HONG KONG - A study involving nearly 3,500 women in several countries suggests that Chinese herbs might be more effective in relieving menstrual cramps than drugs, acupuncture or heat compression.
Australia-based researchers said herbs not only relieved pain, but reduced the recurrence of the condition over three months, according to the Cochrane Library journal.
“All available measures of effectiveness confirmed the overall superiority of Chinese herbal medicine to placebo, no treatment, NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), OCPs (oral contraceptive pill), acupuncture and heat compression,” said lead author Xiaoshu Zhu from the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research at the University of Western Sydney.
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I have always prefered a more natural alternative to drugs, if the natural alternative is proven effective.
Some of the Chinese herbs used in the concoction were Chinese angelica root (danggui), Szechuan lovage root (chuanxiong), red peony root (chishao), white peony root (baishao), Chinese motherwort (yimucao), fennel fruit (huixiang), nut-grass rhizome (xiangfu), liquorice root (gancao) and cinnamon bark (rougui).
Left, liquorice root, and right, red peony root.
I wonder if these herbs and others were put in a tablet form, it will be as effective? Hope some day there will be seach an herbal tablet available so women all over the world can have a safe alternative to pain killing drugs.
menstrual cramps ulih di relieve ngena ginger...baka org beranak,minum ai ginger kena ngangat ke buyan.
Amat ulih melega kah? Enti aku amat pedis cramps ubat pain killer bisa baru bisi effect. Nya pen mina 4 jam aja, udah nya pedis balit.
aku nyangka aja meh laban kitai beranak pun lega ngena ginger..