For Women

Since you brought up fabric softener, just so most are aware, most companies that make fabric softener have quite a few toxins in them. That "clean laundry" smell is usually chemicals that are toxic.
So as you mentioned, taol, vinegar can be a good substitute.

Is it a really big flow, if you don't mind me asking. I bleed pretty hard for two days, then hardly anything the next three or four. It used to be more like three mediums, two lows and one heavy.

When I'm on my period it normally doesn't hurt much (mostly like if you pinched yourself with a needle... And than accidentally got a bit of salt on it...) But now it hurt like I was stretched on a medieval torching device & ripped in half. My mom gaved me a pill that normally makes me fell asleep but I was in tears because of the pain so I visualized my GD's sigil and asked for help. In a minute I felt so much better & it was on the level of a normal bad period. Before I was reading on jos site about aura & there was a meditation for healing so I did that one & now I feel 0 pain. I really appreciate my GD's help & don't know what would I do if I wouldn't know Him nor about being a Zevism.
Hail Satan
Hail lord Azazel

Period pain and cramping can be due to a number of things, such as blood stagnation, qi stagnation (usually has an emotional component), blood deficiency (very short or light periods), cold in the uterus which occurs when women wear short skirts and go out in the freezing cold or they have cold baths on their period and a few other more rare things.

Depending on the type of pain, it's nature and intensity and the length and flow of the period, it can be ascertained as to which pathology is causing the pain and treated accordingly.

I had a while where I used to cramp up pretty bad partly because I did not want to have cramps.

Then I tried to relax it all, meditate slightly, but just relax and relax the parts that have the cramps. I think it would not even be a bad idea to inhale healing energy into the muscles (of your uterus) at that point either.

But that does help.

I've had cramps for about 3-4 days my last period and I hope it doesn't stay like that, but as said, I just probably really need the time alone to relax and stuff and be with myself instead of constantly looking outward.

I don't bleed heavily, like, "I need to wear night pads during the day change them every 3 hours" .... no, its more like what they seem to call 'moderate' on the internet topics.

Anyway, I am not sure to whom your question was directed shantikami.

quoted from Soutlaw92: "Egon, I know what you meant. Women would stay away from their husbands to celebrate their moon cycle with other women. Of course there were times when pagan men embraced it and spent time with their woman but because it was sacred time, celebration was with other women. Like a rite of passage."

Now i know why I want to stay away from the men (even if they are my family or my friends) when i´m menstruating... If a man is close to me when I´m menstruating, I feel bad. And my Incubi is absent when my breasts begin to hurt when i touch them until has passed a day after the end of the menstruation. Aproximately 13 days = 4 days before bleeding + 8 menstruation + 1 day after the menstruation ends

@LeioniereYour menstrual cycle (days of bleeding) last a 8 days all the time? If you notice your cycle being sporadic or getting longer then there could be an imbalance. Has your cycle been shorter at anytime throughout your life?
Everyone is different and there are many variables but when you say 4 days, do you means symptoms of PMS?  From what I have researched and experienced, PMS symptoms usually occur a day or two before Moon cycle and when they do come they are mild with breast soreness. Again, this depends on yourself.
If PMS symptoms are too intense, there are ways around it.http://www.susunweed.com/Article_PMS.htm

High Priestess Shannon

yes :) in my case,the pms begin 4 days before the menstruation (sore breasts, and cramps when the menstruation delays).
the last cycle was 30 days (instead of 32-34) I use the ovulation days  as a guide to predict the next menstruation (i release a slightly white liquid when i´m ovulating).
my periods started when i was 12 years old and the initial 2 years were too irregular.
the first menstruation i had lasted 8 days. and the initial 2 years i had a menstruation that lasted 5 days.

@ Egon, that is true, I myself get really cuddly when I'm menstruating lol. Plus, many men are more willing to  give massages as their way of helping to ease the symptoms. Not that massages actually help with menstruation, but I'm never one to turn down a back/foot rub lol.

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That's you personaly, I knew more than one women who like to be with their men and have other means of sex during their menstruation. Who feel specialy sensual at this time.

Interesting, my bleeding lasts for only about 4 days but my breasts are so incredibly sore for almost a week before.

