What to do if progesterone is insufficient?

If a woman has a lack of progesterone during pregnancy, it can easily lead to miscarriage. Therefore, pregnant mothers are quite afraid of this. They can increase progesterone through medication or through daily diet. Below we will introduce to you in detail what to do if you have insufficient progesterone?

Whether the progesterone level is normal is mainly determined through serum tests and basal body temperature tests. If you are in the ovulation period, you can check the serum to determine whether the progesterone level is normal; after ovulation, you can use the basal body temperature to determine whether the corpus luteum function is normal.

When the progesterone level is low, drug treatment can be used. The Chinese medicine we commonly use is Female Treasure Capsule, and the Western medicine is progesterone injection and human chorionic gonadotropin, etc. In addition to using medication to treat progesterone deficiency, dietary adjustments in daily life can also play an auxiliary therapeutic role. Ensuring regular sleep and harmonious sex life in daily life is beneficial to balancing endocrine system and stimulating the secretion of progesterone.

Diet therapy: prepare 30 grams of black beans, 50 grams of black glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar, then cook them together and eat them after they are cooked. This is used to replenish qi and blood and treat anemia; prepare 30 grams of motherwort, 15 grams of angelica, and 2 eggs, use two bowls of water to boil them into one bowl, then put them in with the eggshells and cook them together, peel them after they are cooked, poke some small holes in them, and then cook them in the medicinal juice after filtering the residue for a few minutes, and eat them with the soup and eggs. Once a day. Usually 1-2 months.

In addition, choosing foods rich in estrogen in the diet can treat progesterone deficiency to a certain extent. Estrogen is widely present in foods such as beans, grains, fruits, and vegetables, and you can eat more of them in moderation.