What causes back pain during menstruation

Back pain during menstruation is very distressing for many people. Back pain during menstruation is mainly a symptom of primary dysmenorrhea. Many women will face it, especially one or two days before menstruation. It is easy to feel back pain and lower abdominal pain. It is recommended to solve the problem of back and knee soreness through some Chinese medicine conditioning methods.

1. Lower back pain during menstruation is primary dysmenorrhea. Also called functional dysmenorrhea. It refers to dysmenorrhea that occurs without any reproductive system disease. It often occurs in a period of time after the first menstruation in young girls, and is more common in unmarried or married women who are not pregnant. Dysmenorrhea will be alleviated or disappear after childbirth. During menstruation, the body's resistance decreases and emotions are prone to fluctuate. Some people may experience symptoms such as poor appetite, back pain, and fatigue. Due to menstrual blood loss, especially menorrhagia, the main components of blood such as plasma protein, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium, etc. will be lost with each menstruation.

2. The clinical symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea are: 1-2 days before menstruation, you begin to feel back pain and lower abdominal pain, and when the pain is severe, it may extend to the perineum and anus. It is often accompanied by nausea, frequent urination, constipation or diarrhea. Abdominal pain can last for several hours, or 1-2 days, and the pain will gradually subside when menstrual blood flows smoothly. Reducing tension during menstruation and ensuring adequate sleep can help alleviate symptoms. Taking brown sugar ginger soup, motherwort powder and injecting vitamin K3 can relieve dysmenorrhea. Most girls with primary dysmenorrhea can heal themselves after marriage.

3. Treatment methods: For those who experience abdominal distension and pain before or during menstruation, scanty and dark purple menstruation, blood clots, pain relief after blood clots are discharged, and breast swelling, they can take Yi Mu Cao Granules and Qi Zhi Wei Tong Granules for treatment; for those who experience cold pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruation that is relieved by heat, and scanty and dark menstruation with clots, they can take Ai Fu Nuan Gong Wan and Wen Jing Wan for treatment; for those who experience dull pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruation, like warmth and pressure, scanty menstruation, light-colored and thin menstruation, and dull complexion, they can take Ba Zhen Yi Mu Wan and Ren Shen Gui Pi Wan for treatment; for those who experience dull pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruation, sore waist and weak knees, dizziness and fatigue, scanty menstruation, light-colored and thin menstruation, they can take Qiang Shen Tablets and He Che Da Zao Wan for treatment.

4. You can also use external application method: take 10 grams each of raw aconite, radix polygoni aviculare, salvia miltiorrhiza, fennel, evodia rutaecarpa, zanthoxylum bungeanum, costus root, and cinnamon, grind them into fine powder, add 10 grams of borneol, mix well, put into a bottle and seal it. When using, take 10 grams of the powder, mix it into a paste with white wine, disinfect the liver navel with alcohol, apply the medicine, cover it with gauze, fix it with adhesive tape, and change it once every 3 days. The effect of oral administration combined with external application is excellent.