What causes breast pain and abdominal pain?

I believe many women are familiar with menstruation. Especially some female friends who suffer from dysmenorrhea will be "tortured" by abdominal pain every month. Most women experience dysmenorrhea, and each woman experiences it differently. Severe cases include breast tenderness accompanied by lower abdominal pain, while others may simply be severe abdominal pain. So, how can you relieve breast pain and lower abdominal pain during dysmenorrhea?

Causes of Dysmenorrhea:

1. Qi stagnation and blood stasis

Main symptoms: Abdominal distension and pain one or two days before or during menstruation, resistance to pressure, scanty menstrual blood, or poor menstrual discharge, dark purple menstrual blood with clots, pain relieved when the clots are discharged, chest and flank breast swelling, dark purple tongue with petechiae on the sides, deep and stringy pulse.

Analysis: The Chong meridian blocks the Qi and blood, causing poor circulation, so there is lower abdominal distension and pain before or during menstruation, resistance to pressure, and scanty menstrual flow or poor discharge; the menstrual blood is stagnant, so it is dark in color and has clots; the stasis under the clots is slightly cleared, so the pain is temporarily reduced; the stasis is discharged with the menstrual blood, so the pain disappears after menstruation. However, if the cause of depression is not eliminated, the abdominal pain will recur during the next menstrual period. The tongue is purple and dark, and the pulse is deep and stringy, both of which are signs of qi stagnation and blood stasis.

2. Cold condensation cells

(l) Yang deficiency and internal cold

Main symptoms: cold pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, relieved by pressure, less pain when warm, scanty menstrual flow, dark color, soreness and weakness in waist and legs, clear and long urination, white and moist tongue coating, and deep pulse.

Analysis: Kidney Yang is weak, Chong, Ren and Baogong are warm first, and blood is stagnant due to deficiency cold, so there is cold pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, and the menstruation is scanty and dark in color; the cold is transformed into heat, so the pain is reduced by heat; it is not due to blood stasis caused by actual cold, so it likes to be pressed. The remaining symptoms are all signs of kidney yang deficiency.

(2) Stagnation of cold and dampness

Main symptoms: cold pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruation, pain relieved by warmth, severe pain when pressed, scanty menstrual flow, dark color with clots, nausea and vomiting, fear of cold, loose stools, white and greasy tongue coating, deep and tight pulse.

Analysis: The evil of cold and dampness damages the lower part of the body and lodges in the uterus. The blood is coagulated by the cold and cannot flow smoothly, thus causing pain and dark menstrual blood with clots. The cold and dampness block the middle part of the body, suppressing the yang energy and preventing the water and dampness from flowing, causing fear of cold, loose stools, nausea and vomiting. The remaining symptoms are all caused by blockage of cold and dampness.

3. Dampness and heat

Main symptoms: Lower abdominal distension and pain before and during menstruation, heavy menstrual flow, red color, thick texture or with clots, usually yellow or foul-smelling vaginal discharge, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and stringy and rapid pulse.

Analysis: Exogenous or internal damp-heat flows into Chong and Ren meridians, blocking Qi and blood, causing menstruation to be disrupted, resulting in abdominal pain during menstruation; heat disturbing Chong and Ren meridians will cause excessive, red menstrual flow with lumps; heat burning body fluids will cause thick menstrual fluid; damp-heat flowing downward and damaging Ren and Dai meridians will cause vaginal discharge to be yellow or have a foul odor. The tongue and pulse both indicate internal excess of dampness and heat.

4. Weak Qi and blood

Main symptoms: dull pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, which is relieved by massage, light-colored and scanty menstruation, accompanied by fatigue, pale complexion, pale tongue with thin coating, and weak and thready pulse.

Analysis: Physical weakness leads to insufficient Qi and blood, the blood sea is empty after menstruation, the uterine vessels are malnourished, or the body is weak in Yang Qi and cannot circulate blood, so there is dull pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation or after menstruation, and the patient likes to massage and press the lower abdomen; Qi deficiency leads to insufficient Yang Qi, blood deficiency leads to insufficient essence and blood, so the menstrual blood is light in color, small in quantity, and thin in quality. The other symptoms are also signs of blood deficiency and weak qi.

5. Liver and kidney deficiency

Main symptoms include dull pain in the lower abdomen and soreness in the waist after menstruation, small amount of thin menstrual blood, dark menstrual color, or dizziness and tinnitus, empty and cold lower abdomen, pale tongue, thin white fur, and deep and fine pulse.

Analysis: Liver and kidney deficiency, Chong and Ren are both deficient, essence and blood are insufficient. After menstruation, the blood sea becomes even more deficient, and the uterine vessels are malnourished, so there is dull pain in the lower abdomen after menstruation; deficiency of essence and blood, damage to yin and yang, scanty menstruation with light color and thin texture, and an empty and cold lower abdomen; deficiency of kidney and essence, malnourished clear orifices, so there is dizziness and tinnitus; the waist is the home of the kidneys, and kidney deficiency causes back pain.

How to treat dysmenorrhea

Control your emotions, limit their fluctuations, and face life and work calmly. Because there are certain physiological and psychological signs before menstruation: such as increased facial oiliness, acne, sleepy eyes, irritability, chest and abdominal pain, etc.

Eat more high-calcium foods and chocolate candies. When menstruation is about to come, the body needs a lot of calcium to relieve uterine spasms and avoid dysmenorrhea. Chocolate candies can increase blood sugar in the body, thereby soothing the tense nervous system.

You can use Chinese medicine for conditioning, take Chinese herbal medicine or use Shuya Dysmenorrhea Umbilical Patch. Taking Chinese medicine is generally considered troublesome. A convenient and easy way is to stick the Dysmenorrhea Umbilical Patch on the navel before menstruation, which can also relieve and eliminate pain. In addition, you should pay attention to physical exercise, avoid getting your lower body cold, and avoid eating raw, cold and irritating foods before menstruation.