This study was conducted to determine the cultural practices of nursing students who experience thepremenstrual syndrome to reduce their complaints. The study population of this descriptive type researchconsists of the female students studying in the nursing department of a university. The study was carried out withthe students who agreed to participate in the research voluntarily, without any sample selection. The data werecollected online between June 1st and 15th, 2020, after obtaining the approval of the ethics committee (reached93.1% of the population). The 'Personal Information Form' and the 'Premenstrual Symptoms Questionnaire' wereused in the collection of the data. In the evaluation of the data, the number, percentiles, average, standarddeviation and chi-square test were used. In the interpretation of the analyses, 95% confidence level and 0.05error margin was taken into account. It was determined that 76.4% of the students was nervous/anxious, 72.7%had swelling, 70.8% had symptoms of fatigue/exhaustion, 60.2% had symptoms of pain, and 53.2% of thestudents benefited from cultural practices in order to reduce their complaints. While the socio-demographiccharacteristics of the students did not affect the use of cultural practices in the premenstrual period, thecomplaints during this period affects the use of cultural practices. Complaints in students during thepremenstrual period are common problems and cultural practices for these complaints are frequently used.Information and advice should be provided on the use of evidence-based cultural practices for the control of thecomplaints during this period.