Sparing a few blessed ones,most women experience many health problems during menstruation, the most common being menstruation pains, abdominal cramps, back ache,headache,depression, emotional turmoil and mood swings. Medically this is known as PMS or Pre-Menstrual Syndrome.

Approximately around 60 million women suffer from the symptoms of Pre menstrual Syndrome in varying degrees of discomfort and distress. Out of these most common and the most disturbing is the menstrual migraine. Amongst the 160 documented Pre Menstrual Syndromes studies, this is the most commonly reported.

The medical fraternity has not yet been able to find the exact cause behind the extreme levels of pain and other symptoms in some women, but they suspect that genetic make up and the hormone levels to be the major contributing factor.

Research suggests that most of the symptons occur due to the female hormone Estrogen. Estrogen is the female sex hormone specifically regulates the menstrual cycle fluctuations throughout the cycle. Change in levels of this hormone and its deficiency leads to the disturbances like headache, pain and cramps in women. When the levels of estrogen and progesterone change, women will be more vulnerable to headaches. Sometimes women also use oral contraceptives which are also known to effect the hormone levels. Because oral contraceptives influence estrogen levels, women on birth control pills may experience more menstrual migraines. These women also reported Abdominal Cramping, Anxiety, Breast tenderness, Irritability, Weight Gain, throbbing headache accompanied by nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to bright lights and sounds. An aura may precede the menstrual migraine.

Symptoms related to PMS are emotional as well as physical vary from woman. The rigorousness of the symptoms may show a discrepancy each month for every woman, there may even be months when there are no noticeable PMS symptoms, while some months can be toiling.

Remedies

A healthy diet, decreasing salt, caffeine and alcohol may also decrease the symptoms of PMS. There are many drugs available in the market to help one reduce pain, but they are essentially pain killers that artificially suppress the symptoms and do little to alleviate the cause. Hence it is advised not to use them. However, using herbal methods most of the Pre Menstrual symptoms can be cured. Herbal supplements can help some of the most common symptoms like bloating and mood swings. Relaxation techniques, such as meditation or yoga, decrease physical discomfort and stress.It is advisable to avoid excessive physical activity during menstruation.

Here are some common home made recipes to help women during their PMS days.

1. Parsley is one of the most efficient methods to reduce menstrual pain.
2. Consuming cooked up banana flower with curd decreases the amount of bleeding and provides a great amount of relief.
3. Papaya is the most beneficial fruit to be used during menstruation. It helps those who are suffering from amenorrhea.
4. A teaspoon full of sesame seeds when taken up with warm water early in the morning reduces the pain and keeps you more active than before.
5. Ginger is another piece of helpful advice that keeps your body warm and gives instant relief. You can crush ginger and boil it in water to drink it 2, 3 times a day.

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