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Objective: This research amis to determine the traditional and complementary medicine practices used by the students of the Faculty of Health Sciences to cope with premenstrual symptoms. Methods: The research is descriptive and was conducted with female students studying at the health sciences faculty of a foundation university in Ankara between 27 May and 6 August. The sample of the study consisted of 154 female students who volunteered to participate in the study and filled out the forms completely. Personal information form and Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS) were used to collect data. Research data were evaluated with IBM SPSS 25 program. Descriptive statistics such as number, percentage, mean±standard deviation, minimum and maximum values, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Kruskal Wallis Analysis of Variance and Mann Whitney U test were used in the analysis of the study. Results: It was found that the PMS prevalence of the students was 80.5%. As traditional and complementary medicine practices of the students, the most common method of vitamin support among herbal treatments and vitamin supplement (20.8%); massage method mostly (61.7%) among body therapies; listening to music mostly among mind and body techniques (72.1%); It was determined that they mostly used the hot application method (86.4%) on the abdominal region among the hot application techniques. Conclusion: It was determined that the majority of the students showed the presence of premenstrual symptoms. It was found that the students used the method of applying heat to the abdomen the most and the acupuncture method the least as traditional and complementary medicine practices.

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