How To Treat Anemia in Women Using Home Remedies?

Women and Anaemia

Are you getting giddiness? Or feeling weak throughout the day? Then you should think of Anaemia. Yes, Anaemia is one of the cause for giddiness and weakness. The women is more prone to Anaemia than a man. That’s because women have lot of responsibilities to perform without self-care. She gets busy in her family life that she forgets her own health. Sometimes being selfish is not selfish. So take some time out of your busy schedule for yourself. Speak with yourself, you’ll definitely get many complaints from within you which you have neglected these days. Correct it before it corrects you. Anaemia is also such a disease which can be a silent killer until you find some alarming symptoms. Things get complicated at the emergency times and you may also get hospitalized for the complications. So better try and avoid such circumstances.

What is Anaemia?

Anaemia is a condition, in which there is a deficiency of the red blood cells or the levels of hemoglobin is decreased. The deficiency of red blood cells may be due to the breakdown of RBC’s or due to the low production of RBC’s within the body or due to severe blood loss.

Anaemia In Women

Anaemia affects both men and women but most commonly seen in females due to the following reasons.

1. Increased Menstrual Bleeding

Women get menarche by the age of 12-15 years. She starts getting the menses since then. Traditionally there is a bleeding for about 3-5 days with normal quantity. But sometimes the menses gets prolonged and there is excessive bleeding due to hormonal changes. This increased bleeding gets unnoticed by many females resulting in Anaemia.

2. During Pregnancy

The fetus within the mother’s womb gets the blood supply through the umbilical cord from the mothers blood. This is required for the proper development of the brain and the other organs. This can create a deficiency in the mothers blood leading to Anaemia. Hence doctors advice the double intake of Iron to accomplish fetal nourishment during the pregnancy period.

3. During labor

During a baby birth, women gets severe pain and loses all her strength. In a normal delivery or cesarean section a high volume of blood is lost due to the rupture of membranes and tissues which may lead to Anaemia if not treated on time. It is also called as Postpartum Hemorrhage.

4. After Abortion

It may be a sudden spontaneous abortion or induced abortion the female has to bear with the severe blood loss which leads to Anaemia and in severe cases deaths on bed can occur.

5. Worm Infestation

It really can cause a serious injury to the intestinal walls leading to Anaemia. The worms get into our body through unwashed hands and vegetables or in direct contact with soil and cause injury leading to bloody stools and later resulting in Anaemia.

6. Medical Diseases

Some diseases like Dengue, Thalassemia, deficiency of vitamin B12, Rheumatoid arthritis, Kidney failure, Bone marrow cancer, any chronic bleeding ulcers, chronic bleeding piles can lead to the Anaemia in both males and females.

Symptoms of Anaemia

Anaemia always has a set of symptoms. It depends on the hemoglobin level. Normal Hemoglobin level in females in 12-14 gms/dl and in pregnant women it is 11-15 gms/dl and in children 11-13 gms/dl. Any decrease in the normal levels leads to Anaemia and its associated symptoms.

• Earlier symptoms include weakness, tiredness, pallor of skin, conjunctiva and nail bed.
• There is sluggishness and laziness throughout the day.
• A headache is one of the most common symptoms in Anaemia.
• Brittle nails in chronic Anaemic conditions.
• There may be palpitations while walking or even at rest.
• Symptoms like difficulty in breathing while walking or ascending stairs are present.
• In severe cases, there may be the decrease in the cardiac output leading to cardiac arrest and death.

How To Treat Anemia Using Home Remedies?

Anaemia is usually of different types. The total blood loss Anaemia can be controlled and treated by home remedies at the earlier stages.

1. Fruits

Fruits which are red colored are rich in iron content such as Guava, Pomegranate, Apple, Strawberry, Raspberry, watermelons and also other fruits like chickoo, muskmelon are advised to eat regularly and in double volume during Anaemia. One can make a fresh fruit juice of above fruits or can consume directly. It also has other beneficial effects on body like healthy skin and Immunity.

2. Sugarcane Juice

This is a very rich in iron content. Anaemic patients can take this juice daily for the increase in the hemoglobin levels.

3. Jaggery

It is rich in iron content, so one can eat sweets or porridge made from jaggery for few days.

4. Dry Fruits

Dry fruits such as dates, figs, apricot, almonds are the rich source of iron and dietary fibers. It also has high calories which helps in giving energy and increase the levels of hemoglobin.

5. Drumstick

Vegetable like drumsticks are rich in ferrous content and its leaves are rich in iron. So one can prepare and eat dishes from the drumstick and its leaves.

6. Green Leafy Spinach

They are rich in Vitamin A and in Iron so making a salad or sabji can help in curing Anaemia.

7.  Beetroot Juice

This is the amazing root in the cure of Anaemia, it is very in iron and folic acid which helps in faster recovery from the Anaemia. One glass drink daily will help you to raise your hemoglobin levels.

8. Sesame Seeds

also called as Til can help you in treating the Anaemia. Though one cannot eat sesame seeds directly, it can be combined with jaggery to make a laddu’s which helps in improving the decreased levels of hemoglobin.

9. Honey

It is one of the best treatment for the Anaemia. It can be added with a glass of warm water or you can add a teaspoon of lemon juice to make it more healthy.


All the home remedies are helpful only when the hemoglobin levels are between 9 – 11 gms/dl and the causative factors are corrected especially in cases of Menstrual problems, ulcers, piles, worms or medical diseases. These are natural and beneficial and can be used as an alternative to iron tonics. But when the Hb levels are lower than 8 gms/dl then it has to be brought in notice to a specialized doctor for further treatment. Low hemoglobin levels can only be treated by blood transfusions and ferrous injections to cure the Anaemia. Any delay in the treatment may lead to cardiac arrest and immediate death.