Gynecological methods of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

The menstrual period is very critical for women. At this time, because the uterus is in an open state, blood clots will flow out of the body during the menstrual period. This is a critical period for detoxification. If the blood clots in the body cannot be discharged in time, it will cause gynecological diseases in women. Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis are the most critical. Let us learn about gynecological blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

The Relationship between Blood Stasis and Gynecological Diseases

What is "blood stasis"? Blood stasis means stasis, accumulation of blood, also known as "blood accumulation". According to TCM theory, various external or internal factors that cause poor blood circulation or failure to eliminate blood that has left the body's meridians can cause blood stasis. Once blood stasis is formed, it in turn affects blood circulation and organ function, causing many diseases.

Blood stasis is both a pathological product and a pathogenic factor. Modern medicine believes that blood stasis syndrome caused by blood stasis can be considered as a blood circulation disorder, especially microcirculation disorder, including bleeding, congestion, thrombosis, local tissue ischemia, edema, tissue proliferation or contraction, etc. Blood irrigates the whole body and reaches every part. “The eyes receive blood and are able to see, the feet receive blood and are able to walk, the palms receive blood and are able to grasp, the fingers receive blood and are able to pick up things.” Humans are based on internal organs and function with qi and blood, and this is the same for both men and women. However, the physiological characteristics and pathological changes of women's menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and lactation are particularly important in the blood. Gynecological diseases can be easily caused by the six external evils such as cold, heat and humidity, or by qi disorders such as qi stagnation, qi deficiency and bleeding. The clinical manifestations include pain, bleeding, lumps in the body, fever, and abnormal tongue and pulse. For example: in blood stasis type metrorrhagia, if the blood stasis is not removed, it will block the collaterals and the blood will not flow through the normal path, thus causing metrorrhagia or metrorrhagia; another example is blood stasis type dysmenorrhea, because the blood flow is blocked and the Qi and blood are not flowing smoothly, thus causing pain. There are many such diseases and symptoms, and it can be seen that the disease is caused by blood stasis, and the key is the stagnation of blood.

Flexible application of blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing method

The method of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can be widely used in gynecological clinics to treat various diseases caused by blood stasis, such as dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, irregular menstruation, and some pregnancy diseases and postpartum diseases. For example, women use blood, so they often suffer from diseases caused by blood stasis. However, because blood is carried by qi, and semen and blood have the same origin, blood stasis will cause lumps. Women often have excess qi and insufficient blood, and cold, heat, and dampness can easily compete with the blood. This means that the method of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis often needs to be used in combination with other methods in its specific application. If the stasis is caused by deficiency, the method of invigorating Qi, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis should be used; if the stasis is caused by cold and dampness, the method of warming Yang, dispersing cold, removing dampness and removing blood stasis should be used; if the stasis is caused by Qi stagnation and blood stasis, the method of promoting Qi, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis should be used; if the stasis is caused by heat, the method of clearing away heat and removing blood stasis should be used, etc. Through syndrome differentiation and treatment, the goal of "flowing blood and qi, regulating them and bringing them into peace" can be achieved.

There are many medicines that can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Some are cold in nature, some are hot in nature, some focus on removing blood stasis, and some focus on breaking up blood. It requires flexible syndrome differentiation, reasonable combination and appropriate selection. For example: for patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis, the treatment should be to promote qi, remove blood stasis and relieve pain; for patients with severe pain due to qi, the treatment should be mainly to treat qi and supplemented with blood; otherwise, the treatment should be to promote blood circulation or remove blood stasis and also regulate qi, which not only takes into account the priority of diseased qi or blood, but also does not violate the principle that "blood is the mother of qi" and "qi is the commander of blood"; for example, for patients with blood stasis, the basic methods are to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, soften and disperse nodules, while for those who are prone to cold, heat or qi deficiency, the properties and characteristics of blood activating and blood stasis removing drugs should be carefully screened. Modern medical research shows that blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs generally have the effect of improving microcirculation to varying degrees. It has certain effects on blood vessels and their permeability, on the softening and absorption of proliferative lesions, on reducing the body's reactivity and regulating the body's immune system function. It can also inhibit tumor growth, accelerate the repair of tissue damage, and play a certain role in controlling inflammation. It can enhance the phagocytic function of macrophages by changing the permeability of capillaries and promote the regression of inflammatory lesions. Therefore, it can be considered that promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis is a combination of attack, elimination and supplementation, and achieves the purpose of promoting the recovery of normal physiological functions of the body by affecting blood circulation.

The above article describes in detail the gynecological blood circulation and blood stasis removal. Blood circulation and blood stasis removal are very important for women's bodies. Qi and blood are related to the health of the entire human body. In addition, in terms of diet, women should eat less cold food, eat more food that is beneficial to the body, and do aerobic exercise regularly to maintain a healthy and balanced body.