Contact | Sitemap | Deutsch
	From puberty until menopause the uterus each month prepares itself for the settling in of an inseminated egg. If insemination does not take place, the mucous membrane is repelled and menstruation sets in. In essence a very natural and harmless incident. However, with many women this hormonally directed bleeding can announce itself a few days earlier with mood fluctuations, irritability and nervousness. In the course of menstruation, too, about half of all women complain of unpleasant concomitant symptoms: tenseness of breasts, cramp-like pain in the abdomen, impaired gastrointestinal function as well as head- and back pains can negatively influence the general state of well-being and decrease productivity. Many different factors, for example external circumstances and the mental state, can influence the course of menstruation. During this period, the sensitivity to pain is very different from one individual to another. Each woman experiences it differently and must find her own way to deal with it. A healthy life style, exercise, massage and a principally relaxed, positive basic attitude can aid in lessening the pain. Medicinal herbs in the form of tea or salves, such as hemptree, Saint John's wort, stinging nettle, lady's mantle, balm and marigold, whose effectiveness in each case should be tested, are also to be recommended. In the case of persistent complaints, a mild pain reliever is to be recommended. When menstrual pains occur regularly, the advice of a gynaecologist should certainly be sought.