My period is small and dark

On the one hand, women's menstruation represents their fertility, and on the other hand, changes in menstruation can also reflect whether a woman's body is healthy. If a woman's menstrual period is scanty and dark in color, Chinese medicine believes that it represents blood stasis. Blood stasis makes it difficult for dirty blood in the uterus to be expelled smoothly, and the black color is caused by congestion in the body. When women have less and darker menstrual flow, they usually experience dysmenorrhea. Women should pay more attention.

Small amount of menstrual blood is mostly caused by low estrogen levels and endocrine disorders. There are many reasons for small and dark menstrual flow. In addition to luteal insufficiency, abnormal thyroid and prolactin function, post-abortion surgery or endometrial adhesion are also among the reasons. In addition, it also includes long-term malnutrition, environmental changes, mental stress, improper menstrual care, cold body, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that scanty and dark menstruation is caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, which block the uterine vessels and cause poor blood circulation. Therefore, the color of blood is dark brown on the first day of menstruation and the last few days when the amount of blood is small. It may be caused by the menstrual blood staying in the uterus for too long, and it is often accompanied by dysmenorrhea. If you have one or two occasional scant and dark menstrual periods, you can restore them to normal by adjusting your work and rest schedule. If you have scant and dark menstrual periods for a long time, you should go to the hospital for examination and symptomatic treatment.

Irregular menstruation is a very common phenomenon among women. It has a certain impact on women's health, and some may even lead to infertility. Therefore, it is necessary to regulate it in time. There are many situations of irregular menstruation, among which small amount of dark menstrual flow is a type of blood stasis. You can choose Chinese medicine to regulate it. Let’s take a look at how Chinese medicine regulates it.

The phenomenon of scanty and dark menstruation is attributed to blood stasis in Chinese medicine, so the treatment should focus on promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and regulating menstruation. The prescription of Taohong Siwu Decoction can be modified with additions and subtractions: peach kernel, safflower, angelica, Chuanxiong, red peony root, raw rehmannia, Cyperus rotundus, Shixiaosan package decoction), Linderae scutellariae, Zedoariae leaves, and Tripterygium wilfordii, appropriate amounts of each, and the dosage can be modified according to the symptoms: for patients with long-term blood stasis turning into heat, Cortex Moutan and stir-fried Rhizoma Citrus aurantium can be added. If there is abdominal distension, Citrus aurantium and costusroot can be added. For those with abdominal pain due to scanty menstruation, you can add cinnamon twig, curcuma zedoaria, and fenugreek seed. If it is due to qi stagnation and blood stasis, you can add costus root and fennel, each in appropriate amounts, and decocted in water.

You can also choose the following prescriptions or medicated diets for conditioning:

1. Add appropriate amounts of motherwort, red dates and eggs into water and boil them into soup, then drink the soup and eat the red dates and eggs.

2. Take appropriate amounts of Astragalus, Polygonatum, Cornus officinalis, Morinda officinalis, and Angelica sinensis. Grind them into fine powder, add honey to make pills, and take appropriate amount each time.

3. Take appropriate amount of Trillium, Atractylodes macrocephala, and red dates, boil them in ice and take them in two doses.

There are also some Chinese patent medicines that are effective in regulating scanty and dark menstruation, but you must pay attention to dialectical selection. For example, for lice of excess heat type, you can choose Qingjing Granules, Fenglun Hemostatic Tablets, Sihongdan, etc.; for patients with deficiency heat type, you can use Qingjing Granules and Gujing Pills; for qi stagnation and blood stasis type, it is appropriate to choose Xiaoyao Pills, Qizhixiangfu Pills, Shaofu Zhuyu Pills, Desheng Pills, Tiaojing Buxue Pills, etc. If the patient suffers from kidney deficiency, he can choose Nubao, Dingkundan, Lutaigao, etc. for conditioning.