As a new employee, I'm still on probation. My first preparation for the event was naturally to go all out, and I went to the layout site a few hours in advance on the day of the event. Who knows, my period just came at this time. When placing the fruit bowl, I suddenly felt a cold pain in my abdomen, and immediately sounded an alarm in my mind, knowing that the torture of the next month was coming. It was too cold to run away. I took painkillers and gritted my teeth to finish the host.
I don't remember the effect of the activity that day. I only remember that the cold pain coming from my lower abdomen drowned me. On the way home after the activity, I was basically in an illusion, just like walking into a black-and-white silent movie. I can't hear anything around, and I just drive home by sheer willpower. After a painful night at home, I fell asleep at sunrise the next day.
Since then, it seems to be a kind of ridicule from magical power, and almost every employee activity meets his holiday. The employee activities of the unit are held in the middle of each month, one day earlier or one day later, but the magic aunt always chooses to hold the activities on the same day. The department is understaffed, and I can't spare anyone else to host the event instead of me on this day. Because of this, dysmenorrhea has become the fuse of my resignation. Many people may not understand that this is just my holiday. Is it that serious? My answer is, yes, it is very serious.
I probably became the first person in history to resign because of dysmenorrhea.
Since the fourth grade of primary school, there will be an extra book called Physiology and Hygiene in the textbooks issued by the school every new semester, but the school has not arranged such a course, and no teacher has ever explained the contents of the book to us in class. I took the book home and read it quietly behind my adult's back. I knew there was a word called "menarche", but I didn't understand what it was and what it meant.
Autumn goes and spring comes, and we are growing rapidly. Soon, many girls in our class are taller than boys. Once I went out to play on a weekend, the girls in the same group whispered secrets with their peers and vaguely heard the word "menstruation". I was confused and immediately became an outsider.
Finally, in the season when plums are ripe, my menstruation comes quietly. Accompanied me for more than ten years of torture, starting from that frightened morning.
At first, it was cold and dull pain, which slowly and intermittently attacked the abdomen, so I drank brown sugar and Jiang Shui lay in bed and barely survived. Later, it developed into endless pain, tears streaming down her face and convulsions.
Every time I have my period, I want to die without taking painkillers.
I still can't forget the second year of junior high school, once there happened to be no painkillers at home. So, I had to squat on the bed, holding a pillow in my arms and holding it against my abdomen. I dare not move, but I can't keep a posture because of the pain. I didn't stand, sit, squat or sleep. The whole person completely collapsed, sweating with pain, vomiting with pain, and my insides were rolling. I squatted in the toilet for a long time and couldn't spit it out. When I got back to bed, I felt a strong sense of vomiting and rushed out, vomiting until I finally spit out blue-yellow bile. You can't eat for twelve hours. At that time, I really wanted to dig out the uterus with a knife.
When I was in college, everyone was happy to pack up the daily necessities of the dormitory and report for duty. But for me, the most important luggage is a big bottle of painkillers. I repeatedly confirmed that I brought painkillers before I went out to take the bus. When I had my period, I took a good holiday, took painkillers, and lay in the dormitory bed all day without eating or drinking and silently bleeding for twelve hours.
At that time, dysmenorrhea had a magical law, that is, it must last 12 hours. 12 hours later, the whole person is like water that has been fished out. All his clothes and bedding were soaked in cold sweat and smelled of blood all over, but he was psychologically relaxed, as if he had been released after a torture.
I have cursed my menstrual period in countless times of pain and vowed that if the pain passes, I will cherish my healthy time, be a good person and do things seriously. But I am actually a person who has survived the scar and forgotten the pain. I forget every time I get hurt.
If every girl with dysmenorrhea was an angel with broken wings in her last life, then I think I must have been an angel with poor flying ability in my last life, so I fell bloody and my wings were broken, so I will have such dysmenorrhea experience in my life.
From junior high school to university, I saw a lot of Chinese medicine because of dysmenorrhea and ate a lot of bowls of Chinese medicine. However, I found a phenomenon: during taking the medicine, dysmenorrhea did ease a little when menstruation came, but after stopping taking the medicine, severe dysmenorrhea would recur soon, so I could only use painkillers to relieve the pain, but the painkillers of Chinese patent medicines didn't work at all, so I could only use western medicine.
