What is the reason for less menstrual flow and lighter color?

Recently, many women have reported that although their menstrual cycles are normal, the amount of menstrual flow is very small each time, and sometimes it’s over with just a little bit. Since menstruation directly reflects women's physical health, many women are very worried that light menstrual flow will bring serious consequences. What exactly is the reason for light menstrual flow? What are the reasons for light menstrual flow and light color? The following is a detailed introduction made by experts on this issue.

Experts say that women's scanty menstruation may be related to the following factors:

(1) Light color and scanty menstrual flow indicate blood deficiency: physical blood deficiency or traumatic bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage, or postoperative bleeding can all cause blood deficiency in the body, resulting in insufficient blood and reduced menstrual flow. To replenish blood, you should first eat more foods such as wolfberry, longan, lotus seeds, radish, angelica, donkey-hide gelatin, cooked rehmannia, mulberry fruit, chuanxiong, white peony, Polygonum multiflorum, etc., and appropriately supplement with blood tonics such as Tiezhiyuan tablets. I believe that you will be able to replenish your blood soon.

(2) Light color and scanty menstruation indicate kidney deficiency: congenital deficiency of kidney qi and kidney essence, or damage to the kidneys due to excessive sexual intercourse, excessive births, artificial abortions, etc., resulting in insufficient kidney qi, insufficient essence and blood, an empty sea of ​​blood and a reduced menstrual volume.

(3) Blood stasis: If women are exposed to cold during menstruation, their bodies may be invaded by the evil cold, causing the blood to coagulate. Or if they quarrel with others or feel depressed during menstruation, this may lead to qi stagnation and blood stasis. Or if they suffer trauma and cause blood stasis, all of these may cause menstrual blood to stagnate and result in oligomenorrhea.

(4) Phlegm and dampness: Obese women have a phlegm and dampness body type. Phlegm and dampness block the meridians, making menstrual blood flow poorly, resulting in scanty menstruation.

Some women who take birth control pills for a long time may experience a gradual decrease in menstruation. When a girl reaches her first menstruation, the amount of menstruation is usually not much, and when a woman reaches menopause, it is a normal physiological phenomenon and neither requires treatment. In addition, if a woman finds that her menstrual volume is decreasing, she should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid menstrual blockage.

The above introduction is about the reasons for scanty menstruation. Experts say that scanty menstruation in women may be caused by some diseases, so if scanty menstruation occurs, it should be taken seriously and active treatment should be carried out after the cause is found out. In daily life, we should take scientific preventive measures based on the above-mentioned causes to avoid having scanty menstruation.