Dysmenorrhea (Menstrual Pain - Cramps)

TCM Herbs Associated With Dysmenorrhea (Menstrual Pain - Cramps)

Dysmenorrhea (Menstrual Pain - Cramps) Is Associated With 13 TCM Herbs

Invigorates blood, dispels stasis (stronger than Mu Dan Pi) - dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal pain and masses, traumatic pain associated with swelling, early stages of abscesses and boils. Clears heat, cools the blood (especially for excess heat in the blood) - for heat entering the blood leve…

Invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi - any blood stasis pattern, important for gynecological issues (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis). Expels wind and alleviates pain - headache (temporal, vertex), dizziness, painful obstructions, skin issues. Headache - moves qi upwa…

Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea. Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood …

Invigorate blood, break up blood stasis in lower abdomen - dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, palpable masses, lochioschesis, pain due to blood stasis, chest/epigastric pain, soreness in the ribs due to liver qi stagnation w/blood stasis. Clear heat, soothe irritability - restlessness, irritability, insomn…

Releases muscle layer and adjusts ying and wei qi levels Useful in wind-cold-damp bi syndromes to warm channels and disperse cold Resolves blood stagnation particularly from cold - dysmenorrhea Unblocks yang qi in the chest - shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations Resolve edema and accum…

Relieve qi stagnation and blood stasis, opens the channels - useful for a range of middle jiao issues involved abdominal pain, ulcer, dysmenorrhea. Rheumatoid arthritis, other acute traumas, hernias.

Invigorates blood, expels blood stasis - dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, lochioschesis. Strengthens the sinews, bones, and joints - lower back and knee issues due to deficiency (tonifies the liver and kidneys). Clears damp heat in the lower burner - damp-heat pouring downward manifesting as back and kn…

Invigorate blood, unblock menses - chest and abdominal pain, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, pain and swelling due to trauma. Promote the movement of Qi, alleviate pain - epigastric and/or abdominal pain. Expel wind, promote movement of blood - wind damp painful obstruction w/blood stasis (particularly…

Promotes the movement of blood, tonify the blood - blood deficiency patterns such as irregular menses, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, accompanied with abdominal pain. Invigorate the channels, relax the sinews - numbness of the extremities, lower back pain, knee pain, damp bi-syndrome, w/blood deficienc…

Clears Heat (excess and deficient), Cools Blood. Nose bleed, bloody sputum or vomit, subcutaneous bleeding, frequent and profuse menses due to heat in the Blood. Clear Deficient Fire. Yin deficiency patterns such as steaming bone disorder after a warm-febrile disease particularly those without swe…

Breaks up blood stasis, promotes movement of Qi, alleviates pain - amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, post partum abdominal pain, abdominal masses. Dissolves food stagnation, accumulations.

Invigorate, cool and nourish the blood, calm shen - PMS, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea. Dissipates nodules, clears heat - various swellings and cysts, has shown some anti-tumor functions in human and animal studies.

Invigorate blood, alleviate pain - pain from blood stasis and trauma, dysmenorrhea. Promotes movement of Qi and alleviates pain - chest pain, abdominal pain, menstrual pain, hernial disorders, epigastric pain.