Healthy Eating Habits

• 1). Increase the amount of fiber you eat by consuming more whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
  
  
• 2). Boost your consumption of vitamin K by adding foods like cheese, asparagus and leafy vegetables to your diet.
  
  
• 3). Eat more iron-rich foods, such as beef, pork, fish, clams, iron-fortified cereals and dried nuts and seeds; to reduce the risk of anemia.
  
  

Herbs

• 1). Create a tincture of fresh -- not dried -- shepherd's purse, an herb that dries up extra fluids. Take 30 to 40 drops on an empty stomach, as often as every half an hour, until your heavy bleeding slows.
  
  
• 2). Drink red raspberry leaf tea -- made by combining 1 to 2 tsp. of the herb with 1 cup of water -- as frequently as desired.
  
  
• 3). Ingest 40 to 150 drops of nettle, an herb high in iron that can dry up bleeding, three to four times each day on an empty stomach.
  
  

Drugs

• 1). Start birth control pills, which stabilize the hormones estrogen and progestin and can reduce bleeding by as much as 45 percent according to AboutHeavyPeriods.com.
  
  
• 2). Use progestin in a pill or through an intrauterine device, which can lighten periods by limiting blood flow to the uterus.
  
  
• 3). Take a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, such as ibuprofen, which may decrease bleeding by 25 to 35 percent.