My period is pink blood

The phenomenon of each female cycle is often called the arrival of menstruation. Bleeding is a very normal physiological phenomenon, but the color of blood is different for every woman. What does it mean that Lei's aunt has pink blood? When a woman has her menstrual period, the amount and color of bleeding can represent whether the woman is healthy or not. Normal blood is bright red and will eventually become darker. If it is pink blood, there may be a problem.

What causes pink menstrual blood?

Menstruation can often reflect women’s health problems in a timely manner. Generally speaking, menstrual blood is a mixture of blood and some shed endometrium, cervical mucus and vaginal secretions. It is dark in color, slightly sticky, and not easy to form blood clots. If you look closely, you will see small and thin fragments. If your menstrual flow is often pink and light in color, it may be related to the following reasons:

1. Insufficiency of Qi and blood. Long-term dieting, malnutrition, postpartum hemorrhage, major surgery, or large-scale traumatic bleeding may all cause insufficient Qi and blood in the body. Insufficient Qi and blood leads to the decline of organ function, and then symptoms such as chills and cold limbs, fatigue and weakness, palpitations and shortness of breath, dull and sallow complexion, numbness of hands and feet, insomnia, dreaminess, forgetfulness and palpitations appear. In terms of menstruation, women will have a small amount of light menstruation, delayed menstruation or amenorrhea.

2. Kidney deficiency

In real life, many women suffer from congenital kidney deficiency, and poor postnatal care will naturally affect the circulation of qi and blood. In addition, improper diet, long-term illness that damages the kidneys, excessive sexual intercourse, or frequent abortions can also cause kidney deficiency. Kidney deficiency can cause low energy, fatigue, fear of cold, cold limbs, sore waist and knees, loss of libido, uterine cold and infertility, thin and clear leucorrhea, etc. In addition, qi stagnation and blood stasis can lead to obstruction of Chong and Ren meridians, irregular or obstructed menstruation, frequent bloating and pain in the lower abdomen, scanty menstrual flow, and light-colored menstruation.

Medicinal recipes for irregular menstruation

The total amount of menstrual blood for a normal person is between 50 and 60 ml. The amount of menstrual blood is not exactly the same for everyone, and even for the same person the amount of menstrual blood is not exactly the same each time. If the menstrual cycle is normal, and the amount of blood in a period is less than 10 ml or so little that even two layers of paper cannot be wetted, it is considered to be scanty menstruation. During menstruation, you should pay attention to keeping warm, avoid cold, cool, raw, and cold stimulation to prevent the invasion of cold evil; pay attention to rest, reduce fatigue, strengthen nutrition, and enhance physical fitness; you should try to control drastic emotional fluctuations, avoid strong mental stimulation, and keep a happy mood; you should avoid excessive sexual intercourse at ordinary times, and sexual intercourse is absolutely prohibited during menstruation. Regulates Qi and blood, and balances endocrine system significantly. Maintain the uterus and restore ovarian function.

1. Black-bone chicken soup

Ingredients: 1 black-bone chicken, 9 grams each of angelica, astragalus and poria.

Usage: Wash the chicken, remove the dirt, put the medicine into the chicken's belly and sew it up with thread, put it in a casserole and cook it, remove the residue, add seasonings and eat the meat and drink the soup, take it in 2-3 times. Take 1 dose a day before menstruation, 3-5 times in a row.

Function: Strengthens the spleen and nourishes the heart, replenishes Qi and nourishes blood; suitable for deficiency of Qi and blood resulting in scanty menstruation, light menstrual blood, dizziness, palpitations, sallow complexion, empty lower abdomen, pale red tongue and thin pulse.

2. Roasted Lamb

Ingredients: 500 grams of mutton, 15 grams each of angelica and raw rehmannia, and 10 grams of dried ginger.

Usage: Wash the mutton, cut into pieces, put it in a casserole, add the washed medicine and appropriate amounts of soy sauce, salt, sugar, rice wine, and water, braise until the meat is tender, and it can be taken regularly.

Function: Warming the middle and replenishing deficiency, invigorating Qi and arresting blood; suitable for Qi deficiency caused by heavy menstrual flow, pale color and weak quality, dull complexion, fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, pale tongue and weak pulse.

3. Biochemical honey paste

Ingredients: 30g each of Angelica sinensis and Motherwort, 10g each of Chuanxiong, peach kernel, licorice and Moutan bark, 5g of roasted ginger and 50ml of white honey.

Usage: Add 500 ml of water to the first seven ingredients, boil and extract 300 ml, remove the residue, add white honey to make a paste, take 30 ml each time, 3 times a day.

Function: Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, warm the meridians and regulate menstruation; suitable for the symptoms of scanty menstruation, purple-black color, blood clots, abdominal distension and pain that refuses to be pressed, normal or purple tongue, or with petechiae, and thin, stringy and astringent pulse caused by blood stasis.