According to traditional Chinese medicine, dysmenorrhea is closely related to blood stasis and qi and blood deficiency during the menstrual period, leading to "pain when not flowing smoothly". In addition, patients with excessive menstrual bleeding and postmenstrual pain belong to the category of "pain when not nourished".
Tea therapy for improvement Tea drinking can also help alleviate dysmenorrhea.
Red Date and Longan Drink: Suitable for women with qi and blood deficiency, cold blood stasis. Prepare 10 longan fruits and 5 red dates, put them in a pot, pour in 500 ml of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 15 minutes, turn off the heat, and drink it while warm. This drink is helpful in relieving dysmenorrhea.
Red Date and Rose Drink: Suitable for women with liver depression and qi stagnation. These women often experience headaches and obvious breast distension before menstruation due to high stress. Prepare 5 dried roses, 2 qian of hawthorn, and 3 red dates. First, put the hawthorn and red dates into a pot, pour in 1000 ml of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes, turn off the heat, add the roses, and let it steep for 5 minutes. Drink it while warm. People with a cold constitution and tendency for diarrhea should avoid using roses, but can replace the roses with 10 grams of motherwort.
Massage for improvement: Before menstruation, pressing acupoints such as Sanyinjiao and Taichong can help regulate the meridians and alleviate pain. Among them, Sanyinjiao acupoint is an important acupoint for gynecology and also the first major acupoint for improving dysmenorrhea. It can be regularly massaged to help unblock the pelvic qi circulation. Sanyinjiao acupoint is located on the spleen meridian, three inches above the inner ankle, close to the posterior edge of the tibia.
Massaging Taichong acupoint has the effect of regulating qi stagnation. Women who often experience breast distension and headaches before menstruation can press this acupoint to relieve symptoms. Taichong acupoint is located on the liver meridian, at the depression about one and a half inches above the first and second interphalangeal joints of the foot.
