A REVIEW ON PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA: RECENT TRENDS IN PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA REMEDY

Alternative and Therapeutic system of medicines around the world depends on nature having diverse variety of plants with renowned metabolites and propitious biological activity. Since there is a quest in isolating newer compounds from plants, large number of plants are constantly being screened for their potent pharmacological activity. Many herbs are used in alleviating the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea, but were transmitted orally among generations. Whereas, the herbs that were mentioned to have anti-dysmenorrhoeal activity were not validated scientifically. Primary dysmenorrhea is a recurrent menstrual cramp without any disease background in the uterus. It was proven that prostaglandin F2 alpha was key aspect for the symptoms during primary dysmenorrhea. This review article describes various treatment modules used since earlier time. Most of the regimen modules except non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs allay the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs antagonizes cyclo-oxygenase enzyme which is an ideal component for synthesis of prostaglandins. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs causes many aftereffects. In this review article various therapeutic modes were explained and herbs that were used traditionally for treating primary dysmenorrhea were unveiled