Causes of prolonged menstruation

Anyone with a little knowledge of gynecology knows that menstruation is a normal physiological metabolism of women. But if a woman is sick or has some disease, her menstrual period will be unbalanced. Among the various types of menstrual disorders, the most serious one is abnormal uterine bleeding due to imbalanced function, which is often referred to as "menometrorrhagia" in traditional Chinese medicine. What are the reasons for prolonged menstruation?

The actual symptom of abnormal uterine bleeding due to functional imbalance is vaginal bleeding during non-menstrual period. For example, a normal menstrual period ends in 7 days at most, but for some people it may take more than 2 weeks, or it may just stop coming for a few days and never stop. This is called metrorrhagia. Because the causes of this disease are complicated and it is easy to relapse, it is a very complicated disease both in Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the main reasons for untimely and excessive menstruation are yin deficiency and fire excess, blood heat running wildly, damage to the Chong and Ren meridians, inability to control the blood in the meridians, uterine congestion, blood not returning to the meridians, and spleen deficiency that cannot regulate blood. In clinical medicine, Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire are more common. To sum up, the relationship with the liver, spleen, and kidneys is relatively large, and the most important one is the kidney. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys are the foundation of one's innate nature and the source of one's original energy. They are responsible for reproduction and storing essence. "Menstrual fluid comes from the kidneys" and "menstrual fluid depends entirely on the transformation of kidney water." Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that whether menstruation is normal is closely related to the "kidneys". If there is a situation like hemorrhage or hemorrhage during menstruation, you can use 15 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 30 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of lily, 15 dates, and 100 grams of lean pork to decoct and drink. Take it 3 times a day. At the last time, you can add a small amount of white sugar to the above medicines and mix them evenly before eating for recuperation. Take 15-30 grams of blood fungus and 20 dates, decocted into a soup and taken. Take it once a day for several days to see the results. But it is used for conditioning. If this type of gynecological disease occurs, you must go to the hospital outpatient department or hospital.

For the treatment of metrorrhagia, the first step is to find a way to activate blood circulation, followed by promoting ovulation and restoring the physiological cycle. For patients who have failed to respond to medication or have thick uterine walls, curettage will be used to activate blood circulation and remove uterine wall diseases. Or for patients who have no plans to conceive and whose conservative treatments have failed and have caused endometrial disease, the final option is hysterectomy. This treatment strategy also shows the diversity and serious consequences of this disease.