Condition
Period pain
Painful cramping during menstruation, usually from uterine contractions.
See a clinician
Some causes of period pain need medical care, not self-treatment. Seek help for any of these:
- Severe or worsening pain, pain outside periods, or pain with fever/abnormal bleeding — may signal endometriosis or infection.
What may help
Remedies studied for period pain, ranked by strength of evidence.
- B Ginger herb
Oral ginger reduces menstrual pain more than placebo and about as well as NSAIDs, taken in the first days of the period.
Painful cramping during menstruation, usually from uterine contractions. This is a reference stub — evidence-graded remedies for it are not yet curated here.
Background: MedlinePlus (public domain).