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title: What complementary and alternative medicine do adolescents with PMS use?
description: 73% of adolescents with PMS used complementary or alternative medicine, most commonly green tea (49.5%), chamomile (32.5%), prayer (65.5%), and exercise (54.4
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/complementary-and-alternative-medicine-used-by-adolescents-in-premenstrual-2022/
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- What complementary and alternative medicine do adolescents with PMS use?

Survey study, 2022

# What complementary and alternative medicine do adolescents with PMS use?

73% of adolescents with PMS used complementary or alternative medicine, most commonly green tea (49.5%), chamomile (32.5%), prayer (65.5%), and exercise (54.4%). The study documents what people use but not whether these approaches work.

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367 adolescents with premenstrual syndrome

## What they did

Cross-sectional survey of 367 adolescents with premenstrual syndrome. Participants completed a three-part questionnaire about their demographics, menstrual cycle, premenstrual symptoms, and use of complementary and alternative medicine.

## What they found

73% of adolescents with PMS used complementary or alternative medicine. The most preferred herbal supplements were green tea (49.5%), chamomile (32.5%), sage (23.8%), and thyme (18.6%). The most used mind-body practices were prayer (65.5%), exercise (54.4%), and namaz (32.4%). Only 23.2% consulted a physician and 10.9% used prescribed medication.

## What it means for you

Most adolescents with PMS choose herbal supplements and mind-body approaches instead of seeing a doctor or using medication. The main limitation is that this study only documents what people use, not whether these treatments actually work.

367

adolescents surveyed

73%

used complementary or alternative medicine

49.5%

used green tea

## About the study

Original title Complementary and Alternative Medicine Used by Adolescents in Premenstrual Syndrome- A Cross-Sectional Study: Authors Ayşe Elkoca, Beliz Yekeler Kahraman, Handan Özcan et al. Journal Progress in nutrition Year 2022 Study design Survey study Participants 367 What was tested None Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.23751/pn.v24i1.12191](https://doi.org/10.23751/pn.v24i1.12191)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Other herbal medicine](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-herbal-other/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)

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