Introduction
For many millions of women all over the world, misery and irritability
are a monthly fact of life, something that they have to live with month
after month after month.
However, what most of these women perhaps don’t know is that whilst
premenstrual tension (PMT) or premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is
suffered by as many as three out of every four ladies, it is not
necessary to suffer anywhere near as much as they do.
Although the number who suffer premenstrual problems as a chronic
condition every month is mercifully small at somewhere around 2-5% of
all sufferers, it is nevertheless a fact that for many women, PMT or PMS
is a blight on their live every month that they could well do without.
In truth, there are plenty of entirely natural things that women can do
to limit the worst symptoms associated with PMT or even get rid of
them altogether and of course, because we are talking of completely
natural solutions here, there is very little possibility of adverse sideeffects
either.
Before moving on to begin looking at how you can deal with PMT
entirely naturally, let's start by considering the condition itself and why
perhaps as many as 75% of women suffer from it each and every
month.

What is premenstrual tension?
According to the definition of premenstrual syndrome featured on
Wikipedia, there is a difference between PMS and PMT. However,
according to most medical sites that mention both PMT and PMS, they
tend to do so interchangeably.
In essence, they are one and the same thing as far as most
authoritative online resources are concerned so I am going to assume
that they are the same for the purposes of this book as well.
Indeed, many resources suggest that PMS is a far more accurate
description of the condition suffered by so many women every month
mainly because describing it as premenstrual tension suggests that
there is only one symptom suffered by these ladies.
In truth, there are many different symptoms suffered by those who are
troubled by the condition, so using the phrase premenstrual syndrome
is probably more accurate as it suggests that there are many different
signs or ill-effects of the condition, which is absolutely true.
Although estimates of how many women actually suffer PMS vary, it is a
fact that most women will suffer the condition on at least some
occasions. However, for the vast majority of PMS sufferers, it is a
condition which although it is generally very mild nevertheless besets
them every month. Premenstrual syndrome is something that is
completely regular feature of their life which (it seems) they cannot
avoid.

For most women who suffer PMS, the condition usually sets in between
seven and fourteen days before the beginning of their period, although
for some women who suffer severe PMS, the condition can become one
that is almost permanent, with symptoms being present before, during
and after menstruation. This happens because many symptoms have a
knock-on effect that causes other problems to arise at a later date,
hence you have what is effectively non-stop PMS.
Although as suggested there is no globally agreed definition of exactly
what constitutes premenstrual syndrome, there are two definitions that
are commonly used by researchers when studying the condition. These
are:
• The definition proposed by the researchers at the University
of California which suggests that there should be both physical
and psychological symptoms of PMS shown during the five days
before menses for three consecutive menstrual cycles.
Furthermore, these same symptoms must not be present during
the other parts of the cycle, especially the pre-ovulatory phase.

• The second definition is that formulated by the National Institute
of Mental Health in the USA which is focused on the severity of
symptoms in cycle days from 5 to 10 compared with the severity
in the six-day period before the onset of menses. According to
this definition, symptoms have to be seen for two consecutive

Whichever definition you use, for the majority who suffer PMS, the most
common symptoms are mood swings and irritability, breast tenderness,
headaches and nausea but for the majority who are relatively lucky, the
symptoms tend to be very mild, in some cases so mild that they are
almost unnoticeable.
On the other hand, a small percentage of women are not nearly so
fortunate with their symptoms being a great deal more severe and
therefore considerably more disruptive too. And even though the
symptoms highlighted above are the most common, there are many
other symptoms of both a physical and psychological nature that many
women suffer.
Physical symptoms of PMS can include some or all of the following:
• Abdominal pain and/or bloating;
• Joint and/or muscle pain;
• Headaches;
• Chronic diarrhea or constipation;
• Worsening of pre-existing medical problems such as skin
conditions;
• Onset or worsening of acne;
• Hot flushes;
• Breast tenderness;
• Food and/or alcohol cravings;

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