Introduction: In the last two years frequent complaints have been made by patients of what may be characterized as "premenstrual syndrome." They have complained of headache, a feeling of heaviness, and tiredness; they have felt empty, dark, depressive, despairing, almost suicidal; sometimes there have been feelings of depersonalization; and finally there has often been abdominal pain. Ego and astral body lose their healthy relationship to the physical and etheric bodies. In view of the point of time at which the complaints occur, this disharmony of the four bodies must be sought specifically in the processes of the uterus and ovaries.

In order to get a clear view of the menstrual cycle and its irregularities, we shall attempt to describe it as the result of the action of the upper and lower poles upon the reproductive system…

Dutch Weleda literature, date unknown. Translated by A.C. Barnes