Studies suggest Chinese herbal remedies can be better than drugs for relieving menstrual cramps:
“Australian researchers have found that it is better to take Chinese herbs than drugs, acupuncture, or heat compression for the relief of dysmenorrhea that includes menstrual cramps.
Dysmenorrhea is a condition that causes cramping and/or painful menstruation in women. It involves menstrual periods that consist of intermittent-but-sharp pain or aching-but-dull pain in the lower abdominal and/or pelvic regions of the female body.
Their study (“Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea”), found in the October 18, 2007 online issue of the journal Cochrane Library, involved 3,475 women in 36 studies in China, and one study, each, in Taiwan, Japan, and the Netherlands.
The results from the researchers, headed by Xiaoshu Zhu from the Center for Complementary Medicine Research (University of Western Sydney, Australia), conclude that Chinese herbal medicines are superior to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), acupuncture therapy, and heat compression with a hot water bottle. ”
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