How to treat scanty menstruation

Some women do not have that much blood flow during their menstruation, but some women think that less blood flow is relatively better. Actually, it is not true. Small amount of menstruation is very harmful to the body. If the amount of menstruation is so small every time, the body will gradually accumulate a lot of toxins. Therefore, the amount of menstruation should be moderate, not too little.

Sometimes a small amount of menstrual flow only occurs once or twice and it is ok. If the amount gradually increases in the next few days, it will not have much impact on the body. But if you only have one or two drops each time, or your period is not long, you need to take good care of it. So how to treat scanty menstruation?

Principles of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment 1. Syndrome differentiation is based on kidney deficiency and blood deficiency. For late menstruation and scanty menstruation, traditional theory believes that syndrome differentiation should be divided into deficiency and excess. Deficiency includes kidney deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency, and yang deficiency. There is cold stagnation, qi obstruction, and phlegm stagnation. Based on my long-term clinical experience, I believe that although scanty menstruation in the late menstrual period can be divided into deficiency and excess, deficiency is the main symptom, and kidney deficiency, blood deficiency, and Chong and Ren disorders are the main pathogenesis. Because menstruation is regulated by the kidney-tiangui-chongren-uterus axis, any abnormality in any link will lead to menstrual disorders. The fullness of kidney essence and qi is the driving force and material basis for the production of menstruation and maintaining a regular and constant period volume, so the role of the kidney is particularly important. Clinically, the common causes are late menstruation or oligomenorrhea due to congenital deficiency, weak constitution or multiple childbirths, multiple curettages damaging Chong and Ren meridians and wasting kidney essence, or blood deficiency, long-term illness leading to Qi and blood deficiency, weak spleen and stomach, insufficient Qi and blood, and failure to fill the blood sea on time.

Treatment regulates the kidney and replenishes essence, treats the root cause, nourishes blood, replenishes Qi and cultivates its source. In response to the above-mentioned pathogenesis and syndrome differentiation, I have formulated a treatment method based on regulating the kidney and replenishing essence, warming and moistening the menstruation, nourishing blood and replenishing qi, based on the basic formula for regulating menstruation, with additions and subtractions to the formula. The combination of these medicines can regulate the kidney, improve essence, replenish qi and nourish blood. It can make the kidney essence sufficient and the qi strong, the qi and blood overflowing, the Chong and Ren meridians be nourished, and the menstrual blood will naturally be full and flow out on time. The formula focuses on kidney deficiency and blood deficiency, and regulates the kidney mainly by invigorating essence, while nourishing blood while not forgetting to invigorate qi. At the same time, when using medicine, pay attention to warming the blood, activating blood circulation, and cooling blood such as Cortex Moutan, Red Peony Root, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, etc. Do not use yin-softening, nourishing, and cold products to avoid blood stasis and blood circulation affecting the circulation of Qi and blood.

Normally, women can drink some brown sugar water in moderation during menstruation, but they need to remember not to drink white sugar water. Drinking white sugar water during menstruation is very harmful to the body, so special attention needs to be paid. It is best not to consume some cold supplements during menstruation. It is recommended to eat more warm foods, such as red dates.