Upworthy · 21 hours ago

Period Blood Has Long Been Seen as 'waste.' Scientists Are Rediscovering Its Healing potential.

For millennia, menstrual blood has been dismissed as waste, yet scientists are now uncovering its remarkable medical potential. Researchers have found that "plasma derived from menstrual fluid brought about complete repair, or 100 per cent healing in 24 hours" in skin wounds -- far outpacing regular blood plasma. The same substance once hidden in shame may soon screen for cervical cancer with greater accuracy than Pap smears, detect endometriosis through a simple at-home test, and provide stem cells capable of treating conditions from infertility to Alzheimer's disease. What the body quietly sheds each month, it turns out, carries an extraordinary capacity to heal.