Early menstruation, dark color, less amount

Many women have a problem with early menstruation, dark color, and small amount of menstrual discharge. This problem is also caused by insufficient Qi and blood. Insufficient Qi and blood is relatively dangerous for women's health. If not treated and adjusted in time, it will cause women to experience a variety of adverse symptoms. So, how to treat insufficient qi and blood in women? Let me introduce the method to you below!

1. Treatment based on syndrome differentiation

Syndrome type: deficiency of both Qi and blood. Symptoms: Pale or sallow complexion, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, fatigue, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, poor appetite, pale tongue, and thready or weak pulse. . Treatment principle: Replenish Qi and nourish blood. Main recipe: Bazhen Decoction with modifications. Prescription: Rehmannia glutinosa, Chinese angelica, white peony root, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, and licorice.

For those with severe qi deficiency, add Astragalus; for those with severe blood deficiency, add Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonum multiflorum; for those with palpitations and insomnia, add Polygala tenuifolia and fried jujube seeds; for those with loose stools, add lentils and nutmeg; if there is edema, add cinnamon twig and Psoralea corylifolia.

Other treatments

1. Meridian therapy

Regularly do health massage of the head, face, and feet to dredge the meridians and activate the blood circulation, and insist on moxibustion on important acupoints such as Guanyuan, Qihai, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, etc., which has a positive effect on regulating insufficient Qi and blood and delaying aging.

2. Diet therapy

(1) Qi deficiency ① Tonic foods: beef, mutton, wolfberry, chicken, pork, glutinous rice, soybeans, white lentils, jujubes, crucian carp, carp, quail, eel, shrimp, mushrooms, etc. ② Nourishing meals: yam, lily and lotus seed soup; stewed pigeon with ginseng and herbs; spiced beef; roasted pig’s trotters with peanuts and dates. ③ Avoid eating or eat less: buckwheat, grapefruit, tangerine, kumquat, kumquat cake, orange, water chestnut, raw radish, ground skullcap, mustard greens, leek, amaranth, amomum, chrysanthemum, tea, hawthorn, bergamot, tangerine, betel nut, garlic, kohlrabi, radish leaves, coriander, turnip, pepper, longan, perilla leaves, mint, lotus leaves. Avoid smoking and drinking.

(2) Blood deficiency ① Tonic foods: black-bone chicken, black sesame, walnut meat, longan meat, chicken, pig blood, pig liver, brown sugar, red beans, etc. ② Nourishing diet: black-bone chicken with angelica and rehmannia root; beef brisket stew with yam; hairtail with chrysanthemum and hairtail; rose and chrysanthemum dew. ③ Avoid eating or eat less: seaweed, cardamom, lotus leaves, white wine, mint, chrysanthemum, betel nut, raw radish, water chestnut, garlic, etc.

3. Exercise and health

Exercise is an important and essential part of regulating qi and blood. You can practice soothing exercises such as yoga, tai chi, and health-preserving qigong. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine has the saying that "long-term viewing will damage the blood", reminding people who work in front of the computer for a long time to pay special attention to the rest and maintenance of the eyes to prevent excessive use of the eyes and damage to the body's qi and blood.