What to do if you have breast pain before menstruation

Women are prone to physical discomfort before menstruation. Some minor discomfort is normal. Women don’t need to be afraid at this time. It is best to choose simple improvement methods. Women will have symptoms of waist discomfort before menstruation. Massaging the waist can relieve this situation. What about premenstrual breast pain? There are also good improvement methods. The following is a detailed introduction.

What to do if you have breast pain before menstruation:

There are many types of breast pain in women, including breast pain during adolescence, premenstrual breast pain, pregnancy pain, postpartum pain, etc. Among them, premenstrual breast pain is a problem faced by many women. More than half of women experience breast fullness, hardness and tenderness before menstruation. In severe cases, the breasts may become swollen and painful even with the slightest vibration or collision, and the original granular or nodular feeling may become more obvious. This is due to the increase in estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, and edema of the breast tissue. After menstruation, the above changes may disappear.

Premenstrual breast pain classification:

1. Women with liver and kidney yin deficiency often experience fever, restless sleep, headache and dizziness, hot hands and feet, red lips, easy ulcers on the lips and tongue, thin body and inability to gain weight, back pain, weak knees, etc., in addition to breast pain. Treatment should focus on nourishing the kidney and liver. Commonly used medicines include Adenophora Root, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, Toosendan Fructus, Cyperus rotundus, White Peony Root, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and Eupatorium fortunei.

2. Liver depression and qi stagnation. Most of these women have a history of bad mood or excessive stress in life. In addition to breast nipple pain that cannot be touched, they are also accompanied by irritability, chest tightness, rib cramps, irritability, nausea, swelling and pain in the lower abdomen, dark blood clots in menstruation, uncoordinated sexual life, dark spots on the face, etc. Treatment should focus on regulating the liver, qi and stomach. Commonly used medicines include Linderae odoratum, Curcuma aromatica, Citrus citron, White Peony Root, Citrus aurantium, Atractylodes macrocephala, malt, and Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae.

3. Common symptoms of liver depression and spleen dampness include premenstrual breast pain, obvious tenderness, lower abdominal pain with a feeling of heaviness, poor appetite, weakness in the limbs, easy diarrhea, excessive vaginal discharge, and light-colored menstruation. Treatment requires invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness and promoting qi circulation. Commonly used medicines include Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix seed, Magnolia officinalis, Toosendan fruit, Albizzia julibrissin bark, etc.

These are the methods to improve premenstrual breast pain. Choosing these methods to improve your condition is a good choice. However, if you want to improve premenstrual breast pain, women should also pay attention to emotional control. Women's emotions are more unstable during menstruation, so controlling emotions at this time is very effective in relieving menstrual symptoms.