How to reduce menstrual pain

Women experience pain during their menstrual period, which is also called dysmenorrhea. When dysmenorrhea occurs, it has a relatively large impact on women, and they often feel abnormal pain. If it is more serious, taking painkillers, massage, and hot compresses are all good ways to relieve the pain. In addition, you can drink some hot tea, get enough rest, and maintain an optimistic and cheerful attitude, which will help to relieve the pain.

How to reduce menstrual pain

1. Take painkillers: When menstrual cramps begin, women can take painkillers with milk or food. The painkillers take effect in about 20-30 minutes and last for 12 hours. This method is not recommended for long-term use.

2. Moxibustion: Select acupoints such as Sanyinjiao and Zusanli, and hang the moxa stick at a height of about 3 cm from the acupoints to make the local area warm without burning pain. Massage each acupoint for about 10-15 minutes, until a blush appears on the skin.

3. Massage method: Rub the palms of the patient together until they become warm, and massage the lower abdomen below the navel in a clockwise direction for about 200 times. Or press and rub the Zusanli and Sanyinjiao points for 1 minute each.

4. Hot compress: Hot compress on the lower abdomen can help relieve uterine spasms, promote blood circulation in the abdomen, and relieve dysmenorrhea. If you use heated Chinese medicine for hot compress, the effects of promoting blood circulation, activating meridians, promoting qi and relieving pain will be better.

How to relieve menstrual pain quickly

How to relieve dysmenorrhea quickly? When women have severe menstrual pain, they can try drinking some motherwort tea, or doing the following massage, external application, acupuncture, etc., which can effectively relieve the pain, but they need to follow the correct method.

1. Motherwort and Jujube Tea: Boil 15 grams of motherwort, 30 grams of jujube and appropriate amount of brown sugar, one dose per day, in the morning and evening.

2. Massage method: The patient lies on his back on the bed, rub his hands together to warm them up first, then put his hands on the lower abdomen, massage from top to bottom 60-100 times, then massage from left to right 60-100 times, and finally massage in a circle 60 times. It is appropriate to massage until the local skin becomes rosy. Do this once in the morning and once in the evening.

3. External application: Grind 5 grams each of Chuanwu and Caowu into fine powder, then mix with onion juice and honey and apply to the painful area in the lower abdomen for 2-3 hours. Once a day.

4. Acupuncture: The best time for acupuncture is before or during dysmenorrhea. The acupoints selected are mainly those of the spleen meridian, including Xuehai, Diji and Sanyinjiao, and the needles are retained for 1 hour. Take once a day, 1-3 times can relieve pain. Continuous treatment for three menstrual cycles can cure the disease.