It is a big mistake to drink it to relieve dysmenorrhea, it will make your pain worse!

Dysmenorrhea is a monthly problem for many women. There are many common methods to relieve dysmenorrhea in life, but some methods not only fail to relieve the pain, but also make it worse.

Drink brown sugar water

First of all, drinking hot brown sugar water can warm the body, increase energy, activate qi and blood, speed up blood circulation, and make menstruation smoother. If female friends have problems with menstrual disorders and lower abdominal distension and pain, they may wish to try this method; you can also add some ginger juice to cook together to replenish qi, blood and liver (according to the Chinese medicine point of view, the uterus is along the liver meridian), and the effect of warming the tendons and dredge the meridians will be better.

However, brown sugar is hot in nature and can easily cause internal heat. It can increase the heat in the body and relieve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea caused by cold and dampness, blood deficiency, and qi stagnation and blood stasis in women with weak constitution. On the contrary, if your constitution is of fire nature, that is, you have heavy internal heat and internal fire rising, taking brown sugar water with strong dryness is like adding fuel to the fire. Your body cannot withstand the excessive internal fire, so it releases the internal heat through bleeding, which will cause excessive bleeding.

Secondly, brown sugar water has a certain effect on regulating dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea, and is more suitable for women recovering from postpartum dysmenorrhea to replenish blood and qi. It can help postpartum women relieve uterine contractions, but it is not very useful for women during menstruation. Sometimes, eating too much sweets will increase their anxiety. Therefore, to prevent dysmenorrhea, you need to pay more attention to menstrual hygiene, avoid catching cold during menstruation, and avoid eating spicy and irritating foods during menstruation.

Patients with dysmenorrhea can eat more sour foods, such as sauerkraut, vinegar, etc., which can relieve pain to a certain extent. If the amount of menstrual blood is not much, you can also drink a moderate amount of wine, which can promote blood circulation, dilate blood vessels, relax smooth muscles, and have a good effect on the prevention and treatment of dysmenorrhea.

[Red Date Rose Tea]

Preparation method: Take 10 grams of rose flowers and 5-7 small dates, soak them in water or boil them into tea, and add appropriate amount of honey for flavoring.

Efficacy: It can soothe the liver and regulate qi, promote blood circulation and warm the body, strengthen the spleen and replenish blood.

[Moxibustion on Shenque and Guanyuan points with ginger]

Function: It can dispel cold and dampness, warm the uterus, warm the meridians and dispel cold, dredge the meridians and relieve pain. Shenque point has the functions of warming and tonifying the spleen and kidneys, warming the meridians and dispersing cold, and regulating Chong and Ren meridians; Guanyuan point is a meridian point on the Ren meridian, and is also an important point for strengthening the whole body, which can warm the lower part of the body and nourish Chong and Ren meridians. It has the effects of promoting the flow of qi and blood, dispelling cold and relieving pain.

How to do it:

(1) Ask the patient to lie in supine position and press Shenque point (located on the midline of the abdomen, in the center of the navel) and Guanyuan point (located on the anterior midline, 3 inches below the navel).

(2) Take a 0.5 cm thick and 3 cm diameter slice of fresh ginger, poke several holes in it with a needle or toothpick, and place it on the acupuncture point.

(3) Take some moxa and make a moxa stick about 1 cm high and 1 cm in diameter. Place the moxa stick on the ginger slices, light it and apply moxibustion. Generally, 6 to 8 sticks are applied.