The mystery of Menstruation and the Moon
In studying the menstrual cycle there is myth, superstition, and what it is called. But in the paradigm of menstruation nursing is something normal and it is and is very important that a woman has a normal reproductive system in the presence of menstruation, as for the age of menarche (first menstruation) it is influenced by genes, nutrients, and hormonal influences.
many myths are derived from the mystery surrounding women, this is due to its hidden reproduction system and its uniqueness in adding new members to society. Prior to the nineteenth century people thought that menstruation was controlled by the moon (its feeding hitherto still mentions menstruation as coming month), due to its regularity of the cycle when it strikes itself. It was before the theory of ovulation found that eggs will only come out when doing coitus (sexual intercourse).
Until akhirnyapun much associated with things that do not make sense with this menstruation that cause harm to a woman of course, including:
- Women who are menstruating are prohibited from passing the fields, because if it is done then the produce will not grow and the flowers will wither.
- When a woman who is menstruating to make bread then the dough she made will not expand, as well
- They (women who are menstruating) are considered something dirty that must be evacuated to a certain place far from the settlement, they can return home after they undergo "cleaning"