Causes of premenstrual migraines

We all know that the menstrual period is an important period for female friends, because female friends will experience internal bleeding, dizziness, headache, nausea and other problems during the menstrual period. At the same time, female friends can see whether their body is healthy during the menstrual period. If a female friend experiences migraine before menstruation, we recommend that she seek timely treatment for the cause of the disease.

Among headache patients, women are significantly more than men, accounting for about 70% of all headache patients. Clinical studies have shown that this is related to physiological factors unique to women - 63% of women's headaches are closely related to menstruation. In addition to menstruation, women may also suffer from headaches at other times. Clinically, headaches that occur before, during, and after menstruation are called menstrual headaches.

Premenstrual headaches of liver depression and qi stagnation type are often characterized by a tightness or throbbing sensation, which fluctuates with changes in emotions, and are accompanied by chest and flank fullness, irritability, tinnitus, poor vision, a red tongue with yellow coating, and a stringy or slippery pulse. The liver is the organ of wind and wood, and only wind can reach the top of the head. If the emotions are not harmonious and anger and depression damage the liver, the depression will turn into fire, the blood will be hot and blocked, and the collaterals will be blocked, which will cause headaches.

Headaches of liver depression and spleen deficiency type are often accompanied by fullness or heaviness in the head, nausea, poor appetite, fullness in the flanks and abdomen, fatigue and drowsiness, or frequent belching, thin white or thick and greasy tongue coating, and a wiry and slippery pulse. Before menstruation, blood flows into the uterus, drawing away essence and blood, causing the liver to malnourished, liver qi to stagnate, and liver yang to move inversely and disturb the upper orifices. At the same time, it affects the spleen's function of transporting and transforming water and dampness, causing dampness and turbidity to accumulate inside the body and cover the clear orifices with the reversed yang, thus causing menstrual headaches.

The liver-kidney yin deficiency type has persistent and insidious headaches, or symptoms such as swelling and fever in the head, dry throat and mouth, hot flashes and tinnitus, soreness of the waist and knees, frequent dreams at night, swelling or pain in the flanks, red tongue with little coating, and thin or rapid pulse. The head is where the marrow sea is located. The liver is yin in nature but functions as yang, and it depends entirely on the nourishment of the kidney essence. If one is physically weak and overworked or is depressed and angry and injures the liver, the fire will be strong and injure the yin. Or if the kidney water is depleted and the water cannot contain the wood, the qi and blood will be disordered and unable to nourish the brain, causing headaches.

Regarding the condition of premenstrual migraine introduced in the article, we hope that female friends can pay attention to it, because premenstrual migraine may be caused by liver depression and qi stagnation type or liver depression and spleen deficiency type, so we recommend that female friends who encounter this situation should regulate the liver, spleen and kidneys to make the kidneys better.