If you have sore breasts during your period, you know they can be so sore that the last thing you want to happen is anyone or anything to touch them. The tenderness can be so great and they can feel as if they are so full that they will ‘explode’.
Sore breasts before the period, after the period, and during the period can be a sign that you either have a hormonal imbalance or are low in nutrients. Herbal pills for PMS breast tenderness can fill in the hormonal or nutrient gaps.
Medical doctors who are holistically oriented report that estrogen dominance is a big cause of sore and tender breasts related to your periods. So is inflammation.
Thus, when you’re looking for herbal medicine that could help relieve or sooth the problem, you’ll want to read up on the herbs to make sure the herbs don’t increase estrogen levels in the body. If you happened to take an herbal treatment that raised estrogen levels, then your breast pain would worsen.
Here’s a list of a few herbs to take as a supplement when your breasts are hurting:
1. Chasteberry
This herb is one you absolutely should know about if you’re female and you should have it on your list of herbs for tender breasts. Chasteberry is usually mixed in with other herbs for PMS but the dosage you need is about 32.4 mg per day.
Remember that there’s no one herb that is going to work in 100% of all the cases, so if it doesn’t work, don’t chalk it up to a failure; instead, mix it with other herbs to see if it works better.
2. Dandelion
Dandelion is a liver cleanser, and whenever there’s PMS, there’s a reason to use a liver cleanser. When a woman’s liver is cleansed, she can successfully break down hormones as they should be broken down. She can successfully break down the chemicals associated with negative emotions, and not be so moody. Taking a dandelion extract or making a tea out of the herb is a good strategy to decrease breast tenderness. It may not seem like a direct strategy but it does 
work in a lot of women. If you use the leaves of the plant, eat five to six leaves daily.
3. Milk Thistle
Milk thistle is another liver cleanser, and that’s why this herb is also effective at reducing breast tenderness. How to take it is simple: either get the capsules and take two capsules twice daily or the extract and take it according to the directions on the bottle.
4. Artichoke
Artichoke is one more liver cleansing herb on this list of herbs. Again, you might not expect it on the list of what herbs are good for sore and tender breasts, but liver cleansers affect many parts of the body simultaneously and decrease inflammation as well. Dosage is two capsules twice daily.
While you’re attending to your sore and tender breasts, are you also attending to your nutrient status?
One of the easiest ways to do both could be to take a period vitamin. A period vitamin contains herbs and vitamins and minerals. The herbs are specific for hormonal regulation while the vitamins and minerals are necessary for preventing deficiencies that can cause breast tenderness. It’s the easiest way to address PMS.
