Why is menstrual blood brown?

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for female friends and also a way to detect female health. If there is any abnormality in your menstruation, I believe our female friends will attach great importance to it and seek treatment as soon as possible. Some female friends have brown menstrual color. So what causes the brown color and what can we do?

Normal menstruation is mostly dark red, and only on the day when it is almost over may it be brown. If the menstrual blood is brown, light and yellow, or black like a leaking roof, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine it is due to qi deficiency, cold or heat. It can often be relieved by paying attention to menstrual hygiene or cured through treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.

Brown menstruation is caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, which occurs when menstrual blood accumulates in the uterus for a long time. Dysmenorrhea refers to spasmodic pain in the lower abdomen before, during, or after menstruation, and general discomfort, which seriously affects daily life. There are two types of brown menstrual discharge: primary and secondary. If no obvious abnormalities of the pelvic organs are found after a detailed gynecological clinical examination, it is called primary dysmenorrhea, also known as functional dysmenorrhea. Secondary dysmenorrhea refers to those with obvious lesions in the reproductive organs, such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, tumors, etc. Related to this, irregular menstruation is also called irregular menstruation, a common gynecological disease. You can seek treatment from a Chinese medicine practitioner with Chinese medicine: Abnormal menstrual color can be attributed to irregular menstruation. It is best to go to the hospital and ask a doctor for diagnosis and treatment. If it is accompanied by cold hands and feet and sallow complexion, it is a sign of uterine cold. To regulate qi stagnation and blood stasis, Chinese medicine is the most suitable method to replenish qi and blood, warm the meridians and dredge the collaterals, so as to eliminate the cold and dampness.

In the above article, we introduce some situations that women may encounter during menstruation, namely the reasons and types of brown menstrual color, which are secondary and primary. At the same time, we also introduce the normal menstrual phenomena and adverse phenomena such as brown menstruation that female friends need to pay attention to and their causes.