Post Date November, 17 2024
What to do with female dysmenorrhea? Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon in women, but many women often suffer from dysmenorrhea and are unable to work and study normally. What to do with girl dysmenorrhea?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main cause of abdominal cold pain is poor circulation of qi and blood, which means that if there is no obstruction, it will cause pain. Due to emotional discomfort, liver depression and qi stagnation, blood blockage, menstrual blood stagnation in the uterus or before menstruation, cold drinks, sitting and lying in wet places, cold dampness affecting the uterus, and menstrual blood cold dampness coagulation; Or deficiency of nutrients, deficiency of both qi and blood after long-term serious illness, deficiency of blood sea after menstruation, and loss of cellular nourishment; Or long-term cremation of liver depression, heat entering the bloodstream, blood heat interaction, and blood circulation.
Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for dysmenorrhea is divided into empirical, deficiency, cold, and heat syndromes. In clinical practice, cold syndrome is more common. The symptoms are cold pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruation, refusal to press on the painful area, and connection to the lumbar spine. If you have a fever, you will feel comfortable. Low menstrual flow, dark blood clots, thin white moss, and tight pulse. We may as well try to apply dysmenorrhea caused by cold syndrome. The acupoints we often choose are:
San Yin Jiao: Located at the point where the tip of the inner ankle is 3 inches straight and the posterior margin of the tibia is sunken. This acupoint is the intersection point of the foot three yin meridians, which has the function of warming and nourishing blood.
Qihai: Anterior midline, one and a half inches below the navel. Qihai is a meridian point in the Ren meridian, which can regulate Qi, promote blood circulation, and regulate Chong Ren through the uterus.
Guan Yuan: Located at the midline, 3 inches below the navel. Guanyuan is a hiding place for vitality, and moxibustion on Guanyuan has the effect of strengthening the body and resisting cold.
The combination of various acupoints, usually applied three days before menstruation, has the effects of warming meridians, dispersing cold, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, and resolving blood stasis.
In addition, applying warm moxibustion ointment to the navel can achieve the effects of warming meridians, resolving blood stasis, soothing meridians, regulating qi and blood, and improving human immunity. It is usually attached to the navel at the beginning of menstruation. This warm moxibustion cream is usually sold in pharmacies and can be applied at home. This method is simple, painless, and has no side effects.
What is dysmenorrhea?
Dysmenorrhea refers to the feeling of bloating and pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation, which seriously affects work and study. Under normal circumstances, most women experience mild abdominal distension and lower back pain during menstruation. Sometimes the pelvic cavity and one thigh ache and feel a bit uncomfortable. As long as they rest, there is no need for treatment. This is not dysmenorrhea.
2. Why does dysmenorrhea occur?
