ROLE OF NATURAL INGREDIENTS IN EASING PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME

Janhavi Khande*, Shraddha Pimpalkar and Suchita Gupta

ABSTRACT

Most women of reproductive age feel physical discomfort or distress in the weeks leading up to menstruation. Symptoms are normally mild, although they can be severe enough to prevent people from going about their everyday lives. This syndrome is characterised by a slew of physical, behavioural, and psychological changes that some women experience between a week and a few days prior to menstruation.[1] Bloating, painful breasts, and acne are the most common physical symptoms, whereas mood swings are the most common mental symptoms. These signs and symptoms can also be present in women who aren't suffering from PMS.[2][3] Symptoms are frequently noticed before the sixth days of the menstrual cycle.[4] For diagnosis, there must be a consistent pattern of emotional and physical symptoms that occur after ovulation and before menstruation and which interfere with daily living.[2] Premenstrual syndrome has a vast range of possible signs and symptoms, however most women only encounter a few of them. Signs and symptoms of emotional and behavioral disorders, anxiety or tension, depressed state of mind, periods of weeping, Irritability or wrath, as well as mood swing, Changes in appetite and food desires, having difficulty falling asleep (insomnia), Withdrawal from social situations, concentration issues.

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