Traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating dysmenorrhea

The principles of TCM treatment for dysmenorrhea are to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, warm the meridians and relieve pain, and the following external treatments are often used.

1. Baiyao Navel Filling Method

Take an appropriate amount of Yunnan Baiyao and add white wine to make a thin paste. Fill it at the navel and fix it with adhesive tape. Change it once a day. A course of treatment is 2 to 5 days.

Yunnan Baiyao: It is a famous Chinese patent medicine in Yunnan. It was successfully developed by Yunnan folk doctor Qu Huanzhang in 1902. Its original name was "Qu Huanzhang Baibaodan". It has a good effect on traumatic injuries and bleeding. Yunnan Baiyao is made of precious medicinal materials and has the effects of removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and detoxifying and reducing swelling.

2. Mustard paste foot application method

Take 12 grams of white mustard seeds and grind them into fine powder, add a small amount of flour and rice vinegar, mix it into a thin paste, apply it to the Yongquan point on the sole of the foot, and fix it with adhesive tape, changing it once a day. It can also be combined with external application of Guanyuan point and Qihai point for a better effect.

White mustard: odorless, spicy taste, mainly used to treat cold phlegm cough, chest and flank pain, phlegm stagnation in the meridians, joint numbness, local pain, phlegm and dampness flow, yin carbuncle and swelling.

Yongquan Point: Located on the sole of the human foot, in the depression at the front of the foot, one-third of the way between the tips of the webs between the 2nd and 3rd toes and the heel, it is the first point of the kidney meridian.

Guanyuan Point: 3 inches below the navel, on the midline of the abdomen. You need to lie on your back to locate the point.

Qihai Point: When taking the point, you can lie on your back. The point is located in the lower abdomen, 1.5 inches below the navel on the anterior midline.