Why does breast tenderness occur before period?

Breast pain is a gynecological disease and many women suffer from it. Some women experience breast pain before and after menstruation, while others experience pain when their breasts are lightly touched, making them miserable. Why does breast tenderness occur before period? First of all, we need to understand what causes breast pain in women before menstruation, classify the pain according to the cause, and treat it according to the different causes.

1. What causes breast pain before menstruation?

There are many types of breast pain in women, including breast pain during adolescence, premenstrual breast pain, pregnancy pain, and postpartum breast pain. 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 with just a slight vibration or collision, and the original granular or nodular feeling may become more obvious. This is caused by increased estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, and edema of the breast interstitial tissue. The above changes may disappear after menstruation.

2. Classification of breast pain before menstruation

1. Liver and kidney yin deficiency

Before menstruation, many women, in addition to breast pain, often also feel poor sleep quality, irritability, dizziness, tongue and mouth ulcers, weakness in the waist and knees, etc. This is mainly due to liver and kidney yin deficiency. If you want to treat this condition, you must nourish yin and kidney, and eat more of this type of medicine in your daily health care, such as Adenophora Root, White Peony Root, Eupatorium Herba, Ophiopogon Japonicus, etc.

2. Liver depression and qi stagnation

This type of women usually have a lot of stress or a history of emotional instability, so before menstruation they not only experience breast pain, but also chest tightness, irritability, susceptibility to illness, nausea, and sexual disharmony. During menstruation, there may be symptoms such as black blood clots in the menstrual blood, dark spots on the face, etc. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, it is best to regulate the liver and stomach and eat more foods that replenish qi and nourish the middle, such as Linderae odoratum, Curcuma aromatica, Atractylodes macrocephala, Fructus Smilacis Glabrae, etc.

3. Liver depression and spleen dampness

The main symptoms of this condition are chest pain before menstruation, lower abdominal pain with a feeling of heaviness, poor appetite and diarrhea, weakness in the limbs, and heavy menstrual flow but very light in color. To treat this condition, it is best to eat more medicines that strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and promote qi circulation. Common ones include Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix seed, Albizzia julibrissin bark, etc.

This article introduces in detail the causes of breast pain before menstruation and the classification of breast pain. If you are a woman who often experiences breast pain before your period, then you'd better carefully refer to the contents of this article to see what type of breast pain you have so that you can prescribe the right medicine.