What causes nausea and vomiting during menstruation?

After menstruation, women will experience a variety of abnormal phenomena in their bodies, the most common of which are dysmenorrhea and back pain, while some will experience nausea and vomiting, but they do not have any colds or other discomforts, and therefore have problems with their diet. So what causes nausea and vomiting during menstruation? At this time, it is advisable to find the cause of this phenomenon, and then diagnose and treat it according to the condition. In this case, it is suitable to regulate the diet or Chinese medicine to prevent the nausea from worsening and affecting the health of the body.

Nausea is mostly a symptom of stomach qi reflux, nausea and vomiting. Generally, you can take some Xuanfu Daizhe Decoction to reduce stomach qi. If there is phlegm and dampness, you can take Erchen Decoction and ask a Chinese medicine doctor to give you specific treatment based on your syndrome differentiation.

(1) Go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible, especially if you have severe pain accompanied by sweating, cold limbs, cyanosis of the face, etc., to find out whether it is primary dysmenorrhea or secondary dysmenorrhea, so that you can have a clear idea. When dysmenorrhea is severe, it is best to rest in bed for half a day or a day, which can greatly relieve abdominal pain.

(2) Keep warm before, during and after menstruation to avoid cold. At the same time, you should not overwork yourself.

(3) Eat more light, easily digestible foods and avoid eating raw, cold, spicy and irritating foods.

(4) Pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva, wash it with water once a day, and change the pad paper frequently.

(5) Pay attention to mental conditioning, remove psychological barriers, make the mind happy, and let the qi flow smoothly.

Dysmenorrhea refers to abdominal pain and other discomfort before, during, and after menstruation that affects work and life. The pain usually occurs on the 1st or 2nd day of the menstrual period, but some people may start having abdominal pain 1 or 2 days before the menstrual period, and the pain worsens during the menstrual period. Most of them are paroxysmal lower abdominal colic, heaviness, and bloating, which can radiate to the lumbosacral region, inner side, vagina, and anus. Patients with membranous dysmenorrhea will experience severe pain when large pieces of shed endometrium are about to be expelled, and the pain will quickly subside once the endometrium is expelled. Those with severe pain may have cold limbs, pale complexion, and even collapse. It may also be accompanied by other gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, as well as bladder and rectal irritation symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, anal distension, etc., and may also cause discomfort such as headache, dizziness, fatigue, or nervousness.

(1) Qi stagnation and blood stasis type: Eat more foods that can promote the flow of qi and blood, such as radish, litchi, orange, hawthorn, loofah, peach kernel, chicken gizzard lining, celery, rapeseed, dace, cuttlefish, peanut, fennel, etc.

(2) Cold-dampness stagnation type: Eat more foods that can dispel cold and dampness, warm the meridians and dredge blood vessels, such as ginger, green onions, fennel, star anise, pepper, galangal, lentils, leeks, mustard greens, chili peppers, lychees, peaches, chestnuts, lamb, venison, chicken, dog meat, carp, crucian carp, eels, sea snakes, pepper, etc.

(3) Yang deficiency and internal cold type: Eat more foods that can warm the spleen and kidneys, invigorate yang and dispel cold, such as soybean oil, pepper, star anise, fennel, leek, mutton, beef, dog meat, animal kidneys, pigeon meat, sparrows, grass carp, shrimp, seahorses, etc.

(4) Damp-heat type: Eat more foods that can clear away damp-heat in the lower part of the body, such as bitter melon, bitter herbs, purslane, eggplant, cucumber, wax gourd, rapeseed, spinach, mung bean, apple, pear, coix seed, tea, seaweed, red bean, day lily, clams, etc.

What causes nausea and vomiting during menstruation? This phenomenon can be considered as a problem of premenstrual syndrome. Of course, some patients suffer from gastrointestinal discomfort. The reasons why patients experience nausea and vomiting during menstruation are complicated, but as long as the patients follow routine care, that is, diet, hygiene and other aspects, the relief phenomenon is extremely effective. Patients should pay attention to the physical symptoms of menstruation and take measures to control and regulate them if any abnormalities are found.