Why does it take eight days for menstruation to end?

I believe no one knows more about menstruation than women themselves. They know exactly when their period comes and goes, and how long it lasts. Generally speaking, the longest menstruation only lasts about seven days, but if it exceeds this time, it is basically caused by physical problems. So the question is, how come it takes eight days for menstruation to be over?

If the menstrual period lasts for eight days each time, it is normal. You can try taking motherwort granules orally during your period to promote the discharge of menstrual blood. You can also try taking progesterone or short-acting contraceptive drugs orally. Prolonged menstruation refers to menstruation lasting more than 7 days, or even continuous bleeding for half a month, with little menstrual flow, or slightly more than normal. This is called "prolonged menstruation". Prolonged menstruation should be distinguished from menorrhagia and metrorrhagia, but prolonged menstruation can also cause metrorrhagia.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that prolonged menstruation is mainly due to spleen and kidney deficiency, Chong and Ren meridians being weak, or blood heat forcing blood to flow abnormally; or blood stasis preventing new blood from returning to the meridians.

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The reasons for prolonged menstruation may include:

(1) Spleen deficiency and failure to retain blood: The spleen is weak and the qi is weak, or fatigue damages the spleen, which further weakens the spleen and causes failure to retain blood, resulting in the Chong and Ren meridians being unstable and continuous menstrual bleeding.

(2) Kidney Qi is not solid: Kidney Qi is deficient due to the constitution, or due to excessive sexual intercourse and childbirth, which damages the kidney Qi and causes the kidney to lose its sealing function, resulting in poor retention and prolonged menstruation.

(3) Yin deficiency and internal heat: Yin deficiency due to the constitution, or irregular sexual intercourse, or too many pregnancies or childbirths, or long-term illness or serious illness that depletes Yin essence. Yin deficiency generates internal heat, which disturbs the Chong and Ren meridians, resulting in continuous menstrual flow.

(4) Damp-heat invasion: Excessive damp-heat in the body, or sexual intercourse during menstruation, or irregular daily routines, can cause damp-heat to invade the uterus and blood, forcing the blood to flow, resulting in prolonged menstruation.

(5) Blood stasis blocking the meridians: There is old blood stasis in the body, or during the period of menstruation and childbirth, the blood chambers are just opening, and the remaining blood has not been drained out. In addition, the body is affected by cold evil, and the blood is coagulated by the cold, forming blood stasis. The blood stasis blocks the meridians, and the blood cannot return to the menstruation, resulting in a prolonged menstrual period.