Symptoms and treatment methods of Qi stagnation and blood stasis in women

Qi and blood are the foundation of women! Insufficient Qi and blood in women can cause endocrine disorders, which has a certain impact on women's health. It is often manifested in cold hands and feet all year round, dry hair, dark and spotted skin, bags under the eyes, irregular menstruation, irritability, etc. So what are the symptoms of Qi stagnation and blood stasis in women? Are there any good conditioning methods and tips? Next I will introduce it to you in detail. I hope this will be helpful to all you female friends.

Symptoms of Qi stagnation and blood stasis

Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome is a symptom caused by stagnation of Qi and blood circulation, which is mostly caused by emotional discomfort or long-term stagnation of liver Qi due to invasion of exogenous pathogens. Qi stagnation and blood stasis are the basis for many diseases and one of the reasons why chronic diseases cannot be cured for a long time. Therefore, there is a saying that "long-term illness will cause blood stasis." Many women have gynecological diseases that are either mild or severe, most of which are caused by "Qi and blood stasis".

Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome is a symptom caused by stagnation of qi and blood circulation.

Breast hyperplasia

When Qi stagnation and blood stasis occur, it can cause fullness in the chest and flanks, wandering pain, irritability, lumps under the flanks, sometimes stinging pain that people are afraid to touch. It can easily cause breast hyperplasia, and in severe cases, it can lead to breast cancer.

Dysmenorrhea

Qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution can cause amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea in women, dark purple menstrual blood with clots, dark purple tongue or ecchymosis, and sluggish pulse. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the liver is responsible for regulating qi and blood. It has the function of regulating qi and emotions. If emotions are not satisfied or external pathogens invade the liver meridians, liver qi will stagnate and the function of regulating qi will be impaired, resulting in depression or irritability, chest and rib distension, and wandering pain.

Secondly, the liver stores blood and is the source of women's menstrual blood. Stagnation of blood in the liver causes blood stagnation and accumulation in the blood sea, which blocks the downward flow of menstrual blood. Poor menstrual blood flow leads to amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. A dark purple tongue or ecchymosis and a sluggish pulse are all symptoms of internal blood stasis.

Accelerated aging

If the human body is in a state of qi stagnation and blood stasis for a long time, the tissues will be ischemic, the cells will be in a "starved" state and aging will be accelerated.

Blood stasis is poison to the five internal organs and the source of all diseases. It is a type of blood that has lost its metabolic capacity. It is of no benefit to the human body and will instead affect normal blood cells.

If it accumulates to a certain level in the body and cannot be discharged in time, it will have adverse effects on our body and mind and accelerate the aging of the five internal organs. The most obvious manifestation of blood stasis is that the skin becomes rough, bruised and painful at the slightest touch, and freckles begin to appear on the face. In severe cases, it will cause breast cancer, tumors and other life-threatening diseases.

Sitting for a long time is harmful to women

Except for sleeping time, office workers spend most of their time sitting, sitting all day long. Many female office workers are prone to various discomforts and even diseases due to long-term sitting.

Damage to the stomach

Sitting for a long time can easily cause gastrointestinal motility to slow down, the digestive glands to secrete less digestive fluid, and symptoms such as loss of appetite, aggravating digestive system symptoms such as abdominal distension, constipation, and indigestion. Sitting for a long time can cause long-term congestion of the venous plexus near the rectum, which aggravates the degree of congestion and thus aggravates hemorrhoids, leading to symptoms such as bloody stools and anal fissures.

Poor mental health

Sitting for long periods of time can also cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, leading to a decrease in oxygen and nutrients to the brain, aggravating fatigue, insomnia, memory loss and increasing the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. Sitting for a long time can also lead to psychological depression, irritability, poor mental state, and a gradual decrease in interest in the outside world until there is no interest at all.

Inadequate blood supply

Sitting for a long time will cause a lack of blood in the chest cavity, which will further reduce the heart and lung functions, aggravate heart disease and lung system diseases such as emphysema infection in middle-aged and elderly people, and protracted healing. Sitting for a long time reduces the blood volume in the blood vessels throughout the body (peripheral blood volume), reduces heart function, aggravates heart disease in middle-aged and elderly people, and causes premature occurrence of arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and hypertension.

