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AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME – PMS
AYUR SUDHA’S AYURVEDIC KIT FOR PMS
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The onset of menstruation signifies that a girl has stepped across a biological threshold into puberty. For some women, menstruation is merely an inconvenience. Others really dread “that time of month.” The latter are usually women who are plagued by premenstrual syndrome (PMS). For these women it is not the five days of actual menstruation that bothers them so much as the symptoms of PMS that manifest themselves any time from two to ten days before menstruation begins.
As its name signifies, the symptoms of PMS begin after ovulation, peak just before menstruation begins, and then vanish at the start of menstruation. The symptoms can be both physiological and psychological. There are a large number of symptoms of which the most common are: tender breasts, bloated abdomen, appetite changes and cravings, pimples, headaches, stomach upset and swollen hands and feet. Women afflicted with this problem also display mood swings, depression, fatigue, and irritability, lack of concentration, over-sensitivity, crying jags, and social withdrawal.
Suggestions for relieving the symptoms of PMS
Try to avoid stressful situations and get some rest.
Mild exercise like walking can help relieve PMS.
Control the intake of alcohol and caffeine contained in tea, coffee, soft drinks, etc.
Reduce salt intake. Salt absorbs water and increases water retention.
Medication that helps in reducing premenstrual tension and water retention.
Eat less at every meal, but more often. This will minimize the fluctuations in blood sugar. It may also help to eat more green leafy vegetables, whole grains and cereals, fish and poultry.
Sometimes the symptoms of PMS are so severe that they require medical treatment. Psychologists describe this as Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PDD). In cases of PDD, the depression and mood swings of the woman are so severe that they disrupt her normal functioning. In such situations, the woman might have to be treated medically. Both the physical and mental emotional symptoms of PMS have a biochemical basis that can be linked to the level of certain hormones in the blood.