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@LeioniereYour menstrual cycle (days of bleeding) last a 8 days all the time? If you notice your cycle being sporadic or getting longer then there could be an imbalance. Has your cycle been shorter at anytime throughout your life?
Everyone is different and there are many variables but when you say 4 days, do you means symptoms of PMS?  From what I have researched and experienced, PMS symptoms usually occur a day or two before Moon cycle and when they do come they are mild with breast soreness. Again, this depends on yourself.
If PMS symptoms are too intense, there are ways around it.http://www.susunweed.com/Article_PMS.htm

High Priestess Shannon

Ok. This white/clear liquid is cervical fluid and it means that you are at your most fertile. Ovulation lasts about 1-2 days. Peak of fertility. Good sign.
The cervical fluid starts to build up for about 10-14 days after the menstrual cycle ends. This is estrogen increasing. When ovulation ends, estrogen fades and progesterone increases until its peak and then the menstrual cycle begins again.
If you ever see that your cycles are too irregular, painful or too heavy and long. Look to balance yourself as much as you can. There are many things you can do for that
Thanks for sharing.

High Priestess Shannon

@Lydia4 days is good. 
Now, I'm not insinuating that women who have longer periods are not well but if anyone notices their period getting heavier and longer then there could be an imbalance. My periods are lighter and a bit shorter after a change I have implemented in my diet and hormones. Also, I once read of a women who noticed her periods getting longer and longer as she aged and she changed that by supplementing more red meat, magnesium and  just a flip in her diet. Her period then came to 4-5 days of bleeding again.

When your breasts are sore, are they sore in an uncomfortable way? Ever tried breast massaging? That always seems to help me.
The fluids in the body change when the moon cycle is approaching and the hormones are adjusting. The lymph in the breast area start to swell a bit. Chaste tree, a herb I mentioned before, really helps to balance my progesterone and so I usually have minimal breast soreness.
One thing I have found is that working on moving and de-stagnating the lymph in the body will help the body hold on to less fluids and circulate nicely. Yoga, certain herbs and movement help.
HP Mageson mentioned using a rebounder. Those are good.

Menstruation and it's accompanying symptoms, flow and length of flow as well as the variability or regularity of cycles is a massive window into a woman's state of health.

Pain in the breasts which is relieved by the start of menstruation is indicative of stagnation which may be due to stagnation of blood or qi - differentiated by any cramps which accompany. Those of a sharp stabbing nature indicate blood stagnation and distending, bloating or low grade aching indicates qi stagnation.

Short periods and large numbers of days between periods including skipped periods with light flow indicates blood deficiency which may also produce pain along with tiredness and irritability, poor memory and heart palpitations.

Long periods (over 6 days) may indicate heat or fire and if there is clotting then this indicates blood stagnation.

Spotting between periods can be due to heat, fire or spleen not holding blood which is basically qi deficiency.

Hot flushes during periods indicates yin deficiency and any of the above symptom collections which include indications of heat can also have an aspect of yin deficiency.

Difficulty of the period to get started, with pain which is worse I the cold, diarrhea and poor appetite with a feeling of cold over the whole body can indicate cold stagnation of the uterus (with clotting) or yang deficiency (no clotting or low grade small clots and less severe pain), typical in women who wear short skirts and go out in the freezing cold, walk around barefoot or swim in cold water whilst in their period.

Sex on the period can cause blood stagnation.

Clear fluid discharge can indicate cold or damp and white or yellow discharge almost always indicates damp or damp-heat in the uterus. Damp heat leukorrhea (white discharge) has a turbid smell which is due to the heat.

A small amount of clear fluid from time to time is normal as HP Shannon said.

There are points one can massage to alleviate these symptoms, and herbs are an option strongly dependent upon the type of syndrome one is experiencing.

In traditional China (before communism) pms and the cramping associated with menstrual cycles was considered a disease within itself - Western women are taught to take it as a part of life when it does not have to be that way at all.

This is why Yoga and Qigong are among my favourites for circulating the chi/energy. 
In this modern day and age, it can be rather difficult to maintain balanced health but we all should do what we can. If anyone here has painful menstrual cycles and horrible pms, definitely look to balance them.
When I was younger, my moon cycles would make me tired and achey. Now those are gone. Just minor cramps on the first day of menstruation and some breast soreness..but other than that, It is fine.

