Will soaking your feet in moxa cause your menstrual blood to turn black?

Many women worry about the color and shape of their menstrual blood. For example, some women find that their menstrual blood is a little black. There are many reasons for the dark color of menstrual blood. It is not ruled out that it is due to some endocrine reasons, and it may also be related to daily care. For example, some women usually soak their feet in mugwort leaves. Will soaking their feet in mugwort leaves cause their menstrual blood to turn black?

1. The dark color of menstrual blood has nothing to do with soaking your feet in mugwort leaves. The dark color of menstrual blood is generally due to the small amount of menstrual blood. Due to the small amount of menstrual blood, it cannot flow out in time and be oxidized, so the color will turn black. There are many factors that affect menstruation, such as emotional fatigue, staying up late, and changing environment. These may all have an impact. You can observe it for a while. If it returns to normal in the future, you can ignore it. If it occurs frequently, you can adjust it. According to TCM theory, dark menstrual color is caused by cold stagnation and blood stasis. For treatment, you can take some Chinese patent medicines that warm the meridians, dispel cold, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

2. Dark menstrual blood is caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, which causes dysmenorrhea in the uterus for a long time. This is related to irregular menstruation and inflammation. In fact, because menstrual blood is mixed with sloughed endometrial fragments, cervical mucus and vaginal epithelial cells, it looks dark in color and is not as bright red as the blood flowing out of broken skin. There are also some small thin fragments mixed in the menstrual blood. In particular, some people have less menstrual blood, and the color becomes darker as the blood stays in the uterus and vagina for a longer time. Therefore, while paying attention to the color of menstrual blood, you should also pay attention to the menstrual cycle, duration of menstruation, amount of menstruation, and whether you have any discomfort.

3. Generally speaking, it is normal to have brown or black vaginal discharge before and in the first 1 or 2 days after menstruation, but the causes are different and have little to do with soaking your feet in mugwort leaves. Black discharge before menstruation is caused by the shedding of a small amount of endometrium, while black discharge during menstruation is caused by blood remaining in the reproductive tract for too long. If there are no symptoms such as abdominal pain, yellow leucorrhea, odor or vulvar itching, you can continue to observe without worrying too much. You can usually use warm water to clean the vulva to keep the area dry and clean to prevent infection.