What should I do if my menopausal bleeding doesn’t stop?

When women reach menopause, their bodies will inexplicably develop many symptoms, collectively known as menopausal syndrome. For example, hot flashes will occur during menopause. In addition, the skin will become very bad, such as many spots will grow on the skin, and mood swings will occur during menopause, etc. Generally, women’s menstrual volume will decrease when they reach menopause. Some women will also experience continuous menstrual bleeding during menopause. How to solve this problem?

What should I do if my menopausal bleeding doesn’t stop?

Menopause, I hate to admit it, but it happens to almost every woman. During menopause, many women's tempers become very bad, which makes people around them very disgusted. In addition, menopausal women have obvious physiological changes: increased menstrual flow. Many women suffer from this. So, today’s title is: What to do if your menstrual flow during menopause is too heavy? What to do if your menstrual flow is too heavy during menopause

The pathological causes of heavy menstrual flow and prolonged menopause are: one is the decline of ovarian function and the decrease of estrogen levels in the body; the other is the changes of aging of the body. The two are often intertwined, leading to anovulatory functional uterine bleeding. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when women’s menstruation is exhausted after 49 days, their kidney qi weakens and Chong and Ren meridians become weak, with kidney deficiency being the main cause, which is the main cause of heavy and prolonged menstrual flow during menopause.

Belongs to the blood heat type: symptoms include irregular menstruation, red menstrual blood with purple clots or dark red, sticky and thick texture, chest tightness, red face and dry mouth, dry throat and mouth, facial flushing, yellow urine and hard stools, red tongue with yellow coating. Treatment should include drugs such as clearing heat and cooling blood.

Belongs to the type of liver depression transforming into heat: Symptoms include irregular menstruation, delayed menstruation, distension and pain in the chest, flanks, breasts and lower abdomen, chest tightness and discomfort, irritability or sighing, belching and loss of appetite, red or purple menstrual blood, red edges and tip of the tongue, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, and a thin yellow tongue coating. Treatment should be with drugs such as soothing the liver, relieving depression and clearing away heat.

Qi deficiency type: symptoms include early menstruation or prolonged menstruation, heavy menstruation with light color and thin texture, fatigue, limb weakness, palpitations and shortness of breath, poor appetite and loose stools, empty lower abdomen, pale tongue with thin coating. In this case, the treatment of heavy menstrual flow should include drugs such as replenishing qi and tonifying blood.

Readers should note:

Raw and cold foods: those referred to as cold foods in traditional Chinese medicine, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ear, stone flower, and ground ear. Most of these foods have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and reducing fire. They are beneficial to the human body when consumed on a normal basis. However, you should try not to eat or eat less of these foods during the menstrual period, otherwise it will easily cause symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.

Spicy foods: such as cinnamon, prickly ash, cloves, pepper, etc. These foods are all condiments. In normal times, when cooking, adding some peppers to the dishes can make the dishes taste better. However, women during their menstrual period should not eat these spicy and irritating foods, otherwise it may easily lead to dysmenorrhea, excessive menstrual bleeding and other symptoms.