Dysmenorrhea
Look-up: Repro- / Uterus & Ovaries
Pathology:
Fibroid or endometriosis related.
Symptoms:
Pain, cramping often severe and debilitating during begining of period.
Equalize the circulation --
Composition_Powder_#2DC96 or infusion of pennyroyal.
Secondary: Vapour_Bath treatment.
Tertiary: Dysmenorrhea_Tonic_#1DC168 or F_C_Powder_#1DC171.
Menorrhagia --
Menorrhagia_Tonic to stop excessive bleeding.
Secondary: Anemia_Tonic; 25,000 IU of vitamin A twice per day for 15 days (not beta-carotene).
Tonic --
Anemia_Tonic.
Herbs:
Viburnum op 50%
Calendula 20%
Anemone 20%
Gelsemium 10%
Take 1 tsp then smaller doses frequently until relieved.
Diseases: Signs (SI) & Symptoms (SY) or Cause (CA)
See Purpose-Herbs Cross-reference.
Purpose-Herbs Cross-reference.
Dysmenorrhea herbs ...
| Agrimonia spp. | Unilateral intestinal spasm exacerbated monthly (premenstrually). Agrimonia good, too. |
| Anenome pulsatilla | Pain. Spasmolytic and sedative reducing sympathetic hypertonus. |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | Amphoteric action. |
| Cimicifuga racemosa | relaxant, oestrogenic, sedative. |
| Viburnum opulus | Spasmolytic and neuromuscular relaxant. See Viburnum prunifolium. |
| Viburnum prunifolium | Uterine sedative and spasmolytic. See Viburnum opulus. |