Dysmenorrhea refers to lower abdominal pain experienced by women during their menstrual period or before and after menstruation. The diet should focus on nourishing qi and blood and promoting light, easy-to-digest foods that aid digestion. For those with qi stagnation and blood stasis, foods such as peach kernels, safflower, raw hawthorn, motherwort, mugwort, ginger, brown sugar, and wine may be selected; for those with qi and blood deficiency, foods such as black-boned chicken, hen, lamb, beef, eggs, milk, and fish may be selected. Avoid raw, cold, greasy, and spicy foods.
The following are clinically proven, affordable, effective, and delicious herbal tea, decoction, and soup recipes:
Lamb Soup with Ginger, Ginger Root, and Carrots，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warmly tonifies the spleen and kidneys. Suitable for menstrual cramps caused by deficiency-cold. because it runs warm overall, this decoction is best avoided in yin-deficient, fire-prone constitutions; in the absence of frank deficiency, or where an excess or heat … Read more
Fresh Mushroom Kernel Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warmly tonifies the spleen and kidneys. Suitable for menstrual cramps caused by deficiency-cold. those who are robust with internal accumulated heat are not suited to this formula; with herbs that quicken the blood, caution is warranted in those with a tendency to bleed … Read more
Rose Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes the flow of qi and blood. Suitable for amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. given the warm nature, caution is advised if the tongue is red with scant coating or there is tidal fever and night sweats; those who are … Read more
Black-Bone Chicken Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms the middle burner, strengthens the spleen, and tonifies qi and blood. Suitable for menstrual cramps caused by deficiency-cold. as the formula is predominantly warm, avoid prolonged use in those with yin deficiency, dry mouth, or restlessness with heat in the palms and soles; … Read more
Two-Flower Menstrual Regulation Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis; regulates qi and relieves pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, characterized by scanty flow, abdominal distension and pain, dark-colored menstrual blood with clots, or amenorrhea.
Four-Flower Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis; regulates qi and relieves pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea of the blood stasis type.
Safflower Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation, regulates menstruation, dispels blood stasis, and relieves pain. Suitable for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and similar conditions.
Rose Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation, regulates menstruation, dispels blood stasis, and relieves pain. Suitable for menstrual abdominal pain, especially for dysmenorrhea caused by liver qi stagnation.
Chinese Chives and Brown Sugar Juice，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation, regulates menstruation, dispels blood stasis, and relieves pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea; helps regulate menstruation and relieve pain.
Hawthorn, Ginger, and Jujube Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation and dispels blood stasis; warms the meridians and relieves pain; regulates qi and alleviates stagnation. Suitable for dysmenorrhea.
