經前症候群

Premenstrual Syndrome

經前症候群一般認為是因為荷爾蒙的變化，導致女性於月經前一、兩星期出現生理與心理不適的症狀，一旦月經來潮後則症狀減輕或完全消失。西醫在這方面的著墨甚多，用藥上多屬於控制荷爾蒙的平衡或精神科方面及止痛、利尿的用藥。而在中醫無此一病名，且分界沒有如西醫如此嚴謹，通常多論及月經前後的相關症狀，僅有部份專指經前症狀，且多歸類於情志致病的範疇。然現代醫學認為真正原因不明，因此無法確立根本的治療方針；而中醫在通過病因、病機的引導及辨證論治的過程，可確立一個治療大法，且臨床上多有療效。

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a collection of physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms related to a woman's menstrual cycle. Such symptoms are usually predictable and occur regularly during the two weeks prior to menses. Generally, symptoms may vanish after the start of menstrual flow. In the western medicine, medical interventions are primarily concerned with hormonal intervention and use of drugs in psychiatry, anodyne and diuretics. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is no such a disease name or clearly definition about premenstrual syndrome. The discourses of TMC on this disease, in general, are related to the symptoms before and after the menstrual cycle. There is only a small part involved in premenstrual syndrome. It is classified into the scope of emotion-caused disease. Until now, modern western medicine hasn't completely expounded the real cause of PMS and hasn't established any method for completely curing this disease. With the guiding of pathogenesis research and the progress of syndrome differentiation, TCM can provide a basic and effective clinical treatment.