Painful intercourse — dryness, infection or tension; find the cause.
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Warm sesame oil externally and shatavari with milk internally ease dryness and spasm. Persistent pain needs a gynaecologist — it can signal infection or endometriosis.
1 tsp shatavari powder in warm milk at night — the classical rasayana for the reproductive tissue.
Traditional
CautionIf you have a hormone-sensitive condition, such as a breast or uterine growth, ask your doctor first.
घी · Ghee
1 tsp cow ghee in warm milk at night; it carries the herbs into the deeper tissues.
Traditional
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तिल का तेल · Sesame oil
Warm til oil massaged over the lower abdomen and lower back at night before a warm bath.
Traditional
एलोवेरा · Aloe vera
2 tbsp fresh aloe pulp juice on an empty stomach, or 1 tsp of the gel taken with water.
Traditional
CautionNot taken internally in pregnancy — it is a strong laxative and stimulates the uterus. Applying it to the skin is a different matter.
हल्दी · Turmeric
½ tsp haldi in warm milk at night with a pinch of black pepper.
Traditional
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
दूध · Milk
A cup of warm cow milk at night with a pinch of cardamom — the classical anupana for all vitality herbs.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Warm sesame oil externally; warm hip bath fifteen minutes before.
Supta Baddha Konasana to release the pelvic floor; never force.
Foods that help
शतावरी · Shatavariघी · Gheeतिल का तेल · Sesame oilएलोवेरा · Aloe veraहल्दी · Turmericदूध · Milk
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