How to treat scanty menstruation

Many female friends will experience symptoms of scanty menstruation, which is a type of menstrual disease. Scanty menstruation means that each menstrual volume is much less than the normal menstrual volume. What is the reason for scanty menstruation? Only when we know what causes scanty menstruation can we effectively prevent scanty menstruation and take necessary treatment measures.

There are many causes of scanty menstruation, so we need to study the cause of scanty menstruation based on our actual situation and make targeted treatments.

How to treat scanty menstruation:

traditional Chinese medicine

Soak 4-5 grams of Sophora japonica in water and drink as tea.

Family treatment measures

Menstruation, a woman’s best friend, is a normal physiological phenomenon and also a sign of a woman’s health. However, Chinese medicine believes that menstrual blood is the yin blood of the human body. The continuous loss of menstrual blood will make the female body relatively prone to blood deficiency. Coupled with intense work, fast pace of life and bad living habits, women's menstruation will be delayed.

From the first to the seventh day after the end of menstruation, women's bodies secrete a large amount of estrogen, their physiological cells are active, and their metabolism speeds up. They are in an internal peak state, also known as women's "golden seven days". Any conditioning at this time will be twice the result with half the effort!

Many women experience physical discomfort during their menstrual period. Therefore, three days before your period, you can decide the form of exercise according to your own situation, focusing on gentle, soothing, relaxing and stretching exercises, such as meditative yoga, Wenmaishu sports massage, elementary body gymnastics, or just doing some simple stretching exercises at home. On the fifth day of the menstrual period, the body begins to recover and you can start doing aerobic exercises such as slow walking and jogging. However, you should still avoid some ball games and heavy weight sports.

These light exercises help the blood flow smoothly in the body and relieve stress. During exercise, be sure to avoid putting pressure on the abdominal cavity and avoid raising the legs too high. If you feel tired or notice a sudden increase or decrease in bleeding, stop exercising immediately.

In daily life, we should try to keep the private parts clean and use a cleanser that can effectively inhibit and kill the pathogens of gynecological diseases. It can not only effectively inhibit and kill the bacteria while cleaning the private parts, but also increase the private parts' own resistance. Women are yin, their physiological structure is more complex, and their organs are more fragile. If you are not careful, it may cause physiological and structural disorders of gynecological organs, and then cause gynecological diseases. Common gynecological diseases such as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, cold body and limbs, dysmenorrhea, scanty menstruation, irregular menstruation, and uterine cold and infertility can be treated through corresponding treatment in combination with Chinese medicine massage and foot bath. At the same time, the foot reflex zone can be stimulated. The commonly used one is the Wenmaishu sports massage wheel. The massage wheel drives the overall coordinated movement of the lower limbs, involving muscles and bones in multiple parts of the body, such as the thigh, calf, knee joint, ankle joint, sole and toes, and focuses on the sole and side of the foot to produce massage effects, which can effectively regulate the body's physiological functions, improve the function of the immune system, and relieve menstrual disorders. To achieve the purpose of disease prevention, health care and physical fitness.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that to treat scanty 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. 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.

Treatment by type

1. Treatment for blood deficiency: nourish blood and regulate menstruation.

Prescription:

Codonopsis 12g Astragalus 12g Poria 12g Stir-fried Atractylodes 10g White Peony 12g Angelica 9g Chuanxiong 6g Rehmannia glutinosa 12g Xianlingpi 9g Cornus officinalis 9g

Millettia reticulata 12 grams can be added or subtracted: for those with spleen deficiency and poor appetite, add 3 grams of Amomum villosum (added later) and 6 grams of dried tangerine peel; for those during menstruation, add 6 grams of safflower, 9 grams of Rhizoma Cynoglossi, and 10 grams of Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae; for those with cold limbs, add 6 grams of cinnamon twig; for those with hidden cold in the lower abdomen, add 9 grams of Wenye and 9 grams of Linderae scutellariae.

2. Treatment for kidney deficiency: tonify the kidney, nourish blood and regulate menstruation.

Prescription:

Cuscuta 12g Eucommia ulmoides 10g Lycium barbarum 12g Cornus officinalis 9g Angelica sinensis 9g Rehmannia glutinosa 10g Chinese yam 12g White Poria 10g Morinda officinalis 10g Epimedium brevicornum 10g

Add or subtract 9 grams of Psoralea corylifolia: add 12 grams of Curcuma zedoaria and 9 grams of Cyperus rotundus during menstruation; for those who are afraid of cold and have cold limbs, add 6 grams of cinnamon twig, 9 grams of Aconite root, and 9 grams of Linderae scutellariae.

