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众所周知,许多女性都了解,经前综合征(PMS)难以治疗。但一些缓解可能即将出现。根据《英国医学杂志》1月20日刊登的一份报告,牡荆树(Vitex agnus castus)的果实被证明能有效缓解有时使人衰弱的经前综合征症状。

德国H¿ttenberg的医疗保健与科学研究所的研究人员研究了170名被诊断患有该综合征的女性。在三个月经周期中,86名参与者接受了牡荆提取物;另有84名接受了安慰剂。研究小组在第一个周期的开始和第三个周期的结束时评估了六种症状:烦躁、愤怒、情绪改变、头痛、腹胀和乳房胀痛。

他们发现,服用牡荆提取物的女性在除腹胀外的所有症状方面都经历了显著改善。事实上,超过一半的女性的症状至少改善了50%,而且副作用很少且轻微。研究人员总结说:“牡荆果实的干燥提取物是缓解经前综合征症状的有效且耐受性良好的治疗方法。”

Kate Wong is an award-winning science writer and senior editor at 大众科学 focused on evolution, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and animal behavior. She is fascinated by human origins, which she has covered for more than 25 years. Recently she has become obsessed with birds. Her reporting has taken her to caves in France and Croatia that Neandertals once called home, to the shores of Kenya's Lake Turkana in search of the oldest stone tools in the world, to Madagascar on an expedition to unearth ancient mammals and dinosaurs, to the icy waters of Antarctica, where humpback whales feast on krill, and on a "Big Day" race around the state of Connecticut to find as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. Kate is co-author, with Donald Johanson, of Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. She holds a bachelor of science degree in biological anthropology and zoology from the University of Michigan. Follow Wong on X (formerly Twitter) @katewong

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