What is the cause of dysmenorrhea before menstruation

Women should be familiar with dysmenorrhea. It is a condition that many women will experience, and it usually occurs when women have their period. However, some women will experience premenstrual dysmenorrhea. This situation is very troublesome for women and they are puzzled about the reasons. The following is a detailed introduction to the causes of premenstrual dysmenorrhea.

Abdominal pain before menstruation is a symptom of premenstrual syndrome. Premenstrual syndrome refers to a cyclical syndrome characterized by emotional, behavioral, and physical disorders that occurs repeatedly during the luteal phase and disappears naturally after menstruation. In addition to abdominal pain, patients may also experience headaches, back pain, breast tenderness, abdominal distension, constipation, edema, weight gain, decreased motor coordination, irritability, anxiety, depression, mood swings, changes in sleep and sexual desire, and may also experience inattention, low work efficiency, memory loss, nervousness, etc. It is generally believed that the cause of this disease is the withdrawal of estrogen and progesterone in the late luteal phase, which leads to an imbalance of hormones in the body. Generally, supplementing with estrogen and progesterone mixtures to reduce the cyclical physiological changes of sex hormones can effectively relieve the symptoms.

Menstrual knowledge

1. Harmonize Qi and blood before menstruation

Before menstruation, you should harmonize qi and blood in time, and avoid eating too hot food. You can take some iron maple vine, rice ribs, yam (to strengthen the spleen and stomach), angelica, lotus root (to supplement iron), and kelp (to resolve phlegm, promote diuresis, and promote bowel movements and detoxification).

2. During menstruation, Yin blood flows down and Yang Qi is strong. At this time, you should not eat things that are hot in Yang Qi, such as red dates, donkey-hide gelatin, etc.

3. After menstruation, you need to nourish yin and blood. After menstruation, you need to nourish yin and blood to replenish the qi and blood lost before. [2] You can cook some nourishing soups, such as black-bone chicken with wolfberry and red dates soup, etc. You can also eat pork ribs, yam, lotus root. Of course, it is best to take Chinese medicine that nourishes yin and qi and blood. At the same time, you can also eat more "black" foods during this period, such as black fungus, black beans, black fish, and loach.

4. Some foods with cool properties, such as ice cream, winter melon, eggplant, loofah, cucumber, winter melon, crab, snail, kelp, bamboo shoots, orange, pear, grapefruit, watermelon, etc., and sour foods, such as sour plums, unripe sour fruits, or some spicy foods, such as fried foods, chili, pepper, mustard, etc., should also be avoided during menstruation to avoid blood flow problems. 5. Foods you should eat more during your menstrual period: You should eat more green onions, peanuts, walnuts, dates, longans, and roses. If you accidentally eat cold food during your menstrual period, or can't help eating ice, you can drink more brown sugar boiled with ginger to balance the blood circulation in your body and promote blood flow.