What is dysmenorrhea in traditional Chinese medicine?

Dysmenorrhea is a common disease for many women. Dysmenorrhea is a phenomenon in which women experience pain in the lower abdomen and waist before and after menstruation, and the pain occurs with the menstrual cycle. This phenomenon seriously affects women's health. Therefore, only by understanding this disease can we effectively treat it. Let's take a look at what dysmenorrhea is under traditional Chinese medicine?

Modern medicine believes that excessive prostaglandin content in the endometrium is the main cause of functional dysmenorrhea. Uterine hypoplasia or malformation, or abnormal uterine position is also one of the causes of dysmenorrhea.

TCM has 6 types of syndromes, which are described as follows:

1. Qi stagnation and blood stasis cause depression, emotional injury during or before and after menstruation, liver depression and qi stagnation, unfavorable qi mechanism, inability to circulate qi and blood, blood circulation is blocked, Chong and Ren meridians are unfavorable, and menstrual blood stagnates in the uterus and causes pain.

2. Cold and dampness stagnate. Wading in the rain, drinking cold water, or sitting or lying on wet ground during menstruation can cause cold and dampness to damage the lower part of the body and cause dysmenorrhea.

3. Yang deficiency and internal coldness make people afraid of cold, Yin coldness is generated internally, and Chong and Ren meridians are cold due to deficiency, which makes the menstrual flow sluggish, blood stagnation, and pain.

4. Damp-heat descends. Damp-heat flows into the Chong and Ren meridians, blocking the flow of qi and blood. Damp-heat may occur during menstruation or after childbirth, and the damp-heat and menstrual blood may combine to cause dysmenorrhea.

5. Deficiency of Qi and blood. Weak spleen and stomach, insufficient source of transformation, or serious or long-term illness, both Qi and blood are deficient, unable to nourish the uterus, or Qi deficiency and blood stasis, unable to circulate, resulting in dysmenorrhea.

6. Liver and kidney deficiency Liver and kidney deficiency is congenital and acquired labor and labor damage the liver and kidney. Essence and blood are insufficient, the Chong and Ren meridians are insufficient, and the uterus is not nourished. After menstruation, the essence and blood are even more deficient, and the Chong and Ren meridians are not nourished, which leads to dysmenorrhea.