3. Treatment for blood stasis: promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and regulate menstruation.

Prescription:

Peach kernel 9g safflower 6g angelica 10g Chuanxiong 6g red peony root 9g raw earth 9g cyperus 9g Shixiaosan 9g (wrapped and decocted) Linderae 9g Zelan leaf 12g

Jing Sanleng 9g with additions and subtractions: for long-term blood stasis turning into heat, add Moutan Bark 9g and stir-fried Rhizoma Citrus Aurantii 10g; for abdominal distension, add Citrus Aurantii 9g and Aucklandia 9g; for abdominal pain due to scanty menstruation, add Guizhi 6g, Curcuma 12g, Vaccaria Semen 9g; for Qi stagnation and blood stasis, add Aucklandia 9g and Fennel 6g.

4. Treatment for phlegm-dampness: eliminate dampness, clear phlegm and dredge the meridians.

Prescriptions;

White Poria 12g, French Pinellia 10g, Tangerine Peel 6g, Roasted Licorice 3g, Atractylodes 9g, Cyperus 9g, Arisaema 10g, Citrus aurantium 9g, Liushenqu 9g

Add or subtract 12 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza: for those during menstruation, add 9 grams of Myrrh, 10 grams of Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, 15 grams of Leonurus japonicus, and remove the licorice; for those with white and greasy tongue coating and hospital visits, remove the licorice and add 9 grams of Aucklandia lappa and 3 grams of Amomum villosum (added later); for those with kidney deficiency, add 10 grams of Cynomorium songaricum, 9 grams of Aconite root, or 15 grams of Amethyst.

5. Uterine cold type

This physique often occurs in women who like to eat cold food. Menstruation is more likely to be delayed, with less menstrual flow or darker color. Some women experience cold pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruation. In severe cases, the face may even turn blue and the limbs may be cold. Hot compresses may slightly relieve the pain. During examination, it is often found that the tongue is lighter in color, the tongue coating is white, and the pulse is deep and tight. The treatment should be to warm the meridians and dispel the cold, and avoid eating raw and cold foods.

Use 15 grams of ginger and 10 grams of mugwort. Boil 1 bowl of water until half a bowl remains, remove the residue, peel 1 egg, stir, put into the soup and cook until done. Drink 1-2 times a day (the dosage of mugwort should not be too much, 60 grams each time is enough. If you consume too much, it will cause nausea and vomiting).

6. Liver depression type

The menstrual cycle is irregular, and the patient is prone to sentimentality, irritability or emotional instability before menstruation, and breast pain. The edges of the tongue are dark, the tongue coating is thin white or thin yellow, and the pulse is stringy. Common in premenstrual syndrome. Treatment should be aimed at soothing the liver and relieving depression.

Take 1 piece of shark and wash it. Crush the Cyperus rotundus, spread it on the fish with shredded ginger, apply salt, and steam in a steamer for about 40 minutes (It is not suitable for people with heat in the body).

Other treatments

1. For ear acupuncture, choose the kidney, uterus, and endocrine area. Use rapeseed and magnet to bury the acupuncture points. Press the acupuncture points three times a day for three minutes each time.

2. Body acupuncture for kidney deficiency: Sanyinjiao, Shenshu, and Xuehai points, all use tonifying method;

Blood deficiency: Zusanli, Pishu, and Ganshu points, all use tonifying method; Phlegm obstruction: Hegu, Waiguan, and Fenglong points, all use purging method; Blood stasis: Xuehai, Zhongji, and Diji points, all use purging method.

Diet therapy

Women with scanty menstruation can use the following dietary therapies to treat it:

1. Boil 30g of Trillium, 15g of Atractylodes macrocephala and 30g of red dates in ice, and take it for 2 days, twice a day, 50ml each time. Used for those with blood stasis.

2. Cook 60 grams of motherwort, 30 grams of red dates and 10 eggs together, drink the soup, and eat the red dates and eggs (take a comfortable amount). Used for those with deficiency of essence and blood and blood stasis.

