Gynecological treatment with TCM

Gynecological diseases are a common type of disease among women. This type of disease can also cause great harm to women's physical health. However, many women believe that gynecological diseases will have greater side effects if treated with Western medicine, so they choose traditional Chinese medicine, which has a gentler treatment process, to avoid unnecessary physical harm. So, how does traditional Chinese medicine treat gynecological diseases?

1. Irregular menstruation

Menstrual irregularity refers to symptoms that occur when the menstrual cycle, blood volume, blood color, menstrual quality, etc. exceed the normal range, and manifests as early menstruation, delayed menstruation, irregular menstruation, excessive or insufficient menstruation, etc.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine treats menstrual disorders by focusing on changes in the menstrual cycle and bleeding, combined with the color and texture of menstruation and systemic symptoms, and treating them based on four aspects: cold, heat, deficiency, and excess, with satisfactory results.

The principles of regulating menstruation are to regulate qi and blood, nourish the kidney, support the spleen, soothe the liver, and regulate qi and blood. If the disease is in the Qi, the treatment should be mainly to treat the Qi, supplemented by nourishing the blood and activating the blood circulation; if the disease is in the blood, the treatment should be mainly to treat the blood, supplemented by replenishing the Qi. “Menstrual fluid comes from the kidneys,” so the basis for regulating menstruation lies in the kidneys.

In addition, regulating menstruation should also distinguish between the initial disease and the subsequent disease. If you get sick because of irregular menstruation, you should regulate your menstruation first; if irregular menstruation is caused by other diseases, you should treat the disease first. And take appropriate care of the different times of normal and menstrual periods and different ages.

2. Habitual abortion

If the fetus is born naturally and is not capable of survival before 28 weeks of pregnancy and this happens more than three times in a row, it is called "miscarriage" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is caused by insufficient Qi and blood or weak kidney Qi, which results in the Chong and Ren meridians being unstable and the fetus being malnourished. If abortion or miscarriage occurs more than three times in a row, it is called "miscarriage", which is called "habitual miscarriage" in modern medicine.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

The most common causes of this disease are congenital deficiency of the mother, or acquired damage; or congenital or acquired reasons of the father resulting in weak male sperm; or deficiency of both men and women, or close relatives marrying, which affects the development of the fetus. There are also those who suffer from slippage after pregnancy due to careless living habits, excessive sexual intercourse or emotional imbalance, which may lead to falls after the slightest work.

Anyone who has three or more consecutive spontaneous abortions or miscarriages can be diagnosed with miscarriage. The clinical course of miscarriage may be manifested as fetal leakage, restless fetal movement, or it may be difficult to retain the fetus from the beginning and result in abortion or miscarriage. Some people even experience spontaneous miscarriage every certain month of pregnancy.

This type of women should pay attention to rest, increase nutrition, abstain from sexual intercourse, and supplement vitamins B, C, E, etc. Miscarriage should be treated before pregnancy. If you have irregular menstruation, you should regulate it first. If you have miscarriage due to other reasons, you should get treatment first and then get pregnant. If you are already pregnant, you should actively protect the fetus. It should be noted that women who are prone to miscarriage should not get pregnant too frequently, and the interval between two pregnancies should be at least one year.

3. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is mostly secondary to acute pelvic inflammatory disease, which is caused by incomplete treatment and prolonged illness. Or the patient's physical condition is poor, the virulence of the pathogen is weak, and the disease becomes chronic from the beginning. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is mainly caused by the invasion of pathogenic factors, which leads to damp heat and toxic blood stasis. Over time, it causes stagnation of Qi and blood, disharmony of collaterals, and the formation of blood stasis.

Common symptoms include low-grade fever, fatigue, a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen, soreness and pain in the lumbar region, and heaviness in the anus; symptoms worsen during exertion, after sexual intercourse, during bowel movements, and before and after menstruation; irregular vaginal bleeding or dysmenorrhea, prolonged menstruation, and increased leucorrhea. It can often lead to female infertility.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is difficult to treat due to its repeated recurrence. It is mainly treated with Chinese medicine in combination with physical therapy. Also, keep your vulva clean. Treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease should be thorough. Increase nutrition, exercise, and improve body resistance.