What are the causes of oral ulcers before and after menstruation?

Oral ulcers are common before and after menstruation. At this time, you should consider whether it is caused by blood deficiency, which will cause ulcers to appear on the lips and roots of the tongue, usually with a grayish white surface. If it is caused by excessive liver fire, it will also cause oral ulcers.

1. Oral ulcers due to blood deficiency: This disease mostly occurs in the lips, root of tongue, and cheeks. The ulcer surface is often grayish white with slight redness and swelling around it. It heals one after another, continuously, and no trace is left after healing. It is accompanied by unbearable pain in the ulcer and headache, and the headache pulls the pain in the brow bone, increased menstrual flow, fatigue, palpitations, and restless sleep. It is due to blood deficiency in the body, and the blood is even more deficient during the menstrual cycle, because the blood cannot nourish the brain and causes headaches. The purpose of cure can be achieved through dialectical treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Oral ulcers caused by excessive liver fire: This type of oral ulcer often occurs on the lips, gums, tip of the tongue and cheeks. The ulcers are yellow-white in color, with redness and swelling around them. When there are many ulcers, they may even merge into pieces and cause severe pain. At the same time, symptoms such as pain on the top of the head, dizziness, irritability, and bitter taste in the mouth may occur. This person has a constitution in which the liver yang is too hyperactive, and the yin blood flows downward during menstruation, causing the yin blood to be deficient and unable to suppress the liver yang, resulting in headaches and oral ulcers. Pay attention to lowering liver fire in daily life, and taking Longdan Xiegan Decoction for the treatment has the effect of benefiting the liver.

3. Blood stasis type oral ulcers: The ulcer surface is light grayish white in color, and is characterized by rapid development and slow healing. Women often suddenly develop several ulcers in the oral mucosa before and during menstruation, with severe local pain, fixed headache location, dark purple menstrual blood, and ecchymosis. If not treated for a long time, the condition can easily worsen.