What causes early menstruation?

Menstruation is also known as monthly affairs, monthly water, monthly letter, period, aunt, and seeing red. Chinese medicine calls it menstrual blood. Because most people have it once a month, it is called menstruation. It refers to regular, cyclical uterine bleeding. Strictly speaking, this bleeding should be accompanied by ovarian follicle maturation, ovulation and corpus luteum formation, and the endometrium should undergo changes from proliferation to secretion. Menstrual disorders are also called irregular menstruation. This is a common gynecological disease. It manifests as abnormal menstrual cycle or bleeding volume. Early menstruation is a manifestation of menstrual disorder. So what exactly causes early menstruation?

The first day of bleeding is the beginning of the menstrual cycle, and the interval between the first days of two menstruations is called the menstrual cycle. Therefore, the calculation of the menstrual cycle should include the time of menstruation. Some women only calculate the time when menstruation ends, so they may think that their menstrual cycle is shortened. The normal menstrual cycle is 28 to 35 days. The length of the cycle varies from person to person. 7 to 10 days early or late can be considered within the normal range.

Causes of early menstruation

Endocrine disorders and early menstruation are caused by neuroendocrine dysfunction: mainly due to unstable or defective function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis, that is, menstrual disorders.

The reasons for early menstruation are that the body has excessive Yang energy, or people who consume too much spicy food and supplements, or are depressed, or have lost a lot of blood due to long-term illness, are prone to blood heat. When the blood becomes hot, it flows more slowly and the rate of blood flow also increases, causing menstruation to come earlier.

Things to note when your period comes early

(1) It is not advisable to engage in heavy labor or intense activities before and during menstruation.

(2) Avoid eating foods that generate heat, such as chili peppers, garlic, leeks, lettuce, cinnamon, coffee, pepper, lamb, dog meat, venison, and alcohol. Eat less shark, crab, hawthorn, peach, brown sugar and other foods that have blood-activating effects.

(3) Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.

(4) Being irritable will hinder menstrual regulation, so you should be open-minded, calm and optimistic.

What causes early menstruation? Everyone has a clear answer. Early menstruation is not a serious illness, but it should be taken seriously. Qi and blood are not regulated, mostly due to liver qi stagnation or kidney qi deficiency. Chinese medicine can be used to regulate qi and blood, resolve blood stasis and disperse nodules, nourish the heart and spleen, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, so as to achieve the purpose of regulating endocrine. Physical therapy can be used for auxiliary treatment, which can quickly clear some congestion in the body, achieve the purpose of balancing qi and blood, and help women restore normal menstrual patterns.