Try acupressure points for cold pain in the abdomen during menstruation

Dysmenorrhea is one of the common diseases among women, and many women are very distressed by it. During menstruation, they often choose some painkillers to cope with it, which can solve the immediate problem, but not the root cause. In the treatment of dysmenorrhea, traditional Chinese medicine focuses on evidence-based treatment. Chinese medicine believes that the main cause of this disease is the poor flow of qi and blood, which is called “pain if it does not pass”. Mostly due to emotional discomfort, liver depression, blood flow obstruction, menstrual blood stagnation in the uterus or before the menstruation by cold drinking cold, sitting and lying in the wet, cold damp guest in the uterus, menstrual blood for cold damp condensation; or physical deficiency, after a long illness, blood deficiency, after the menstruation of blood, blood deficiency, cellular vein loss of nourishment; or liver depression for a long time into fire, heat into the blood, blood-heat, blood flow and caused. Chinese medicine treatment of dysmenorrhea is divided into actual, deficiency, cold and heat evidence, clinically the cold evidence is more common. The symptoms are cold pain in the abdomen before or during menstruation, refusal to press the painful area, even to the waist and spine, relief by heat, low menstrual flow, dark with blood clots, thin white moss, and sunken tight pulse. To treat dysmenorrhea caused by cold evidence, you may want to try compressing, we often use the points are: Sanyinjiao: located at the tip of the inner ankle straight up 3 inches, the depression behind the medial edge of the tibia. This point is the meeting point of the three yin meridians, with moxibustion, with the role of warming and blood circulation. Qihai: On the front median line, one and a half inches below the umbilicus. Qihai is a meridian point of the Ren Vessel and is connected to the uterus, which regulates Qi and Blood and regulates Chong Ren. Guan Yuan: located on the median line, 3 inches below the umbilicus. Guan Yuan is the place where vital energy is stored. Moxibustion of Guan Yuan has a strengthening effect on the body against cold. The acupuncture points together, usually applied three days before menstruation, have the effect of warming the menstruation, dispersing cold and relieving pain, activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis. In addition, you can also choose to “warm moxibustion paste” to the navel area, can achieve the warming of the meridian, Shu meridian, regulate the blood and improve the immunity of the body. It is usually applied to the navel at the beginning of menstruation. This warm moxibustion paste is generally available in pharmacies, and can be applied at home, which is easy to do, painless, and has no side effects. It is also necessary to emphasize that in the days before the period to overcome their own fears, too much psychological stress or sedentary will lead to poor circulation and poor menstrual blood flow; to try to control emotional fluctuations, avoid strong mental stimulation, keep a happy mood; in the period should pay attention to diet regulation, before and during the period avoid eating cold and cold products, so as to avoid cold blood stasis and aggravate dysmenorrhea; menstrual volume, should not eat If the menstrual flow is heavy, you should not eat spicy and dry things, so that heat will not force the blood to move and bleeding will be worse. Do not misuse drugs, should be based on the causes of dysmenorrhea evidence-based treatment. As long as the symptoms are properly identified and treated, not only can the pain be relieved immediately, but also the cause of the pain can be removed and the recurrence of dysmenorrhea can be prevented.