What causes large blood clots during menstruation?

Adult women normally have their menstrual period once a month. Many women find that there are a lot of blood clots in their menstrual blood during their periods. Many women don’t know why there are blood clots during their periods, let alone what it feels like to have blood clots. So what is the reason for having so many blood clots during menstruation? What should we do?

1. What is the reason for excessive menstrual blood clots?

Menstruation is caused by the shedding of the uterine wall. The shedding uterine wall mixes with blood to form menstruation. If a large amount of endometrium falls off and there are blood clots, it is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, if the menstrual flow is heavy and there are a lot of blood clots during menstruation, it is blood stasis. When you have heavy menstruation, you can first consider taking Chinese medicine to promote blood circulation. However, after the bleeding stops, you can go to the local hospital for a detailed examination in time to rule out other causes.

Menstrual blood contains blood clots, which is related to bleeding and bleeding rate. If the bleeding is heavy and cannot keep up, it will turn into a blood clot and be discharged. Usually, the presence of blood clots may mean that the bleeding is heavy at this time, so it will accumulate into a clot. After menstruation, the endometrium will fall off, but it may be some fragments. The blood clots should still be supplied by the blood vessels of the uterine wall. In other words, blood clots during menstruation indicate heavy menstrual flow.

In addition, normal menstruation lasts for 2 to 7 days, and rarely for 3 to 5 days. If the menstrual period lasts for more than 7 days, it is considered abnormal and should be taken seriously. Prolonged menstruation and heavy menstrual blood clots may be caused by low estrogen levels, uterine fibroids, cysts, endometritis and contraceptive rings. Therefore, you need to go to the hospital's gynecology department for examination and diagnosis in order to use medication for treatment.

2. Causes of excessive blood clots during menstruation

(1) Qi stagnation and blood stasis: Qi is the commander of blood. When Qi moves, blood circulates. When Qi stagnates and blood stasis occurs, blood coagulates. When emotions are accumulated inside, liver qi is stagnant, and qi circulation is not good, the flow will be blocked and form lumps.

(2) Cold stagnation: "When the temperature is normal, the blood is slippery, but when the qi is cold, the blood is coagulated" and "When the blood is cold, it coagulates into lumps." Exogenous wind, cold and dampness, or the influence of raw and cold food, or the body's yang deficiency and internal coldness, the dampness will accumulate in the Chong and Ren meridians, and the blood will be coagulated by the cold and form lumps during menstruation.

(3) Qi deficiency: Excessive fatigue or long-term serious illness will damage the vital energy. Qi deficiency will make it difficult to transport blood and blood circulation will be slow, so menstruation will accumulate and form clots.

(4) Heat in the blood: due to external wind, cold or heat evil, or excessive consumption of spicy and hot food, or excessive use of medicines that warm the uterus, as well as internal injury caused by emotions, the five emotions damage the body fluids, and heat is hidden in the Chong and Ren meridians. The blood cannot withstand the heat evil and the menstrual period comes in lumps.

3. What should I do if there are a lot of blood clots during menstruation?

The cause of menorrhagia is due to weak constitution, sinking of middle qi, unbalanced diet, fatigue, and long-term illness that damages the spleen, causing spleen deficiency, weak qi, and water qi and blood loss. The body is naturally yang-dominant, the seven emotions are excessive, the five desires turn into fire, and one eats a lot of spicy food. One is exposed to external wind, cold, and heat evils, and the heat is hidden, forcing the blood to flow. It is caused by factors such as inadvertent connection between menstrual period, long-term blood stasis, blood accumulation after childbirth, and inability of new blood to return to the menstruation. To treat this disease, it is necessary to nourish Yin and cool blood, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, replenish Qi and blood, and consolidate Chong and promote blood circulation.