How to prevent dysmenorrhea

Every time dysmenorrhea occurs, it will make women feel very painful. Not only will they feel abdominal pain, but also back pain. The degree of pain for each person is completely different. If you want to relieve your dysmenorrhea, you can use Chinese herbal medicine for conditioning, including licorice, peach kernel, safflower and other Chinese herbal medicines. These herbs can achieve relevant relief effects.

Weak Qi and blood

Dull pain in the lower abdomen during or before and after menstruation, lighter menstrual blood and less menstrual flow. Weakness in the waist and knees, fatigue, poor appetite, bloating in the flanks and abdomen, loose stools, dizziness and tinnitus, palpitations and shortness of breath, thin white tongue coating, fat tongue with teeth marks, and deep, thin and weak pulse. The treatment should be to replenish qi and nourish blood, harmonize the collaterals and relieve pain. The prescription is Bazhen Decoction combined with Taohong Siwu Decoction with modifications. The medicinal ingredients used are Astragalus, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Poria, Rehmannia, White Peony, Cuscuta, Chinese yam, licorice, Angelica, peach kernel, safflower, Polygonatum, and chicken's gizzard lining.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis

Abdominal pain and waist pain before or during menstruation, distension and pain in the lower abdomen that is resistant to pressure, distension and pain in the chest and flanks, irregular menstruation, dark purple lumps, pain and salty sensation under the lumps, normal cycles and menstrual volume, thin tongue coating, dark ecchymosis, and a stringy pulse. The treatment is aimed at regulating qi and activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. The prescriptions selected are Chaihu Shugan San and Taohong Siwu Decoction with modifications. The medicinal ingredients used are bupleurum, cyperus rotundus, curcuma, Chuanlianzi, angelica, Chuanxiong, peach kernel, safflower, raw rehmannia, white peony root, eucommia, luffa, and cooked rehmannia.

Cold and dampness stagnation

During or before and after menstruation, there is unbearable cold pain in the lower abdomen, which is relieved by heat. The complexion is pale, cold sweats occur profusely, nausea and vomiting occurs, the body is cold and the limbs are cold, the menstrual volume is scanty, dark purple in color with clots, the urine is clear and long, the tongue coating is thin white, and the pulse is deep and thin or deep and tight. Experts from Shenzhen Far East Women's and Children's Hospital pointed out that the treatment should be to warm the meridians and dispel cold, resolve blood stasis and relieve pain, and the prescription selected was Danggui Sini Decoction with added ingredients, including cinnamon twig, dried ginger, cinnamon bark, asarum, processed aconite, angelica, white peony root, licorice, akebia, mugwort, fennel, cyperus rotundus, Toosendan fruit, and Ligusticum chuanxiong.

Primary pain often occurs in young women several months after menarche (6 to 12 months), and the incidence begins to decrease after the age of 30. The pain often begins just before or after the onset of menstruation and lasts for the first 48 to 72 hours of the menstrual period. The pain is often spasmodic and sometimes so severe that the patient needs to stay in bed for hours or days. The pain is concentrated in the middle of the lower abdomen, sometimes accompanied by low back pain or radiating to the medial thigh. Pelvic examination shows no positive findings.