What causes itchy left nipple?

Breast diseases in women are relatively common, especially breast hyperplasia, and nipple itching is also a disease. If the nipple itching is temporary, it doesn’t matter much. If it happens for a long time, you should pay attention to it and check whether it is caused by endocrine disorders. There are many reasons for the itching of the left nipple. What are the specific reasons? How to relieve it? Analyze the specific reasons specifically.

Before, during or after menstruation, women may experience unbearable nipple itching or pain that makes them unable to wear clothes, which gradually improves after the period ends. This is called "menstrual nipple itching and pain." The nipple belongs to the liver, so this disease is mainly attributed to the liver. The main causes of this disease are qi stagnation, blood stasis and qi and blood deficiency.

(1) Qi stagnation and blood stasis: emotional damage, liver depression and qi stagnation, poor blood circulation, and blood stasis in the nipples. During menstruation, qi and blood are exuberant, and blood stasis is aggravated, thus causing this disease.

(2) Insufficiency of Qi and blood: After menstruation, Yin blood flows downward, Qi is lost along with blood, liver blood is deficient, spleen qi is deficient, nipples lose nourishment from Qi and blood, or dry blood generates wind, resulting in itching and pain.

Dietary conditioning for qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution

People with Qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution should choose a diet that has the function of promoting Qi and activating blood circulation, such as:

White radish, citrus, garlic, ginger, fennel, cinnamon, cloves, peach kernels, leeks, rice wine, red wine, onions, ginkgo, rose tea, jasmine tea, etc. Peach kernels, rapeseed, and black soybeans have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis; black fungus can clear congestion on the blood vessel walls; a moderate amount of red wine can dilate blood vessels and improve blood circulation; hawthorn or rice vinegar can lower blood lipids and blood viscosity.

People with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution should eat less salt and MSG to avoid increased blood viscosity and aggravated blood stasis. Avoid eating foods that are easy to cause flatulence, such as sweet potatoes, taro, broad beans, chestnuts, etc.; avoid eating too much fatty meat, cream, eel, crab roe, egg yolk, fish roe, chocolate, fried foods, and sweets to prevent increased blood lipids, blockage of blood vessels, and affect the circulation of qi and blood; avoid cold drinks to avoid affecting the circulation of qi and blood

Drug conditioning for qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution

People with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution should use qi-moving and blood-activating drugs to unblock qi and blood, so as to achieve the purpose of "tonifying by unblocking". Qi-moving and blood-activating medicines such as bupleurum, cyperus, curcuma, angelica, ligusticum, chuanxiong, safflower, allium macrostemon, aurantium, peach kernel, panax notoginseng, and ginkgo biloba can help improve the constitution of qi stagnation and blood stasis.

For stomach and abdominal bloating and pain, belching, uncomfortable bowel movements or constipation, you can use costus root, tangerine peel, amomum villosum, betel nut, cardamom, magnolia bark, tangerine peel, radish seed, rhubarb, Shenqu, hawthorn, malt, chicken gizzard lining, etc. to promote qi circulation, relieve pain, help digestion and promote bowel movements.

If people with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution suffer from depression, they should focus on psychological counseling, combined with drugs for soothing the liver, regulating qi and relieving depression, such as bupleurum, turmeric, green peel, cyperus, ligusticum chuanxiong, green calyx plum, and atractylodes japonica.

Lifestyle conditioning for people with qi stagnation and blood stasis

Studies have found that if the human body is in a state of qi stagnation and blood stasis for a long time, tissue ischemia and cells are in a "starved" state, it will accelerate aging. Therefore, for people with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution, promoting qi and blood circulation has the effect of preventing aging.

In life, we should maintain a happy mood, which will help improve the circulation of qi and blood. Avoid the impact of negative emotions such as anger, fear, worry, etc. on the circulation of qi and blood. Keep doing physical activities; the amount of exercise varies from person to person. Each exercise should reach the point where you sweat slightly. Water in the body is excreted through breathing, evaporation from the skin, and urination and defecation. If water is not replenished in time, the water content in the blood may decrease, resulting in increased blood viscosity and slow blood circulation. Therefore, people with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution should drink more water, with daily intake of no less than 2000 ml (about 8 cups of water).

The elderly are prone to qi stagnation and blood stasis due to the decline in the driving function of vital energy. It is advisable to stick to the "brisk walking" exercise. According to tests, the amount of oxygen inhaled during "brisk walking" is 8 times that of the human body in a quiet state, which can greatly improve the "blood stasis" condition.

"Cold causes stagnation of Qi" and "Cold causes blood to coagulate." People with Qi stagnation and blood stasis constitutions should not stay in a cold environment for too long, in addition to keeping warm with clothes and quilts. The room temperature in winter should not be lower than 20 degrees Celsius. When using air conditioning to cool down in the summer, the room temperature should not be too low, generally it should be kept at around 25 to 26 degrees. Taking a hot water bath every day can help improve the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the body. If you can take medicinal baths and massage regularly, the effect will be better.

Friends, do you all understand why the left nipple itches? The reason is actually very simple, not that complicated. Itchy nipples are related to the liver. Pay more attention to diet adjustment and keep a happy mood. Exercise is essential. Run first when you get up every day and drink eight glasses of water every day. If you take good care of yourself, your body will see obvious changes.