PMS is now widely recognised as a medical condition thataffects some women of childbearing age in many ways. Premenstrual syndrome is related to menstrual hormones and can present itself with physical and psychological symptoms.

Symptoms of PMS can start up to two weeks before each period and usually stop when the period starts. Most common symptoms are: headache, feeling bloated, weight gain, breast tenderness, back or lower abdominal pain, depression and anxiety, mood swings, tiredness, poor concentration.

Further research is still needed into the exact causes of PMS, but there is strong evidence that the symptoms are related to changes in hormone levels experienced throughout the monthly cycle.

Premenstrual syndrome visually increases in severity when there are alterations in hormone levels such as during puberty. Following childbirth, after a miscarriage or termination, when starting or stopping the contraceptive pill, or even occasionally after a hysterectomy. If you have suffered from postnatal illness, you are also more likely to suffer from PMS. It oftern becomes more severe as women enter their late thirties and forties; however, any woman of childbearing age an suffer from it.

PMS sometimes seems to run in families, but a genetic link has not been established. The only way that you will be able to tell if you definitely have PMS is by recording your symptoms on a menstrual chart to to have a proper consultation with the professional Chinese medicine doctors.

In Chinese medicine’s philosophy, balance is the basis of being healthy. Using Chinese medicine & acupuncture according to Chinese medicine doctor’s diagnosis can balance our internal system (including hormone levels) very safely and effectively. Tailor-made prescription and individual acupuncture treatment are working more precisely for the individual and provide long-lasting effect.

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