What can and can't make your period end faster?

Claudia

I've heard many claims on how people make their periods end earlier, such as:

- Taking birth control

- Drinking lots of water

- Drinking (insert tea here)

- Exercising

- Having sex

- Having an orgasm

- Masturbating

- Using a menstrual cup

- Not using tampons

People would often try to make their Aunt Flos leave earlier for various reasons, like going on vacation for example. To be honest, I highly doubt if any of these methods would work for everybody. Some sources say they that (insert method here) would work and other sources say the exact opposite. If you tried to speed up your period, what did you do and did it work as a result?