Stomach pain during menstrual period is known as dysmenorrhea, you can use general conditioning methods such as taking warm food, or you can take Chinese medicine after TCM diagnosis and treatment.
1. General conditioning: suitable foods for menstrual period include brown sugar and ginger water, wolfberry, red dates and so on. In addition to improving the symptoms through oral intake, you can also improve the symptoms through some external treatment methods, such as moxibustion abdomen, moxa foot soak and so on.
2. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): Dysmenorrhea can be classified into Qi stagnation and blood stasis, Yang deficiency and internal cold, cold and dampness stagnation, and Qi and blood deficiency according to TCM diagnosis.
If the abdomen is distended or painful during menstruation, and there are a lot of blood clots, it is Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome, clinically, we can apply the addition of diaphragm under the blood stasis soup to regulate the Qi stagnation, resolve the blood stasis and relieve pain.
If there is cold pain in the abdomen, and the patient likes to be pressed and rubbed, it is a case of Yang deficiency and internal cold, and the patient can apply Wen Jing Tang to warm the menstruation and support Yang, warm the uterus and relieve pain.
If there is cold pain in the abdomen, refusing to be pressed, and being relieved when there is heat, it is an evidence of cold and damp stagnation, and can be treated with the addition of Shaohui Tang to warm the menstruation, dissipate the cold and remove the blood stasis to relieve pain.
If there is hidden pain in the abdomen at the end of menstruation, small amount of menstruation, and the face is colorless, it is a deficiency of qi and blood, so you can apply Shengjie Tang to benefit qi and nourish blood, regulate menstruation and relieve pain.
If the menstrual pain is severe for a long period of time, one should go to the hospital and ask the doctor for treatment.