Putting an end to premenstrual syndrome
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the way the menstrual cycle unfolds gives valuable information about the body’s energy balance. All women should have a regular, light and painless cycle lasting 3 to 7 days.
However, few women have the above criteria perfectly met. Emotional tensions, climate, lifestyle, can disturb the hormonal balance and thus disrupt the cycle. Let us consider the vision of TCM to understand this phenomenon and its disturbances.
The menstrual cycle is influenced by the quality and quantity of Qi (vital energy) and blood. It also depends on the yin and yang energies and on the proper functioning of the spleen, liver, kidneys and heart.
The blockage of the circulation of Qi and blood flow, or stagnation, causes pain and swelling in the abdomen in women; it leads to disturbances in menstrual cycles such as dysmenorrhea or even amenorrhea…
The central organ of menstruation, reproduction and pregnancy is the uterus. The uterus is intimately linked to the kidney according to TCM. It is a hollow entrails like the yang entrails but it ensures a yin functioning (to produce, to transform). When we use the term uterus in TCM, we include the tubes and the ovaries.
The uterus needs a proper supply of blood to ensure menstruation, pregnancy, and childbirth. Qi and blood are interdependent on each other.
The energetic influence of the cycle on the woman
The week of the period is a yin week, that is to say an energy of withdrawal. It is the winter of the cycle, a time of introspection, of silent self-presence. It is a week to listen to your dreams, develop your intuitions and let go. By eliminating blood, the kidneys can generate fear. We waste a lot of energy trying to understand everything that happens to us. This is precisely the role of emotions.
Once the period is over, the woman enters a Yáng energy. Turning towards the outside, she finds a more sustained rhythm, gets back into movement, in a Yáng (masculine) dynamic. The action of the liver allows her to come out of the winter. It is for the woman the moment to express her true self.
Still in this Yáng energy of opening towards the outside comes the week of ovulation; the woman is more connected to unconditional love. She feels a sense of fulfillment, a supreme joy with a broader consciousness and a sense of new humanity. Radiant, even irresistible, she needs a great deal of energy.
After a fortnight or so of being outwardly focused in a Yáng energy, the woman turns inward again in a Yin movement. The rhythm slows down. There is no need to keep a high rhythm, otherwise tension and pain will be created. For some women, premenstrual symptoms can reach hysteria. It is therefore time to take time for yourself, and to do yourself good by taking care of your skin, hair or simply by massaging.
The origin of menstrual disorders
During menstruation, we are informed about the quantity and quality of blood. Empty blood gives early menstruation, pale blood, pain before the flow arrives. Heat in the blood gives a bright red blood, early menstruation, very abundant and painful. Blocked qi causes irritability, anger, headaches, insomnia, tension in the breasts, pain and tension in the lower abdomen. The liver stores blood and regulates its volume. A lack of blood in the liver can lead to a very small amount of menstruation, or even no menstruation at all. The function of procreation can even be questioned if the liver does not supply enough blood to the uterus.
Blocked liver qi causes blood stasis, with black clots and pain before and during menstruation. Conversely, Liver fire accelerates the movement of blood, which leads to bleeding outside the cycle or very heavy periods.
Des règles sans douleur grâce à la MTC
As the menstrual cycle is influenced by the quality of the Qi (vital energy) and the quantity of blood, it is important to rebalance the related organs. We will focus on the balance of Yin and Yang energies. We will also focus on the proper functioning of certain organs such as the spleen, liver, kidneys and heart. This work will also have an impact on emotional tensions, and will restore hormonal balance. Thus, to unblock the circulation of Qi and blood flow, in order to reduce pain, Chinese medicine proposes the following solutions:
A formula of plants adapted to each case;
Acupuncture that alleviates or even eliminates physical and emotional symptoms related to PMS: lower back pain, cramps, acne, sensitive breasts, mood swings, irritation, nervous fatigue, etc. Our patients generally start to feel an improvement after one to three sessions on average.
In order to reduce the symptoms, we also recommend that you review your diet and encourage rest and sleep. These factors have a considerable impact on hormonal balance.
Finally, we recommend regular practice of Qi Gong in order to re-establish a good circulation of blood and Qi. This helps to relieve pain and various other symptoms related to menstruation.
The new disorders of female cycles
Since the waves of vaccination against “Covid 19”, we are witnessing a multiplication of new symptoms related to the menstrual cycle and fertility.
We receive many women in treatment who complain of extreme fatigue and disturbances of their cycles. Some complain of not having their periods for several months, or of having very irregular cycles, one month with, one month without…
Finally, we receive patients who complain of excessive menstruation, which generates, in addition to a major discomfort, an extreme weakness due to lack of blood.
We also observe at the diagnostic level a generalization of the phenomena of stagnation of blood and qi, which implies a major increase of blood clots in the periods.
Finally, we have seen an increase in miscarriages which are naturally linked to a lack of energy in the Kidneys and the Spleen, and even in the Heart, and to poor blood circulation.
We have been able to treat these new disturbances effectively, even if it takes longer to rebalance the energies in vaccinated people.
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