Treat irregular menstruation with these tips

Irregular menstruation is a problem that troubles many women. It is not only very uncomfortable, but also indicates that the body is not healthy enough, so it is particularly important to find an effective conditioning method. Paying attention to diet, maintaining good living habits, Western medicine treatments and traditional Chinese medicine treatments are all good treatments. As long as you can persist for a long time, you can treat irregular menstruation.

1. Pay attention to your diet

Patients with irregular menstruation can improve their condition with diet therapy. By eating more foods high in iron, they can replenish the body's lack of nutrients in a timely manner and effectively improve their physical condition. Three meals a day need to be properly matched, and more iron should be supplemented to avoid iron deficiency anemia. You should also eat more dishes that have stress-relieving effects, such as cabbage, shrimp, chocolate, corn, tomatoes, etc. The following are two recipes that can help treat irregular menstruation for your reference.

2. Maintain good living habits

Women who often have irregular menstruation should also maintain good living habits, try to avoid overwork and staying up late, etc. Women should pay special attention to keeping warm during menstruation to avoid catching cold and causing pelvic blood vessels to contract, leading to reduced menstrual volume and amenorrhea. Maintaining a good attitude is also the key to treating and preventing menstrual disorders. Women should pay enough attention to it to avoid worsening of the condition and making it more difficult to cure.

3. Western medicine treatment methods

For menstrual disorders diagnosed as being caused by neuroendocrine dysfunction, different treatment plans should be adopted according to the severity of the disease and the specific circumstances of the patient. The main problems that menstrual disorders bring to patients are as follows, and treatment should also start from solving these problems of patients:

(1) Bleeding and anemia: caused by long menstrual periods and heavy menstrual flow. In addition to general hemostatic measures, hormones or curettage may be used to stop bleeding as appropriate.

(2) Cyclic disorders: Estrogen and progesterone alone or in combination can be used for cyclical treatment, or traditional Chinese medicine can be used for treatment.

(3) Infertility: Dysfunction of one or more links in the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis causes anovulation, which is one of the pathophysiological bases of menstrual disorders and one of the causes of infertility. It is a problem that many patients urgently need to solve. Some patients may ovulate but have insufficient luteal function, which can also cause infertility. Different ovulation-inducing drugs are selected according to the patient's condition to improve ovarian function or replace part of the function of the pituitary gland and hypothalamus.

4. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

In addition to Western medicine treatment, patients with irregular menstruation can also receive good treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. The following introduces several traditional Chinese medicine formulas for irregular menstruation and methods of treating irregular menstruation through moxibustion acupoints for your reference.

Chinese medicine formula for irregular menstruation

(1) 6g of Bupleurum, 12g of White Peony Root, 12g of Ligustrum Lucidum Fruit, 10g of Eclipta Prostrata, 10g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 10g of Rehmannia Glutinosa, 12g of Imperatae Rhizoma, 10g of Cyperus rotundus, and 10g of Sanguisorba officinalis. Take 1 dose daily, decocted in water, divided into 2 doses, once warm before breakfast and once after dinner 1 hour. It can clear away heat, nourish yin, regulate qi and blood, and is mainly used to treat early menstruation, heavy menstrual bleeding or untimely bleeding (small amount).

(2) Chinese Angelica 9g, Chuanxiong 5g, stir-fried White Peony 6g, Rehmannia Glutinosa 9g (not used in case of amenorrhea), Dipsacus Asper 9g, processed Cyperus 9g, stir-fried Linderae 6g, roasted Licorice 3g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 9g, stir-fried Atractylodes 9g, Poria 9g. Take 1 dose daily, decocted in water, taken in the morning and evening. It can promote blood circulation and menstruation, nourish the liver and kidneys, and treat irregular menstruation.

(3) 24g of raw Rehmannia charcoal, 12g of Radix Rehmanniae, 12g of stir-fried white peony root, 12g of Eclipta prostrata, 12g of Ligustrum lucidum fruit, 30g of Sophora japonica bean charcoal, 30g of Agrimoniae herb, 30g of Herba Lycopodii, and 30g of Shepherd's purse. Take 1 dose daily, decocted in water. Start taking it 2 to 3 days before mid-term bleeding and use it for 5 to 7 doses. It can nourish yin, cool blood and stop bleeding, and is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation (mid-term bleeding).