How should menstrual cramps be treated? Menstrual cramps are a medical condition and a common gynecological issue. Some women experience them from their first period until menopause.Menstrual cramps significantly disrupt women's daily lives and health, and they can lead to various complications. So how can we escape the torment of menstrual pain? Below we introduce medicinal recipes for regulating menstruation. 4 Medicinal Recipes for Regulating Menstruation and Relieving Pain Corydalis, Motherwort, Jujube, and Egg Decoction 10g Corydalis, 30g Motherwort, 10 jujubes, 3 eggs.Add Corydalis, jujubes, motherwort, and eggs to an appropriate amount of water. Simmer until eggs are cooked, then peel and simmer briefly. Strain out solids, consume the broth and one egg per serving, three times daily.
Benefits: Promotes blood circulation, regulates qi, dissipates blood stasis, and alleviates pain. Suitable for scanty menstrual flow, blood stasis-induced pain, and a dark purple tongue with stasis spots or ecchymoses.
Bloodvine Stewed Crab
30g chicken blood vine, 250g river crab. Wash both ingredients. Add sufficient water to an earthenware pot, bring to a simmer over low heat. Stir in appropriate amount of rice wine, stew until crab is cooked. Consume hot, once daily. Continue for 5-7 consecutive days.
Efficacy: Promotes blood circulation, resolves stasis, regulates menstruation, and alleviates pain. Suitable for premenstrual or menstrual lower abdominal distension and pain, with tenderness on palpation, or accompanied by chest, flank, and breast distension.
Goji Berry, Yam, and Cloud Bean Chicken Soup
10g Goji berries, 150g fresh yam.50g mung beans, 1 young hen, seasonings to taste. Soak mung beans until soft. Peel and wash yam, cut into chunks. Pluck and clean hen, blanch, then cut into pieces. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Add goji berries, scallions, peppers, ginger, salt, cooking wine, and clear broth. Seal container. Steam until cooked. Consume weekly, 1-2 servings.
Benefits: Nourishes the liver and enriches essence, strengthens the spleen and nourishes blood. Suitable for liver-kidney deficiency with insufficient essence and blood, presenting as menstrual cramps, heavy sensation in waist and knees, weakness, scanty pale menstrual flow, or accompanied by hot flashes and tinnitus.
Ginger, Jujube, and Brown Sugar Decoction
5g dried ginger, 10 jujubes, 30g brown sugar. Simmer all ingredients in water and drink the decoction. Take twice daily while warm for 5-7 consecutive days.
Efficacy: Warms the uterus and dispels cold, suitable for cold-induced menstrual pain.
Other Massage Solutions
Acupressure: The feet contain acupressure points believed to connect with the pelvic region's energy pathways. Acupressure points are located in the depressions on both sides of the ankles. Gently pinch with the thumb and other fingertips, then move upward along the Achilles tendon to the calf muscles.After completing the right foot, switch to the left foot, applying pressure for several minutes to each.
Massage Method: The patient lies supine on the bed. First, rub both hands together to warm them. Then place both hands on the lower abdomen. Begin by massaging from top to bottom 60–100 times, followed by massaging from left to right 60–100 times. Finally, massage in circular motions 60 times. The goal is to achieve a rosy complexion in the local skin. Perform once in the morning and once in the evening daily.
External Application Method: Grind 5 grams each of Sichuan Aconite and Wild Aconite into a fine powder. Mix with scallion juice and honey, then apply to the painful area of the lower abdomen for 2–3 hours. Perform once daily.