Why do I have blood clots every time I have my period?

Menstruation is a normal physiological cycle of the female body, and the appearance of blood clots during menstruation is a common situation for many women. There are many reasons for the appearance of blood clots during menstruation. This may be due to congestion caused by irregular uterine bleeding, or it may be caused by the shedding of the endometrium. Uterine cold can also easily lead to blood clots. You can go to the hospital for a detailed examination.

Why do I have blood clots every time I have my period?

If blood clots appear during menstruation, the main consideration is that the amount of intrauterine bleeding is relatively heavy, which is mainly due to excessive shedding of the endometrium or incomplete uterine contraction, which in turn leads to poor discharge of menstrual blood and the occurrence of blood stasis. In traditional Chinese medicine, the main consideration is the stagnation of qi and blood or the poor circulation of qi and blood caused by uterine cold, which leads to the formation of blood clots. In this case, patients are advised to drink more hot soup and hot water, pay attention to keeping the abdomen warm, and drink ginger boiled water with brown sugar, which can warm the middle and dispel cold, replenish blood and promote blood circulation. If necessary, you can use it with Motherwort Granules, which can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and regulate menstruation. If you have frequent blood clots, you should go to the hospital for a transvaginal ultrasound 3-7 days after your period ends to rule out endometritis or abnormal thickening of the endometrium.

Causes of excessive blood clots during menstruation

(1) Qi stagnation: Qi is the commander of blood. When Qi flows, blood flows. When Qi stagnates, blood coagulates. When emotions are stagnant, liver qi is stagnant, and qi flow is unfavorable, menstruation will be blocked and clots will form.

(2) Cold stagnation: “When the temperature is warm, the blood becomes slippery, while when the temperature is cold, the blood becomes coagulated” and “When the blood is affected by cold, it coagulates into lumps”. Due to external cold evil, or internal injury caused by cold food, or inherent yang deficiency and internal cold, the cold evil will accumulate in the Chong and Ren meridians, and the blood will be coagulated by the cold and form lumps during menstruation.

(3) Qi deficiency: Excessive fatigue or long-term illness depletes vital energy, resulting in the inability of Qi to circulate blood and sluggish blood flow, which can cause menstruation to form blood clots.

(4) Blood heat: due to external heat evil, or excessive consumption of spicy and hot food, or excessive use of medicines that warm the uterus, as well as emotional injury, the five emotions turn into heat, and the heat is hidden in the Chong and Ren meridians. The blood is tormented by the heat evil and forms clots during menstruation.

What to do if there are a lot of blood clots during menstruation

The causes of menorrhagia are due to physical weakness, insufficient vital energy, overeating, fatigue, and long-term illness that damages the spleen, resulting in spleen deficiency, weak vital energy, and loss of qi, water, and blood. The body is naturally yang-dominant, the seven emotions are excessive, the five desires transform into fire, excessive consumption of spicy food, external heat evil, the hidden heat takes over, and the blood is forced to flow vigorously. It is caused by factors such as excessive strain during menstruation, long-term blood stasis, postpartum blood stasis, and inability of new blood to return to the menstruation. The treatment of this disease should nourish yin and cool blood, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, replenish qi and retain blood, and consolidate Chong and stop bleeding.