Whole Food Ginger, the Natural Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome With No Side Effects, according to A Human Study

By Kyle J. Norton

Scientists may have found a natural kitchen spice for the treatment of premenstrual syndrome symptoms (PMS) with no side effects.

Premenstrual syndrome is a condition caused by the faulty function of the ovaries related to the women's menstrual cycle, due to hormone fluctuation in one to two weeks before menstruation and then declines when the period starts.

PMS affects over 70% to 90% of women in the US compared to a lesser affection to women in Southeast Asia because of the different living style and social structure. 

 Most common symptoms of PMS include fatigue, fluid retention breast tenderness, acne, sleep disturbances and appetite changes with overeating or food cravings.

PMS can be classified into 4 types, categorizing by the symptoms including

1. Anxiety
Anxiety is a common symptom for women with PMS, caused by a hormone imbalance between estrogen and progesterone(1). Most women with PMS is found to have a very high level of estrogen and low levels of progesterone(4) before menstruation. 

Withdrawal from chronic exposure to the female sex steroid progesterone (P) may also contribute to the occurrence of PMS anxiety(2).

2. Craving
Some women with PMS may experience the symptom of food craving, caused by an abnormal liver function in carbohydrate synthesis due to dietary habits(6) and abnormal levels of serotonin(10)(8). 

Other theories suggest that when a woman under stress before period, she may grasp for everything which makes her feel more comfortable(7).

3. Hyperhydration(11)
Breast tenderness and water retention(12) are always a problem for some women with PMS. Breast tenderness is caused by overproduction of prolactin due to the abnormal function of the pituitary gland(13). Water retention is either caused by overproduction of prolactin-induced renal sodium and potassium excretion(16) or abnormal function of lymphatic function(14)(15).

4. Depression
Researchers found that women with the symptom of depression always have unbalanced levels of estrogen(3) and progesterone as a result of liver abnormal function in fat and protein metabolism(5). This unbalance also induces nervous tension, that causes nervous disorder including depression(3).

Conventionally, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), diuretics and hormonal contraceptives. are the most common medicine used for the treatment of PMS, depending on the types of symptom.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) or ginger root, the second superfood used for thousands of years by mankind, is the genus Zingiber, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, native to Tamil.

The root has been used in traditional and Chinese medicine for the treatment of dyspepsia, gastroparesis, constipation, edema, difficult urination, colic, etc.

Researchers on finding a natural compound for the treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), evaluated the effects of ginger on the severity of symptoms of PMS.

The clinical trial, double-blinded work, included 70 participants were randomly allocated to intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 35) groups. All persons suffering from PMS were asked to complete the daily record scale questionnaire for two consecutive cycles before treatment.

According to the returned questionnaire, there were no significant differences between the mean scores of PMS symptoms in the two groups before intervention.

Each participant received two ginger capsules daily from seven days before menstruation to three days after menstruation for three cycles and they recorded the severity of the symptoms by daily record scale in the questionnaire. 

By comparing the date 1, 2, and 3 months after intervention, the ginger treatment group showed a significant improvement of the PMS symptoms compared to control.

Dr. Khayat S, and colleagues wrote in the final report, "Based on the results of this study, maybe ginger is effective in the reduction of severity of mood and physical and behavioral symptoms of PMS and we suggest ginger as a treatment for PMS".

Take all together, ginger may be considered a functional alternative for the treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) pending to the confirmation of large sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Sources
(1) Effect of treatment with ginger on the severity of premenstrual syndrome symptoms by Khayat S1, Kheirkhah M2, Behboodi Moghadam Z3, Fanaei H4, Kasaeian A5, Javadimehr M. (PubMed)