Reducing Menstruation Symptoms and Discomforts Through the Use of Hemp-Seed Oil

 

According to Cristiana Sandor, CEO of Stetho Health Systems, “Women around the world have been trying to balance life, work, family, and careers. On top of all these balancing acts, women also have to deal with menstruation and hormonal changes every month. Discomfort occurs with these changes every month, so it can be difficult to manage all of them simultaneously.” Some of the symptoms and discomforts that occur to women when they’re on their cycle, and are not limited to are, skin irritation, inflammation, odor, lack of nourishment to the vaginal skin, and risk of clotting or hemorrhaging. With the use of natural Hemp-seed oil, we can limit the symptoms and discomforts that women experience every month while on their cycles.

Here are some benefits of Hemp-Seed oil during Menstruation:

1. Anti-Inflammatory:

Hemp-Seed Oil’s most notable composition is its fatty acid, with oil content ranging from 25–35%, hemp seed additionally contains approximately 20–30% carbohydrates, 20–25% protein, 10–15% fiber, along with an enormity of trace minerals. The polyunsaturated fatty acid profile of Hemp seed oil contains Linoleic acid (LA) and Alpha-linolenic acid (LNA) as its major omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. The polyunsaturated fatty acids create an anti-inflammatory effect which can limit the symptoms of headaches, pelvic pain, and muscle and joint pain. Those three symptoms are some of the symptoms that menstruating women experience every month while on their cycle that stops them from showing up as their best unique selves. Inflammation is what helps your body protect itself, it helps your immune system recognize infection or injury and starts your body’s healing process. It does so by releasing different substances such as prostaglandins. On the first day of your cycle your progesterone, a female sex hormone, drops which then releases prostaglandins, which is a hormone-like chemical that helps notify your body when something is wrong and induces menstrual cramps. Linoleic acid, the most common form of fatty acid in Omega 6, can be converted into arachidonic acid, which are bodies can then convert arachidonic acid into molecules that fight inflammation in the body. Alpha-Linolenic Acid also helps fight inflammation by reducing the production of molecules linked to inflammation. The 3:1 ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acid component found in Hemp-seed oil will help aid in reducing menstrual cramps and will also help break down prostaglandins that are released when your progesterone level drops when women begin to menstruate aiding in fighting inflammation in women’s bodies during menstruation.

2. Anti-Thrombotic:

During menstruation, prostaglandins trigger the muscles in your uterus to constrict, which results in menstrual cramping. When there is a high level of prostaglandins located in menstruating women, menstrual cramping becomes more severe which can then constrict the blood vessels around the uterus. Prostaglandins are a lipid compound derived from arachidonic acid, it helps constrict your blood vessels walls when your body is bleeding and stimulate the formation of blood clots when your body is healing. During the synthesis of Prostaglandins from Arachidonic acid (metabolized from Omega 6) and Eicosapentaenoic acid (Metabolized from Omega 3) a biochemical competition occurs within the cell membrane. As a result of the biochemical competition Arachidonic acid has the tendency to move out of the cell membrane and form Type-2 Prostaglandins which is not required by the body. When the ratio of the initial compound of Omega 6 and Omega 3 Polyunsaturated fatty acid is shifted in the favor of Linoleic acid (LA) or Omega 6 PUFA, it becomes difficult for the products from Alpha-Linoleic acid (LNA) or Omega 3 to sufficiently retain Arachidonic acid within the cell membranes. As a result, unwanted type 2 prostaglandins are produced which leads to platelet aggregation, unwanted inflammation, clotting, and pain. The ratio of omega 6 and omega 3 in Polyunsaturated fatty acid, 3:1 or 3:5:1, found in hemp seed oil helps maintain the proper ratio of final metabolized products of LA and LNA respectively, resulting in the production of proper amounts of crucial Prostanoids and Leukotrienes which exhibit Anti- Thrombotic properties. This Anti-Thrombotic mechanism reduces perioperative bleeding and reduces the risk of clots and hemorrhages and further prevents venous thromboembolism, which is a blood clot located deep in your veins.

3. Vaginal Skin Nourishment:

Hemp-Seed Oil contains a 3:1 ratio of Linoleic acid (LA) and Alpha-linolenic acid (LNA) which is alleged to be optimal for skin nourishment and skin nutrition. It also contains Alpha-Tocopherol or commonly known as Vitamin E. The healing and moisturizing properties of Vitamin E help aid in vaginal skin nourishment. The natural compounds in Vitamin E help soothe the vaginal lining and vaginal skin and proper nourishment to the vaginal skin helps relieve dryness and vulvar dermatitis. With a lack of proper skin nourishment, menstruating women risk getting redness, irritation, discomfort, and itchiness. Women, therefore, must take care of their feminine hygiene more while menstruating by taking more frequent showers, applying intimate washes, gels, and creams, and changing absorbent articles more often than required. With the proper vaginal skin nourishment that Hemp-Seed oil provides women can limit vaginal discomfort, itchiness, redness, and irritation.

4. Reduces Malodor and Microbe Colonies:

Hemp-Seed oil is an inhibitor of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria such as but not limited to E. Coli, Staphylococcus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It also has an inhibiting effect on fungi and yeast alongside bacteria. Hemp-Seed oil has been seen to inhibit the growth of Candida albicans, which is the most prominent fungi in feminine hygiene, and Candida tropicalis. When we refer to “inhibition of microbes” we are referring to it as controlling the growth of microbes, we are not necessarily referring it to the killing of the existing colonies of the microbes or reducing the size of existing colonies, because of the relatively complex micro-composition of the Hemp Seed Oil, multiple compounds in its composition have the potential to exhibit microbe and fungi inhibiting properties. Malodors attached to body fluids such as menstrual fluid, vaginal discharge, and urine are most likely the consequence of bacteria degrading the components in bodily fluids. Bacteria overgrowth can cause bad odor, bacterial vaginosis, and fluctuation of the PH value of the vagina. Hemp-Seed oil being an inhibitor to bacteria, yeast and fungi can help menstruating women limit bad odor, bacterial vaginosis, and fluctuation of the PH value of the vagina, which causes itchiness and soreness in the vaginal area.

Inconclusion-

Though menstruating women all around the world have a lot to balance their periods don’t have to be one of them. With the use of Natural Hemp-Seed, Oil women can reduce their symptoms and discomforts that come along with menstruation and tackle life and all it has to offer as their best unique selves. With the use of Hemp-seed oil menstruating women can reduce inflammation, lower the risk of thrombosis, provide vaginal nourishment, and reduce malodor and microbe colonies lowering the risk of infection. Ava, introduced by Stetho Health Systems, is a brand that offers sustainable sanitary products developed with organic micro-encapsulated Hemp-seed oil to provide vaginal nourishment, limit discomfort, act as an anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic and limit odor and the risk of infection, allowing menstruating women to show up every day as their best selves.

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