be found, the “mainstream” medical treatment is usually limited to prescription birth control pills or recommendations for surgery, usually a “d & c.”

Vitamin A

Nutritional treatment starts with vitamin A, which can help by improving the internal secretion of estrogen by the ovaries. I usually recommend 75,000 units daily for three weeks, after which quantities can gradually reduce to 25,000 units daily maintenance dose.

Vitamin E

Whenever vitamin A is ended, vitamin E should be taken, also to prevent an overly rapid breakdown of vitamin A. I usually recommend 400 units of vitamin E daily. Flavonoids help control heavy menstrual bleeding by strengthening small blood vessels and capillaries.

Citrus Flavonoids

I usually recommend 1000 milligrams of citrus flavonoids twice daily, along with an equivalent amount of vitamin C. Once heavy bleeding is controlled, these quantities can be reduced to a maintenance level of 500 milligrams of flavonoids and 1000 milligrams of vitamin C daily.

Iron

Improvement of low iron levels can also improve overly heavy menstrual bleeding. Before using more than a few milligrams of iron daily, please have a test done. Usually, measurement of “serum ferritin,” a major iron storage protein, is best. This can be low even if you’re not anemic. If serum ferritin is low, then I usually end 30 to 60 milligrams of iron daily. Iron should be taken with vitamin C for best absorption and definitely not at the same time with vitamins A or E.   Whenever individual nutrients are taken, it’s always wisest to use a general vitamin-mineral supplement daily as a “backup.”

Some women with overly heavy menstrual bleeding are helped with small quantities of natural thyroid, even though routine blood tests are said to be normal. This possibility requires careful investigation by a doctor.