Premenstrual tension

It is claimed that chronic deficiency of arachidonic acid can lead to a number of medical problems that can be overcome by supplementation of a normal diet with evening primrose oil. Supplementation is claimed to lead to an alleviation of eczema reduction in premenstrual tension and breast pain during menstruation improvement in some chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases reduction in blood pressure in hypertensive patients and reduction in blood cholesterol levels. As might be expected, these claims are controversial, but they serve to illustrate how basic biochemical information can lead to a considerable lay interest in a subject. 

Amenorrhoea, which refers to the absence of menstruation, is managed by the administration of progestogen components such as dydrogesterone. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are indicated in premenstrual tension. Iron supplements are indicated in menorrhagia (abnormal heavy menstruation). 

Hamilton M, White J Factors related to the outcome of depression treated with ECT. Journal of Mental Science 106 1031-1041, 1960 Hammarback S, Backstrom T Induced anovulation as treatment of premenstrual tension syndrome a double-bhnd crossover study with GnRH-agonist versus placebo. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 67 159-166, 1988 Hamon M Neuropharmacology of anxiety-perspectives and prospects. Trends Pharmacol Sci 15(2 36-39, 1994... 

It is indicated as contraceptive, in hormone replacement therapy, primary and secondary amenorrhoea, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, endometriosis, postponement of menstruation, premenstrual syndrome, uterine hypoplasia, threatened or habitual abortion and premenstrual tension. It is also useful in endometrial carcinoma. 

It is indicated in habitual abortion, failure of nidation, threatened abortion, premenstrual tension, metrorrhagia and threatened premature labour. 

It is very difficult to evaluate any behavioral or emotional effects of these compounds in humans. Although the incidence of pronounced changes in mood, affect, and behavior appears to be low, milder changes are commonly reported, and estrogens are being successfully employed in the therapy of premenstrual tension syndrome, postpartum depression, and climacteric depression. 

This formula can spread the Liver-Qi and harmonize the blood. It is used for an acute and excess condition of stagnation of Liver-Qi. Patients suffer from hypochondriac pain, depression, irritability, fullness in the chest and distension in the abdomen. In female patients, dysmenorrhea and premenstrual tension syndrome may also exist. Patients often have a white tongue coating and a wiry pulse. 

The essential oil of cardamom is used for its uplifting and invigorating properties and helps digestion and nausea. It is used as an aphrodisiac, is helpful in countering the irritation experienced during premenstrual tension (PMS) and works well on the respiratory system to ease coughs and warming the body. 

Q2 Some patients suffer from premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual tension), which is diagnosed if symptoms start before menstruation begins and diminish when the bleeding starts. List the symptoms associated with premenstrual tension. 

Q7 The combined pills are a safe and effective method of contraception for most women. They decrease the incidence of amenorrhoea, irregular periods and intermenstrual bleeding, iron-deficiency anaemia, premenstrual tension and... 

Qi From the symptoms of pain, nausea and headache which Shabana described, and which began around the time that bleeding occurred each month, she appears to have suffered from dysmenorrhoea. Since Shabana also experienced changes in mood, some form of premenstrual syndrome (or premenstrual tension) might also have been present. 

Effect on menstruation (it is not true menstruahon, see above) is generally to regularise it, and often to diminish blood loss, but amenorrhoea can occur. In some women break-through intermenstrual bleeding occurs, especially at the outset, but this seldom persists for more than a few cycles. Premenstrual tension cind dysmenorrhoea are much reduced. 

Pyridoxine has also been used for a variety of conditions including premenstrual tension, vomiting in pregnancy and radiation sickness in doses sometimes exceeding 100 mg/day. Concerns that prolonged exposure to high doses may be harmful, e.g. causing sensory nemopathy, have not been resolved. 

Vitamin B complex is the collective term for a number of water-soluble vitamins found particularly in dairy products, cereals and liver.Vitamin B (thiamine) is used by mouth for dietary supplement purposes and by injection in emergency treatment of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is a constituent of the coenzyme FAD (flavine adenine dinucleotide) and FMN (flavine mononucleotide) and is therefore important in cellular respiration. Vitamin Be (pyridoxine) is a coenzyme for decarboxylases and transamination, and is concerned with many metabolic processes. Overdose causes peripheral neuropathy. It may be used medically for vomiting and radiation sickness and for premenstrual tension. Pyridoxine has a negative interaction with the therapeutic use of levodopa in parkinsonism by enhancing levodopa decarboxylation to dopamine in the periphery, which does not then reach the brain. The antitubercular drug isoniazid interferes with pyridoxine, and causes a deficiency leading to peripheral neuritis that may need to be corrected with dietary supplements. Vitamin B ... 

Lauritzen C, Reuter HD, Repges R, Bohnert KJ, Schmidt U. Treatment of premenstrual tension syndrome with Vitex agnus castus. Controlled, double-blind study versus pyridoxine. Phytomedicine 1997 4 183-189. 

The cause of PMS (also known as premenstrual tension, PMT) is unknown, but it is associated with ovulation as it does not occur before puberty, during pregnancy or after the menopause, or in women who do not ovulate. 

Lavender Lavandula species stress, premenstrual tension. 

For menstrual irregularity and premenstrual tension, add Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi (Xiang Fu) and Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao). 

Indications Liver depression, blood vacuity. Irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, abnormal vaginal discharge, breast distention, premenstrual tension, climacteric disorders, chronic hepatitis, pleurisy, chronic... 

Indications Liver/kidney yin deficiency, liver yang ascendancy, qi and blood counterflow and chaos. Wind stroke, convulsions, epilepsy, cerebrovascular accident, aphasia, apraxia, renal hypertension, essential hypertension, hypertensive encephalopathy, cerebral arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic heart disease, hyperthyroidism, premenstrual tension, postpartum fever with spasms and convulsions, and glaucoma... 

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