Chinese medicine treats the person as a whole, not just the symptoms. This article describes how Chinese medicine can help treat PMS:
It seems today the slang word PMS’ing has become so common for how people behave or are feeling, it’s even used when referring to a man acting moody or depressed. Is everybody so stressed that they just can’t deal with certain times of the month? This used to be just a female issue. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, PMS has been addressed with herbs and Acupuncture for centuries. Chinese medicine, based on Taoism philosophy, believes health is achieved when the body is in balance. If we’re PMS’ing, we’re not in balance.
In Chinese Medical literature, PMS is characterized as a lack of the free flow of Qi (energy or our vital force). This is because we are out of balance. The balance I’m referring to is not a static object that one finds and has forever. Balance is an ongoing quest throughout life. Rarely do we all have it all the time. But, hopefully, we have some balance, some or most of the time. Within all aspects of life we need a balance. Our diets, not too much nor too little, neither overweight nor underweight.
Sleep habits, as too much sleep can actually cause depression and we all probably know how we feel with too little sleep. Our relationships need a balance in all areas, friends, family, and spouses. Work, in today’s society, seems like the toughest part of our lives to balance. Often there’s either too much work or not enough. I rarely talk to someone who says I have the perfect job. I make exactly what I need and don’t have to work more than I want to. But wouldn’t it be nice if we could all say that everyday. This would be balance.
Back to that stuck Qi and the PMS’ing we are all doing, at least once in a while anyway. At any particular moment when we are out of balance and we can’t quite figure out why, our Qi gets stuck. This stuck Qi effects the menstrual cycle which in turn causes stagnation of blood and menstrual pain. The stuck or stagnate “Qi” energy in TCM also causes moodiness and other typical menstrual symptoms such as headaches, crankiness, bloating and pain. There can be various other symptoms as well. TCM addresses the root cause and the body responds happily because our bodies want to be in balance. The body functions optimally when in balance.
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