Itchy nipples before menstruation

Menstruation is a physiological phenomenon that occurs every month in women of childbearing age. During the menstrual period, women's bodies will also undergo certain changes. For example, many women will have the problem of itchy nipples before menstruation. This symptom is called itchy and painful nipples during menstruation, which is a symptom caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis or insufficient qi and blood. Next, I will introduce to you some relevant knowledge about nipple itching and pain during menstruation!

1. Nipple itching before menstruation

Before, during or after menstruation, women may experience unbearable nipple itching or pain that makes them unable to wear clothes, which gradually improves after the period ends. This is called "menstrual nipple itching and pain." The nipple belongs to the liver, so this disease is mainly attributed to the liver. The main causes of this disease are qi stagnation, blood stasis and qi and blood deficiency.

(1) Qi stagnation and blood stasis: emotional damage, liver depression and qi stagnation, poor blood circulation, and blood stasis in the nipples. During menstruation, qi and blood are exuberant, aggravating blood stasis and thus causing this disease.

(2) Insufficiency of Qi and blood: After menstruation, Yin blood flows downward, Qi is lost along with blood, liver blood is deficient, spleen qi is deficient, nipples lose nourishment from Qi and blood, or dry blood generates wind, resulting in itching and pain.

2. Breast pain and itching during pregnancy do not require special treatment

Breast pain and itching is a normal phenomenon during pregnancy. Itching and swelling may bother you at any time, so don't take it too seriously.

However, it is recommended that pregnant mothers should maintain a light diet with balanced nutrition during pregnancy and avoid eating highly irritating foods. After pregnancy, due to the effect of estrogen on the mammary gland, pregnant mothers may sometimes experience breast itching, but pregnant mothers should not scratch to prevent harm. After delivery, as the level of estrogen in the body decreases, this symptom will gradually disappear, and pregnant mothers do not need to take special treatment.

3. Simple treatment can cure nipple itching and pain during menstruation

1. Simple and effective prescription

15 grams each of Cnidium monnieri, Kochia scoparia, and Dictamni, and 30 grams of Tribulus terrestris. Decoction and fumigation of nipples (can be used for all types).

30 grams of gypsum, 15 grams each of Phellodendron chinense and Cortex Moutan. After boiling the water, add a little borneol and use it to fumigate and wash the nipples (suitable for patients with blood stasis and heat).

15 grams of Tribulus terrestris, 20 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 12 grams each of Gardenia jasminoides, Angelica sinensis, and Sophora japonica, and 10 grams each of Dictamni and Gentiana scabra. Decoction: decoction in water (suitable for those with liver meridian heat stagnation and nipple itching and pain).

2. Acupuncture

Body acupoints: Xuehai, Sanyinjiao, Zusanli, Qimen, Tanzhong, Neiguan, Hegu, Neiting, Rugen, Shenmen. Choose 3-4 acupoints for acupuncture each time.

Ear acupoints: liver, stomach, chest, Shenmen, endocrine. Choose 2-3 acupuncture points each time, or apply pressure with fenugreek seed plaster.