Dysmenorrhea is not reliable with folk prescriptions

White-collar Fan Fang (pseudonym) started having dysmenorrhea at the age of 23. She always attributed the pain to hard work and colds. She used cold medicine and painkillers for eight years. The remedies gradually became ineffective. Fan Fang got married last year and had been infertile for a year. Last week, she went to the hospital for a check-up. The result was like thunder - adenomyosis, a type of infertility, has shown signs of worsening.

There is no reliable folk remedy for dysmenorrhea

How to solve the problem of dysmenorrhea? Women who cannot understand their own physical condition in a short period of time will undoubtedly choose folk remedies.

Yesterday, the reporter conducted a simple survey online and asked a female shopping group the question "How do you relieve pain during menstrual cramps?" 36 women responded, 28 of them said they took painkillers and drank brown sugar water, 5 chose to take birth control pills or cold medicine, and 3 said they "endured it."

[Taking cold medicine] Only a few women choose this method. They believe that this method is relatively safe, cheap, and can prevent colds.

Song Enfeng, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Wuhan University People's Hospital, said that most cold medicines are compound preparations, which contain antipyretic and analgesic ingredients, so they can relieve various discomforts caused by colds and have some effect on pain relief. However, this antipyretic and analgesic ingredient can damage the digestive system and is not recommended for long-term use. The correct way to relieve pain should be to start taking the Chinese medicine prepared by the doctor according to your personal constitution one week before your period, and regulate your body until 3 days after your period. This should be continued for 3 months to achieve results.

[Taking birth control pills] Those who choose this method are married women, who believe that this method can both prevent pregnancy and relieve pain.

Wang Yi, director of the pharmacy department of Wuhan Central Hospital, said that this method definitely cannot cure dysmenorrhea, but for women with dysmenorrhea, this method will be used clinically to regulate menstruation, but its purpose is not to cure dysmenorrhea.

[Taking painkillers] This method is more common among women. They think that since they are in pain anyway, painkillers are the most effective treatment.

Yan Lin, a doctor from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wuhan Central Hospital, said that it would cover up the underlying symptoms and the cost would outweigh the benefits.

[Brown Sugar Water] All women suffering from dysmenorrhea have used it and it is said to be a magic trick of traditional Chinese medicine.

Song Enfeng, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Wuhan University People's Hospital, said that it can indeed relieve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea, but it cannot cure the root cause. If it is primary dysmenorrhea, this formula is one of the ingredients in the therapeutic decoction and is effective. For secondary dysmenorrhea, this method is ineffective.