According to a recent study, Chinese herbs can be more effective in reducing menstrual pains if compared to normally used medicines, acupuncture method or heat treatment procedure. The researchers monitored approximately 3,500 females of few countries and finally came out with such assumption.
Researchers mentioned that during the course of study these Chinese herbs not only provided relief from the unbearable pain of menstruation, but it also lowered the risk of its comeback in every three months.
The methods which are used for treating the menstrual pains are following -
1. Placebo
2. Birth control tablets
3. Acupuncture
4. NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
5. Heat treatment
6. Chinese herbal remedy
Chinese herbal treatment was found to be more effective in reducing menstrual pains in comparison to all the other methods given above. There were no proper proofs to state that herbal remedy is better than placebo and other methods. No major side effects were reported.
Menstrual pain affects the health of nearly 50 % adult or matured females and also of — 60 % to 85 % teenager females; as a result they more often miss their schools & jobs. Although the cause is yet under discussion, it is thought to be associated with a disproportion in the hormones of ovary.
The Chinese herbs have been utilized from a very long time to cure this type of condition & most of the females want to undergo this type of medications more and more.
The investigation involved 39 assessments, out of which 36 took place in China, & rest three took place in - Japan, Taiwan & the Netherlands respectively. The herbal mixtures which were given subjects were approved herbs & that revitalized their energy, nourished the blood & improved the functioning of their liver & kidney.
The most commonly used herbs in the herbal medicines are following — Dong Quai (Angelica sinensis (danggui)), cinnamon (cinnamon bark (rougui)), licorice (gancao), peony (white:baishao & reddish:chihhao), Chinese motherwort (yimucao), fennel fruit (huixiang), nut-grass rhizome (xiangfu), Szechuan lovage root (chuanxiong).
Nearly 36 females had participated in the trial, approximately 53 % of them who consumed these herbs informed — of not having as much of pain than it was expected normally in comparison to 26 % who were in the placebo group.
The researchers of the study mentioned that further studies are required for the reason that only — few people took part in these assessments and also the studies were not up to the mark.
The study appeared in the Cochrane Library journal.