3. Grind 30g of Astragalus, 15g of Polygonatum, 12g of Cornus, 12g of Morinda officinalis, and 9g of Angelica sinensis into powder, make pills with refined honey, and swallow 2 to 3 times a day, 3g each time. Used for those with deficiency of essence and blood.

4. 2 eggs, 30 grams of motherwort. Wash the eggs, stew them with motherwort and water. After the eggs are cooked, peel them and cook for another 20 minutes. Eat the eggs and drink the soup.

5. Add 10 grams each of angelica and ginger and 100 grams of mutton slices into water and cook together. Add salt after it is cooked, drink the soup and eat the meat.

Treatment principles

1. Principles of TCM Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment 1 Syndrome differentiation is based on kidney deficiency and blood deficiency

For the late period of menstruation and scanty menstrual flow, traditional theory holds that the diagnosis should be based on deficiency and excess, because menstruation is regulated by the kidney-tiangui-chongren-uterus axis. Any abnormality in any of these links will lead to menstrual disorders, and the fullness of kidney essence and qi is the driving force and material basis for the production of menstruation and maintaining a regular and constant menstrual flow, so the role of the kidney is particularly important. We can see this in clinical medicine. The common causes are late menstruation or scanty menstruation due to congenital deficiency, weak constitution or frequent childbirth, multiple curettages damaging Chong and Ren meridians and wasting kidney essence, or blood deficiency, long-term illness leading to Qi and blood deficiency, weak spleen and stomach, insufficient Qi and blood, and failure to fill the blood sea on time.

2. Treatment: Regulating the kidney and replenishing essence to cure the root cause

The formula is composed of basic formulas for regulating menstruation with modifications. The combination of these medicines can regulate the kidney, improve essence, replenish qi and nourish blood. It can make the kidney essence sufficient and the qi strong, the qi and blood overflowing, the Chong and Ren meridians be nourished, and the menstrual blood will naturally be full and flow out on time. The formula focuses on kidney deficiency and blood deficiency, and regulates the kidney mainly by invigorating essence, while nourishing blood while not forgetting to invigorate qi. At the same time, when using medicine, pay attention to warming the blood, activating blood circulation, and cooling blood such as Cortex Moutan, Red Peony Root, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, etc. Do not use yin-softening, nourishing, and cold products to avoid blood stasis and blood circulation affecting the circulation of Qi and blood.

Treatment

1. Be in a good mood, avoid mental stimulation and mood swings. Some people may experience lower abdominal distension, back pain, breast pain, mild diarrhea, fatigue, drowsiness, emotional instability, irritability or depression during menstruation. These are all normal and there is no need to be overly nervous.

2. Hygiene, prevent infection. Pay attention to the hygiene of the external genitalia. You must not have sex during menstruation. Keep warm and avoid cold stimulation. Avoid overwork. People with heavy menstrual bleeding should avoid eating brown sugar.

3. It should be soft, made of cotton, and have good ventilation and air permeability. It should be washed and changed frequently, and the changed underwear should be dried in the sun.

4. Comprehensive understanding: ovulation can also remove phlegm and dampness, and promote blood circulation and dredge meridians

In addition to the basic prescriptions for regulating the kidney and benefiting the essence, nourishing the blood and invigorating Qi, I believe that the medication should be added or subtracted according to the patient's physical constitution, and the patient should have a comprehensive understanding and use the products that can promote ovulation through differentiation of symptoms. If the patient is obese and has a lot of phlegm, or is hairy, the patient should use expectorant drugs and add or subtract drugs to eliminate phlegm, remove dampness and unclog the meridians. If the phlegm and dampness turn into heat or if there is exogenous damp-heat, the patient should be given appropriate products that clear away heat, remove dampness and unclog the meridians. If the patient is depressed and irritable by nature, products that soothe the liver and unclog the meridians should be added. Products that promote blood circulation and unclog the meridians can be used in the middle of the menstrual period or throughout the entire menstrual period.

In the above article, we introduced what scanty menstruation is. We know that there are many reasons for scanty menstruation, so we must carry out targeted treatment based on our actual situation. The above article introduces several methods for treating scanty menstruation, which I believe will be helpful to female friends.