What happens if the menstrual period is light in color and thin in texture?

Generally speaking, the color of women's menstrual blood is darker, which is related to the woman's own condition. If the menstrual blood has turned dark black, it is probably closely related to gynecological diseases. If necessary, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time. However, in daily life, some women's menstrual blood is particularly light in color. What is going on?

How long does it take for menstruation to occur? Menstrual cycle can tell your health

In Western medicine, menstruation is mainly regulated by the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad (ovary, uterus) axis, while in traditional Chinese medicine, menstruation is achieved through the full cooperation of the internal organs in the body, which is another manifestation of traditional Chinese medicine's holistic view. Many female friends ask, "I know that nourishing blood is important, but I don't know the condition of my own Qi and blood, and I don't know where to start!" In fact, menstruation and the symptoms that accompany it are also indicators of Qi and blood in women's bodies.

To understand whether your period is abnormal, you first need to know what is normal. As most people know, the normal menstrual cycle is 24-35 days, with an average of 28 days, and each period lasts 2-6 days. Normal menstrual bleeding is 30-50 ml. However, TCM's definition of normal menstruation is not so simple. In addition to the above-mentioned cycle characteristics, it has detailed requirements for the color, quality, and quantity of menstruation. TCM believes that normal menstruation requires dark red color, neither thin nor thick, no coagulation, no blood clots, and no special smell. In addition, there must be no drastic mood swings before and after menstruation, and no other obvious discomfort. Those who do not meet the above conditions can be considered abnormal.

You can determine your overall Qi and blood levels based on your own menstrual characteristics, including the menstrual cycle, color, texture, amount and smell, and then combine it with your overall body condition.

Steps to judge Qi and blood from menstruation:

Menstrual cycle

First of all, you need to know how many days your menstrual cycle is. The menstrual cycle is calculated from the first day of each menstrual period to the first day of the next period. Generally the cycle is advanced. If the period comes more than 7 days earlier than the normal period and occurs for more than 2 cycles in a row, the person's constitution is mostly characterized by blood heat or qi deficiency. If the period is delayed, that is, 7 days later than the normal period, or occurs every 40-50 days, it is mostly caused by cold, blood deficiency, or qi stagnation.

Menstrual color, texture

Then start observing the color and texture of your menstrual blood. Menstrual fluid that is light in color and thin in texture is mostly related to "deficiency", such as qi deficiency, blood deficiency, spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency, or phlegm and dampness. Dark-colored menstrual fluid is often related to fullness, heat, blood stasis, and blockage, such as dark red, dark red, purple red, purple-black, ink red, with a sticky texture or blood clots. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the two states of cold and heat are divided into two types: deficiency and excess. For example: blood heat can be divided into real heat and false heat. In both cases, the menstrual color is bright red, but real heat is accompanied by heavy menstrual flow, while false heat is accompanied by light menstrual flow. Blood cold can be divided into real cold and false cold. The menstrual blood of excess cold is dark or contains small blood clots, while the menstrual blood of deficiency cold is light in color or like black bean juice.

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