Just wondering if constipation during your period is indication of something that could be out of balance as well?

Absolutely. Depending on whether or not it goes away when the flow begins or comes afterwards this could indicate qi stagnation, blood or yin deficiency.

Hello, about the menstruation. I couldnt get Vitex. Instead the seller asked me some questions and suggested me a extract of many herbs that i bought.

the extract contains
Dandelion
Dong quai

the following herbs i don't know the english name, but i post the scientific name
trifolium pratense
dioscorea villosa
senecio vulgaris
quercus rugosus, nee
pimpinella anisum
calendula officinallis. S
lythrum adstringens S
Juliana adstringens
marrubium vulgare
equisetum arvense
taraxatum officinale

The flavor is bittersweet (like cough syrup) and it helped a lot. my heavy bleeding phase reduced to 2 days :), iḿ in the cleansing phase (brownish discharge) and the PMS were less painful :) I can change my bra without yelling.

Hello. I am bumping this topic to come to the surface again, because I've been thinking of buying reusable pads; and wish to ask two things.

1. I've read that the "Cloth is a little bulky" in regards to the reusable pads. Sooo, will this be a noticeable difference if I wear jeans?

2. The most important question... How in the WORLD do I clean them??? I wish not to put them in the washing machine and so I want to know how to wash them by hand.
Searching through youtube videos, many people suggest, firstly using cold water (and basically soaking the pads in the water and then tighten your grip around the pad so that the water will come out; keep doing it until the water stops being red, and it comes out clean) and also using some certain cleaning products, but I have no idea of these products, they don't sell them in my country, I don't know of their ingredients and so on.

Taol and Ljossmyrkr suggested using vinegar... But please, I really need to make sure, I don't want to buy them and then freak out for not knowing how to clean them. How do I secure that they're clean and healthy to wear again?
For the ones of you who *do* use them, can you please provide some information for cleaning them in hand? :/

I was about to bump this thread as well, as I recently ordered and used my Moon Pads.

I thought they felt a bit bulky, but after putting on my super-tight thin material pants and twisting around in the mirror, I deduced that no bulk is visible. Lol. Any they are completely silent, unlike disposable pads.

And they felt amazing!

To wash, I did the soak in cold water for 12 or so hours. Then they are safe to throw in the washing machine, then line dry / hang dry. I actually hand-washed some (after the initial soak) as I only ordered 3 daytime and 2 nighttime pads, and I used 2 daytime pads the first day as my first day is always heavy. So then the first 2 were dry to use for the 3rd day, but I only needed 1 a day for the 2nd and 3rd days. And I didn't have enough dirty laundry to do a load of laundry, so hand-washing made more sense.

And get this! For the first time in almost 20 years of menstruation (well that makes me feel old!), I could go the entire night without getting up to change pads in the middle of the night. The nighttime pads are really big and so absorbent (not too bulky though, but then again, it's while you're sleeping anyway).

Totally worth it. I spent about $100 on 5 pads plus shipping fees, but women spend more than that a year on disposables and these will last much longer.

For the wash I've found a video that said to first soak them 30 mins in cold water, then pour that away, rinse the pads.

Then another 6-12 to overnight in another bucket with cold water and they added a stain remover.

Like vanish in example.
But for those in the usa another product was used with a phalys napta bar (not sure how to spell I think it just sounded like that) which you rub on the stain before putting it back in the water.

The vinegar (white natural vinegar) is used to make the fabric softer. I tried this out myself on some fabric I hadn't used yet, I just let the fabric soak in the sink with water (if all is clean it can be just hot water no cold added) with a ... (not exactly measured you just pour a bit of the vinegar in the water) , which seemed to work. Although it makes sense to me to pull the fabric through the water at least a couple of times.

It is important to get all the stains out before you wash them, because blood doesn't get out of fabric when it gets heated.

You could use warm water, but definitely not that warm that it almost scalds you (stay within the range of 15-30 Celcius for that unless all the stains are removed).

Here is the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82FjqcMvox0

As for the question weather they'd be seen through anything.. you'd have to look in a mirror.

If you have a problem like a yeast infection some mention using 3% hydrogen peroxide with it. (after cleaning them of course).