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Difficult or painful menstruation.
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Topics Related To Dysmenorrhea
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| Black Cohosh | As A Treatment
"...It has been used for a range of female conditions such as premenstrual discomfort, dysmenorrhea and uterine spasms..."
| Fish Oils | As A Treatment
"...Various essential fatty acids, including fish oil, flaxseed oil, and GLA (gamma-linolenic acid), are widely recommended for dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain), and two studies suggest that fish oil may indeed be effective..."
| Painful Menstruation (Dysmenorrhea) | The Condition
"Dysmenorrhea is the medical term for painful periods or menstrual cramps..."
Relationship to EFA (Essential Fatty Acid) Type 3 Requirement
"In a double-blind placebo-controlled study among a group of girls suffering from dysmenorrhea, it was found that the symptoms could be significantly reduced by dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids..."
Relationship to Low Adrenal Function / Adrenal Insufficiency
"Dysmenorrhea caused by ovarian dysfunction may disappear when low doses of cortisol are used to improve adrenal influence on ovarian function..."
Recommendation Vitamin E
"...IU per day) from 2 days before menstrual onset through the third day of bleeding, for two consecutive menstrual cycles, reduced pain in a placebo-controlled trial of 100 young women with primary dysmenorrhea..."
| Parsley | As A Treatment
"...Parsley oil also was used to regulate menstrual flow in the treatment of amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, and is purported to be an abortifacient..."
| Prostaglandin | Related Topic
"...such as vasodilation, vasoconstriction, stimulation of the smooth muscles of the bronchus or intestine, uterine stimulation; also involved in pain, inflammation, fever, allergic diarrhea, and dysmenorrhea..."
| White Peony Root | As A Treatment
"...Uses ... Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis due to blood deficiency..."
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Last updated: Jul 26, 2007
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