What are the traditional Chinese medicine treatments for delayed menstruation?

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon that women experience every month. Whether menstruation is normal or not is directly related to women’s physical health. If menstruation comes early or is delayed, then there must be some symptoms in the woman's body. In such cases, timely treatment should be carried out. Western medicine doesn't have many solutions in this regard. Mainly rely on traditional Chinese medicine. So let’s talk about how to regulate delayed menstruation.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that in treating irregular menstruation, the cause of the disease should be identified first, and then symptomatic treatment can be given. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that menstrual fluid comes from the kidneys, so the key to regulating menstruation is to nourish the kidneys. By conditioning the kidney to be sufficient and the essence and blood to be abundant, menstruation will naturally be regulated. The method of tonifying the kidney is mainly to replenish essence and blood. The function of the spleen is to produce blood. Nourishing the spleen and stomach can replenish the body's blood supply. The spleen-strengthening method focuses on strengthening the spleen and raising yang. The purpose of soothing the liver and regulating qi is to regulate qi and unblock qi and blood. If qi and blood are in harmony, menstruation will be regulated. The method of soothing the liver requires understanding the main symptoms of depression.

Take 4-5 grams of Sophora japonica and soak it in water to drink as tea.

Food therapy

Mutton porridge【Mutton porridge】

250 grams of fresh mutton, 100 grams of rice, and appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, and salt. Wash and slice the mutton, and cook it with rice, onion, ginger and salt in the usual way until the mutton is cooked.

Efficacy: replenish qi, nourish blood, relieve pain. Suitable for women with delayed menstruation. [1]

【Pigskin Jelly】

1000 grams of pig skin, 250 milliliters of rice wine, and 250 grams of white sugar. Wash the pig skin and chop it into pieces, add appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat until the juice becomes thick, then add sugar and rice wine. Take twice a day, dissolve in boiling water and drink warm.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and yin, nourishes the kidneys and liver. It can cure women's blood deficiency, fatigue, delayed menstruation and other symptoms, and is more effective for those with low back and leg pain.

The following medicinal diet is suitable for delayed menstruation caused by irregular menstruation

【Black-bone chicken soup】

Ingredients: 1 black-bone chicken, 9 grams each of angelica, astragalus and poria.

Usage: Wash the chicken, remove the dirt, put the medicine into the chicken's belly and sew it up with thread, put it in a casserole and cook it, remove the residue, add seasonings and eat the meat and drink the soup, take it in 2-3 times. Take 1 dose a day before menstruation, 3-5 times in a row.

Function: Strengthens the spleen and nourishes the heart, replenishes qi and nourishes blood; suitable for deficiency of qi and blood resulting in scanty menstruation, light menstrual blood, dizziness, palpitations, sallow complexion, empty lower abdomen, pale red tongue and thin pulse. [2]

In addition to physical illness and other reasons, factors that affect normal menstruation are also related to excessive psychological stress. Therefore, after the symptoms of delayed menstruation appear, while using medication to regulate the body, it is best to reduce psychological stress, so that the symptoms of delayed menstruation can be best regulated. Only in this way can the symptoms of delayed menstruation be treated in time.