The Use of the New Dietary Supplement with Lake Salts in Treating Primary Dysmenorrhea

Abstract

For centuries, plants and minerals have been used for treating symptoms of dysmenorrhea, relieving pain, restoring lost nutrients, and improving the quality of life. For our study, we employed a new dietary supplement that is plant-based and consists of burdock root, cranberry extract, underground and above-ground parts of marsh cinquefoil, and natural mineral salt of Siberian lakes. The patients (girls in puberty) had neither identified underlying health conditions nor recorded allergic reactions. To examine cardiovascular conditions, cardiovascular tests were carried out before and after the treatment. The assessment of the autonomic nervous system functioning included tests targeted at evaluating the operation of the sympathetic nervous system (like handgrip tests) as well as tests examining the functions of the parasympathetic nervous system (deep breathing and Valsalva maneuver). The patients were administered the dietary supplement to be consumed three times a day, together with cyclic vitamin therapy and electrotherapy treatment. Upon the completion of our study, we established that the use of the dietary supplement provides a positive impact on the course of treatment.