Taking painkillers (especially western medicine) is more or less harmful to your health. A few years ago, I explored some ways to relieve dysmenorrhea, and gradually stopped taking painkillers. Now, I can get through that day without taking painkillers every month. Of course, it hurts occasionally, but it's much better than the earth-shattering pain before.
My experience is summed up in only ten words, hoping to help girls with dysmenorrhea:
Nowadays, many girls have severe dysmenorrhea, and most of them cannot do without the word "cold". Eliminating the cold in time, warming the body and circulating the blood are hidden in many details of food, clothing, housing and transportation, which is a good self-treatment. So what I mean by cooling and keeping warm is all-round maintenance from clothes to eating habits.
The first article of Huangdi Neijing, The Theory of Ancient Naivety, wrote: The ancient people knew it, were good at yin and yang, were good at tricks, ate moderately, lived a regular life, didn't rush into it, cared about form and spirit, and died at the age of 100.
There is a word called "Fa Yu Yin Yang", which may need many words to explain. I won't talk about the details. Its general meaning is to obey the laws of nature and conform to nature. In Neijing, the words "spring life, long summer, autumn harvest and winter storage" also tell us to adjust our bodies according to the changing laws of the four seasons.
However, in order to pursue beauty and fashion, many girls often wear a pair of thin stockings with short skirts in winter. What's more, they only wear short skirts or shorts with bare legs. This phenomenon was common in Guangzhou when I was in college. In winter, the streets are full of long legs. Everyone was not surprised, and they joked with each other that this was "to be graceful and not warm." At that time, I joined the team that pursued "grace" without hesitation. For some time, I don't know why, taking a cold bath on campus has actually risen, saying that it can enhance the body's resistance. The students followed suit in spite of the howling cold wind. I tried it once. Looking back now, it is really "death."
Now many girls work in office buildings. In summer, the air conditioning in the office is particularly adequate. Many people wear sandals and short skirts, revealing their heels, calves and knees. What's more, they wear shorts to work, showing almost their whole legs. Some girls may say that it is so hot in summer that the outdoor temperature in Guangzhou and Shenzhen will be close to 40 degrees. I can't help dressing like this. I don't feel cold in order to cool down.
When you go home to take a shower at night, pour a bucket of warm water. The temperature should not be too high. It is advisable to put your hand in it at a temperature that feels a little warm. Put your legs outdoors for an hour or two after work in that bucket of water. If you feel the water is very hot, there is a coolness spreading from the soles of your feet to your knees, which means that you have been frozen. If you really like to wear short skirts and shorts, quietly bring a wool scarf or a small blanket to the office and cover your knees while sitting and working.
Many girls and even their boyfriends know that they need to take good care of themselves during menstruation. In Yin Ji's Lun Gang in the Ming Dynasty, there is such a description about menstrual maintenance: If you encounter menstruation, you should be careful, otherwise it will be similar to postpartum syndrome. Now there are many health books that will tell you that you should keep your abdomen, legs and feet warm during menstruation, don't take a hot bath, and don't wash your hair a few days before menstruation. These are all fine. But have you found that many times, when we get to our menstrual period, we only think about maintenance and pay attention to this and that, but the root of the disease is unconsciously planted in our daily life, so in fact, daily maintenance is also very important.
If you have had or still have severe dysmenorrhea like me, you should pay special attention to keep warm when wearing it. In addition to not wearing short skirts and shorts in the most basic winter, pay attention to heat preservation in air-conditioned rooms in summer, and you can also use foreign objects to warm your body.
In addition to soaking feet (I won't elaborate on the method, let's do it yourself), there is also a universal baby warmer. Some girls may say that it's normal to put a baby warmer on your period. You can't insist on it every day. It's uncomfortable in hot weather and a waste of money. After all, many functional warm babies are not cheap now (I use the most basic ones, as long as they can be heated to keep warm, simple and rude).
Because I used the computer too much for a while, my eyes were tired and my dark circles were serious, so I bought a red bean steam eye mask that was said to be reusable for 300 times. I don't know if the red bean eye mask can relieve dark circles, but I found another use of it, which made me feel like a treasure. That's what you use to fill your stomach.
