Period pains and premenstrual syndrome

Painful periods
Chinese medicine describes many different types of period pains. Main reason for them is Cold in the lower abdomen, stagnation of Qi and stagnation of blood in the lower abdomen. When treating these conditions practitioner will insure that patient has at least three pain-free periods before coming to conclusion that pain has completely cleared
Chinese medical diagnosis for periods pain
-Cold in the lower abdomen
Pains from Cold are sharp and biting nature, patients feel better with application of heat. These pains can often be caused by leaving lower abdomen uncovered when cold or walking without shoes, so cold enters the channels of the legs and travels up to lower abdomen. Most important action is to protect your self from Cold reentering.
This type of period pain will often respond to a combination of moxibustion and needles that may warm up lower abdomen, helping both acute and chronic period of pains.
-Stagnation of Qi in the lower abdomen
Period of pain characterized by a distended feeling are often due to stagnation of Qi in the lower abdomen. Rubbing or massaging painful area may encourage Qi to move, helping to alleviate pain. This kind of pains mostly is caused by living or working in stressful environment.
Acupuncturists often use combination of points to move the Qi in the lower abdomen
-Stagnation of Blood in the lower abdomen
Some extremely intensive period pains that do not easily respond to massage or heat. These pains may be accompanied by blood clots. Reason of these pains is a blood stagnation or stasis in the lower abdomen. This kind of pains is more challenging to treat as the reason of this stagnation is usually unbalance between different organs or meridians
Premenstrual syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome often is a symptom of one of conditions explained above. Main symptom of this condition is fluctuating mood, depression or anger, tender or swollen breasts and swollen abdomen previous to pain. Women usually begin to feel premenstrual three to four days before their period begins. Sometimes it is very debilitating and may start two weeks before a period. Main cause is a stagnation of Liver Qi.
The Liver is responsible for smooth and even movement of Qi through the body. If this movement is not smooth or uneven, it causes to people erratic, angry, irritating feeling together with symptoms described before. Some people feels need to have a rest, that can help relax and allow the liver Qi to move.
Many patients who have had acupuncture will attest its effectiveness in treating premenstrual tension. Practitioner may clear stagnation a few days before the tension begins and then support any underlying uneven movement of Qi or Blood working with condition that became a cause of such symptoms
It is important to realize that treatment of patient is not a treatment of the symptom. Aim of this kind of treatment is not to alleviate pain or discomfort but to prevent them in the future. Practitioner may study patient’s pulse, that give most fine reflection of patient’s condition, ask question about nature of problem, may recommend diet or herbs to help treat condition.
For preventative medicine of this type to be effective, the patient must, of course, see practitioner at regular intervals which is the same interval at which one should visit a dentist. One additional advantage of this preventative routine is that the whole general level of health is maintained at higher level. It can give not only the absence of disease, but positive feeling of wellbeing with an abundance of physical and mental energy.
Chinese medicine describes many different types of period pains. Main reason for them is Cold in the lower abdomen, stagnation of Qi and stagnation of blood in the lower abdomen. When treating these conditions practitioner will insure that patient has at least three pain-free periods before coming to conclusion that pain has completely cleared
Chinese medical diagnosis for periods pain
-Cold in the lower abdomen
Pains from Cold are sharp and biting nature, patients feel better with application of heat. These pains can often be caused by leaving lower abdomen uncovered when cold or walking without shoes, so cold enters the channels of the legs and travels up to lower abdomen. Most important action is to protect your self from Cold reentering.
This type of period pain will often respond to a combination of moxibustion and needles that may warm up lower abdomen, helping both acute and chronic period of pains.
-Stagnation of Qi in the lower abdomen
Period of pain characterized by a distended feeling are often due to stagnation of Qi in the lower abdomen. Rubbing or massaging painful area may encourage Qi to move, helping to alleviate pain. This kind of pains mostly is caused by living or working in stressful environment.
Acupuncturists often use combination of points to move the Qi in the lower abdomen
-Stagnation of Blood in the lower abdomen
Some extremely intensive period pains that do not easily respond to massage or heat. These pains may be accompanied by blood clots. Reason of these pains is a blood stagnation or stasis in the lower abdomen. This kind of pains is more challenging to treat as the reason of this stagnation is usually unbalance between different organs or meridians
Premenstrual syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome often is a symptom of one of conditions explained above. Main symptom of this condition is fluctuating mood, depression or anger, tender or swollen breasts and swollen abdomen previous to pain. Women usually begin to feel premenstrual three to four days before their period begins. Sometimes it is very debilitating and may start two weeks before a period. Main cause is a stagnation of Liver Qi.
The Liver is responsible for smooth and even movement of Qi through the body. If this movement is not smooth or uneven, it causes to people erratic, angry, irritating feeling together with symptoms described before. Some people feels need to have a rest, that can help relax and allow the liver Qi to move.
Many patients who have had acupuncture will attest its effectiveness in treating premenstrual tension. Practitioner may clear stagnation a few days before the tension begins and then support any underlying uneven movement of Qi or Blood working with condition that became a cause of such symptoms
It is important to realize that treatment of patient is not a treatment of the symptom. Aim of this kind of treatment is not to alleviate pain or discomfort but to prevent them in the future. Practitioner may study patient’s pulse, that give most fine reflection of patient’s condition, ask question about nature of problem, may recommend diet or herbs to help treat condition.
For preventative medicine of this type to be effective, the patient must, of course, see practitioner at regular intervals which is the same interval at which one should visit a dentist. One additional advantage of this preventative routine is that the whole general level of health is maintained at higher level. It can give not only the absence of disease, but positive feeling of wellbeing with an abundance of physical and mental energy.