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Traditional Chinese Medicine remedies for period pain
Period pain is a part of life for many women, and dealing with it can be quite a challenge. Especially over the cold winter months, a bad case of menstrual pain can feel miserable. If this is something that you’re living with, here are some tips from a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor, to improve your circulation and hopefully ease those painful moments. And we’ve also got some simple yoga stretches, to help keep your muscles moving even when you’re feeling rough.
Period pain is a familiar experience for many women. Some people like to sip a hot drink to warm themselves up. Others use hot packs.
Member of public
I use those heat packs, which make it less painful.
Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors say that chronic period pain is caused by circulation problems. Drinking cold water or sitting stationary without enough exercise can cause what they call an “asthenic cold” constitution.
Liao Cheh-yi
TCM doctor
Women with colder wombs often find that circulation in other parts of their body isn’t as good either. So when they get their period, they will easily experience symptoms like headaches, for instance, or lower back ache, or swelling in their legs.
For most period pain, the first place to put a hot pack would be on the belly. This doctor recommends also putting a hot pack on the spine near the buttocks, or on the Sanyinjiao acupuncture point, at the top of the ankle. Exercise is another way to relieve period pain.
Exercise instructor
When we’re relieving our period pain, we can do cat/cow poses, to stretch our lower backs. First inhale and arch your back. Let your vertebrae open one by one. Relax your neck and shoulders. Stretch your heels back. As you exhale, reverse, raise the top of your head and your heart.
These simple movements can help the muscles in the lower back relax and soften, improving circulation and metabolism, and potentially reducing pain, all without the use of medication.
period pain is a part of life for many women and dealing with it can be quite a challenge especially over the cold winter months a bad case of menstrual pain can feel miserable if this is something that you're living with here are some tips from a traditional chinese medicine doctor to improve your circulation and hopefully ease those painful moments and we've also got some simple yoga stretches to help keep your muscles moving even when you're feeling rough period pain is a familiar experience for many women some people like to sip a hot drink to warm themselves up others use hot packs i use those heat packs which make it less painful traditional chinese medicine doctors say that chronic period pain is caused by circulation problems drinking cold water or sitting stationary without enough exercise can cause what they call an aesthetic cold constitution women with colder wounds often find that circulation in other parts of their body isn't as good either so when they get their period they will easily experience symptoms like headaches for instance or lower back ache or swelling in the legs for most period pain the first place to put a hot pack would be on the belly this doctor recommends also putting a hot pack on the spine near the buttocks or on the sun ingel acupuncture point at the top of the ankle exercise is another way to relieve period pain when we're relieving our period pain we can do cat cow poses to stretch our lower backs first inhale and arch your back let your vertebrae open one by one relax your neck and shoulders stretch your heels back as you exhale reverse raise the top of your head and your heart these simple movements can help the muscles in the lower back relax and soften improving circulation and metabolism and potentially reducing pain all without the use of medication
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