After getting up every morning, put the blindfold in the microwave for 30 seconds, drink a cup of warm water and take it out on the way back. After returning to bed, put the eye patch on the navel and apply it to the three fingers below the navel for five to ten minutes. The whole belly is very warm and comfortable, and then massage clockwise and counterclockwise around the navel for 30 times. After a period of persistence, this simple and economical way soon brought me great surprises. I found that menstruation came and the pain was relieved a lot. At least I can lie in bed and watch movies quietly, so I won't roll around in pain like before.
Of course, this is just a way for lazy people like me to find out. If it is not too much trouble, it is the same to apply it with a hot water bottle every day, or it is also excellent for a rich and willful girl to directly warm her baby for ten minutes every day.
Anyway, please remember that our purpose is to warm our bodies.
Speaking of diet, does anyone immediately think of the phrase "drink more hot water", which is said to be a classic word of straight men.
What I want to say is that for a girl with severe dysmenorrhea during menstruation, drinking more hot water really has no effect at all. Seriously, switching to brown sugar Jiang Shui may have a little effect, but only a little. The most important thing is the usual eating habits.
A few years ago, I had two big fat granules on both sides of my chin. I saw many doctors say that it was caused by staying up late and getting angry. It is useless to prescribe all kinds of Chinese medicines to reduce fire. I even went to the dermatological hospital to pick out the fat particles, closed my eyes and counted the number of injections by the nurse. I remember that the nurse had 73 injections and the whole chin felt bloody, but I didn't say anything, because the pain was nothing compared with dysmenorrhea. But soon the fat particles recurred, and all kinds of tossing were not good for a whole year. Later, I was introduced to see a retired old Chinese doctor.
After I sat down, the old Chinese doctor took a look at me, silently felt his pulse, and said at a very slow speed that my stomach was cold, which made my internal organs cold. The old Chinese doctor said to me in a positive tone: "You should have severe dysmenorrhea when you come to the next month." I burst into tears in an instant, just like seeing my relatives, and immediately asked the old Chinese doctor if he could treat my dysmenorrhea. The old Chinese doctor pondered for a moment and said, "Dysmenorrhea takes a long time to relieve. Drug treatment is only to solve emergencies, and the key lies in long-term maintenance. " After prescribing the medicine, I was specifically instructed to say, "Don't eat Chinese cabbage, water spinach and tomatoes, don't drink cold drinks, soy milk and milk, and don't eat fruits". I immediately followed the doctor's advice, but to be honest, I just held the mentality of a dead horse as a living horse doctor. After all, I was desperate. Let's cure the fat particles on your face first. After all, it is a matter of "face project", and I must not take it lightly.
Who knows that after fifteen doses (five doses each time, and then I went to see it twice), the fat particles on my face actually disappeared. A bigger surprise is waiting for me. I didn't feel dysmenorrhea in the month when I took the medicine. I can walk around the house and eat three meals as usual, which is unprecedented. According to my experience in recent ten years, dysmenorrhea will come again in a more violent way after stopping taking drugs. However, when I came to my period in the second month, I still moved freely and felt no pain. In the third month, my feet hurt a little and my stomach stopped hurting. The fourth month, the fifth month ... followed by many months, occasionally my stomach hurts a little, but I can sit in bed and read and eat.
During this period, for more than a year, I didn't eat cabbage, water spinach, cold drinks, soy milk, milk or a fruit. The face looks much better, the skin is smooth, the figure is light (small and big, the waist circumference is one foot eight all year round), and most importantly, there is no dysmenorrhea every month. What a happy feeling.
Seeing this, some girls may say that it may be because of the drug conditioning of old Chinese medicine practitioners, and there is no reference. Please listen to me to finish the following story. Because, soon I began to "die".
