How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat dysmenorrhea?

Dysmenorrhea is a problem that many women have to face. It makes women very painful. Women will have pale face, cold hands and feet, and even faint in severe cases. We need to pay attention to it and take active measures to deal with dysmenorrhea and reduce the harm of dysmenorrhea to women. We can treat dysmenorrhea through traditional Chinese medicine. So, how does traditional Chinese medicine treat dysmenorrhea?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dysmenorrhea is caused by the disorder of menstrual blood flow. Qi stagnation, blood stasis and cold stagnation in the uterus can all cause dysmenorrhea. We need to adjust our diet before menstruation comes, pay attention to a light diet after menstruation, and assist with traditional Chinese medicine conditioning to reduce damage to the body.

How does traditional Chinese medicine treat dysmenorrhea? This disease is more common in young women and is one of the common diseases among women. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dysmenorrhea is mostly caused by poor circulation of Qi and blood or Qi and blood deficiency. Common clinical symptoms include qi stagnation and blood stasis, cold stagnation in the uterus, qi and blood deficiency, and dampness and heat. Diet therapy can play a better preventive and therapeutic role. Patients with dysmenorrhea should eat light and easily digestible food within 3-5 days before menstruation. You should eat food that is easy to digest and absorb, and you should not eat too much. In particular, you should avoid eating raw and cold foods, because raw and cold foods can stimulate the contraction of the uterus and fallopian tubes, thereby inducing or aggravating dysmenorrhea. Once menstruation has started, you should avoid all raw, cold, indigestible and irritating foods, such as chili peppers, raw onions, raw garlic, pepper, strong liquor, etc. During this period, patients can eat some sour foods, such as sauerkraut, vinegar, etc. Sour foods can relieve pain.

In addition, people with dysmenorrhea should keep their bowel movements regular, whether before or after menstruation. Eat more honey, bananas, celery, sweet potatoes, etc. as much as possible. Constipation can induce dysmenorrhea and increase pain. For those who suffer from dysmenorrhea caused by depression, drinking some wine can help relieve their mood, soothe the liver and relieve boredom, and make the Qi flow smoothly. In addition, wine tastes pungent, sweet and warm in nature. Pungent can dispel cold and dampness, and promote blood circulation and menstruation for dysmenorrhea caused by cold and dampness stagnation. Sweet and warm can nourish and relieve, and can warm the yang, replenish the blood, relieve acute pain and stop dysmenorrhea caused by weak qi and blood.

The above content is an introduction to how traditional Chinese medicine regulates dysmenorrhea. I hope it can be of some help to you. Under normal circumstances, it is normal to have abdominal distension during menstruation. When the pain is very severe, we need to pay attention to it and get checked and treated. Women can relieve dysmenorrhea to a certain extent by adjusting their diet during menstruation and keeping warm.