Pain that occurs throughout the body during menstruation and disappears after menstruation is referred to as "menstrual body pain." Body pain associated with "arthralgia syndrome" is not within the scope of this discussion.

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1. Blood Deficiency︰Generalized aching pain and numbness during menstruation, heavy menstrual flow with pale color, complexion shallow yellow, dull pain in the lower abdomen, dizziness and dizzy vision. Pale tongue with thin greasy coating, thready pulse. Due to heavy menstrual flow leading to blood deficiency and malnutrition of tendons and vessels, resulting in these symptoms. The clinical features include: generalized aching pain during menstruation, sallow complexion without luster, dizziness and dizzy vision, pale tongue with thready pulse. Treatment should focus on nourishing blood and harmonizing collaterals, using the formula Pubescent Angelica and Taxillus Decoction.
2. External Contractionwind-cold︰Generalized joint aching pain during menstruation, aversion to cold with fever, nasal congestion headache, absence of sweating, scanty and unsmooth menstrual flow, cold pain in the lower abdomen. Pale tongue with thin white coating, floating-thin-tight pulse; if accompanied by aversion to wind with sweating, the pulse becomes floating-thin-moderate. This condition arises when defensive yang is weakened during menstruation, allowing wind-cold to invade the channels. The clinical features include menstrual body pain accompanied by wind-cold common cold pattern, absence of sweating with aversion to wind, and floating-thin-tight pulse. Treatment should focus on nourishing blood and releasing the exterior, using EphedraFour Ingredients Decoction; if presenting with aversion to wind and spontaneous sweating with floating-thin-moderate pulse, the approach should be nourishing blood and harmonizing the nutrient aspect, using Cinnamon Twig Four Ingredients Decoction.

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1. 《Ye's Gynaecology Treatment of "Body Pain During Menstruation": "Body pain occurring two to three days into menstruation is due to cold evil entering the bones, with or without fever, and the exterior has already been released. Take Lindera Qi-Regulating Decoction."
2. 《Concise Chinese Gynecology: Menstrual Body Pain》"…Additionally, due to depleted qi and blood, and physical weakness, wind-dampness pain may take advantage of the deficiency and flare up during menstruation…."