As the saying goes, people floating in rivers and lakes can't hurt people. At work meals and friends' parties, my eating habits of not drinking cold drinks and not eating fruits are often criticized by my good colleagues or friends. Many people can understand without cold drinks. After all, many girls don't drink, but it's hard to understand without eating fruit. Many of my colleagues are inseparable from fruit. What's more, many people eat fruit for dinner in order to lose weight. So, in order to integrate into the group, I occasionally drink a drink without ice and eat some fruit for dinner. When I have my period that month, it will hurt a little more than before. I thought it would be very serious, and in summer, I couldn't stand the barbecue party without a drink and a fruit to quench my thirst, so I began to eat and drink willfully. During that time, some people even drank a glass of milk before going to bed every night.
There is a saying in the older generation that it is not the time not to report. Dysmenorrhea soon hit me in a cruel way. When I rolled in bed with pain and threw up in the toilet, I knew in my heart that this was what I would get for not paying attention to my diet.
So I began to pay attention to what was at the entrance. I don't eat cold drinks and eat less fruits, especially cold fruits such as watermelons, bananas, peaches and plums. I occasionally eat some hot fruits such as durian, litchi and longan, but only a small amount. I will never touch milk. Here, some girls may ask "why not eat milk, because milk is good for your health" or "I'll just drink warm milk, so it won't get cold".
Milk is such a food. Teacher Xu Wenbing, a famous doctor, said: From the perspective of "Taoism is natural", no animal in the world wants to drink milk when it grows up, except people. Children are pure yang, growing very fast, and milk is a very cold thing. When pure yang meets pure yin, it's just a combination. Most girls with severe dysmenorrhea have insufficient yang, and it is particularly harmful to drink extremely cold things with a body with insufficient yang. The same is true of other foods.
The ginger brown sugar water mentioned above is also excellent for girls. You can consciously drink one week before menstruation. In addition, through my own practice, I found that there is another way to relieve dysmenorrhea, and that is jealous ginger. Take one tablet every morning, and a small bottle can last for a long time. A week before my official holiday, I felt a little uncomfortable, my abdomen was faint and cold, and I felt like falling, but I was jealous two months before my official holiday, and my pain was relieved a lot. It's just that there is a lingering vinegar smell in my mouth after eating vinegar ginger. It took me a long time to deal with the problem of oral odor. Later, I didn't eat it because it was too much trouble.
And many girls know how important it is not to drink cold drinks to relieve dysmenorrhea, so I won't say much. For those girls who are very keen on cold drinks, I will only give you a simple example: if you drink a large cold drink, you will feel like urinating after a while, and you will find that the urine discharged is hot. Cold ice water passes through the stomach and becomes warm urine. What heats it? You use the vitality of your body, the heat in your body. From this, you can imagine how much harm it does to your body.
I once saw a girl describe her dysmenorrhea experience on the internet like this: she had no strength at all and was in a cold sweat. It feels as if there is a force pulling and squeezing her ovaries and uterus. At that time, she wanted to scream in pain, but she didn't have the strength to scream. She wants to cut open her stomach and dig out her ovaries. She would rather die than suffer any more, and felt that she was about to collapse. Struggling to drink brown sugar water, and then fell asleep. I don't know whether I fainted or fell asleep I just woke up.
I feel the same way after reading it. Indeed, my menstrual pain is really fatal. At that time, our desire for painkillers really reached a very strong level. However, taking painkillers can be dependent. At first, you can take half a tablet to relieve the pain, then you should take one tablet slowly, and then two tablets ... Several doctors I have seen say that painkillers are harmful to your health, so girls are strongly advised to take them, especially those western medicine painkillers, although they are very important.
Later, after reading some books, I found that Tian Yuan, a famous expert on gynecological diseases, and the above-mentioned teacher Xu Wenbing mentioned the drug "Xiaoyao Pill" in their works or classes. In the study of gynecological diseases, there is even a saying that "ten women are nine at large". At the same time, I also mentioned that it was blindly called "Jiawei Xiaoyao Pill". I Baidu the difference between the two, for your reference:
One week before menstruation, if you have a strong feeling of lower abdomen and emotional irritability, you should take Xiaoyao Pill appropriately, which has a good relieving effect. Of course, this is only my personal experience, and it is a three-point poison. Everyone's physique is different. It is best to take it according to the doctor's advice.
The above is a summary of my experience in fighting dysmenorrhea for more than ten years. I will be very happy if the method of relieving dysmenorrhea helps you. If you have a better method, please share it with me.