Lumbar and cervical spine diseases

Sitting for a long time can cause muscle aches all over the body, stiff neck, headaches and dizziness, and aggravate lumbar and cervical diseases.

Women will also cause spots if they sit for a long time

Chloasma, physical and mental fatigue, pot belly, dry skin...these are definitely not what modern beauties want, but they are precisely the most common problems among office workers. These visible hazards are all caused by sitting for a long time.

Although sitting in the office means being away from wind and sun, there is another invisible killer that harms our bodies and destroys our qi and blood - that is the sedentary working posture. Sitting still for a long time will cause us female compatriots to develop a physique of qi stagnation and blood stasis. This physical condition can easily lead to insufficient Qi and blood, causing women to have poor skin and many pigmentation spots.

Why does long-term sitting cause pigmentation?

Sitting still for long periods of time will compress the bladder meridian located in the buttocks and thighs, causing poor circulation of qi and blood in the bladder meridian, leading to bladder dysfunction. The kidney meridian and bladder meridian are exterior and interior to each other, so this will cause abnormal kidney function. This is the reason why it is said that "sitting for a long time will damage the kidneys."

Insufficient kidney qi will gradually lead to deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in itchy skin, pale or dark complexion, insomnia, irritability, constipation, and scanty menstrual blood flow. These problems will manifest themselves on the face as terrible spots.

The appearance of pigmentation is actually the body telling us that its internal Qi and blood are blocked, which is what Chinese medicine calls Qi stagnation and blood stasis. This is because skin spots are mostly caused by an imbalance of Qi and blood, which leads to blood stagnation on the skin surface and forms stains.

Office women are more susceptible to qi stagnation and blood stasis

Nowadays, many 30+ working women are susceptible to qi stagnation and blood stasis. In addition to being related to sitting for long periods of time, another reason is that most office workers are engaged in mental work, which makes people think a lot and consumes too much energy, which is what Western medicine calls blood oxygen consumption.

However, traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive thinking can damage the spleen. The spleen is the biochemical source of acquired essence and energy. If the spleen is damaged, the ability to produce essence and energy is weakened, and the body's qi and blood supply will be untimely and inadequate. The circulation of blood is driven by Qi. If the Qi circulation is insufficient, the blood circulation will of course be poor, which will inevitably lead to Qi and blood stasis.

In addition, office workers who sit for long periods of time often face fierce competition in the workplace and are under great mental pressure. Emotional fluctuations can cause Qi disorders, further aggravating Qi and blood imbalances.

Symptoms of Qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution

Generally speaking, people with blood stasis constitution are mostly thin. The complexion is usually dull, the skin is dark or pigmented, bruises are easy to appear (commonly known as "ghost blue"), pain is easy to occur, the lips are dull or purple, the tongue is dark with bruises, or there are bruises, varicose veins under the tongue, etc. Or you may see dark eye sockets, a dark nose, easy hair loss, dry skin or rough nails. Women often suffer from dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea.

In short, people with a blood stasis constitution have a dark complexion and lips, and the veins under the tongue are purple. The skin is relatively rough and sometimes bruises may appear without you noticing. There are a lot of red veins in the eyes, and the gums bleed easily when brushing teeth. Intolerance to wind and cold pathogens, prone to irritability, forgetfulness, and quick temper.

How to promote qi and blood circulation and nourish qi and blood through food

1. Change your eating habits

A poor diet for people with blood stasis constitution accelerates aging.

Eating greasy and sweet foods, or consuming too much salt or not drinking enough water will cause the blood to become excessively viscous, eventually leading to poor blood circulation and causing blood stasis. Do you notice any changes in your body when you eat fried foods or processed simple sugars?

Poor diet of people with blood stasis constitution accelerates aging

2. Quit smoking and drinking

Excessive smoking and alcoholism will cause carbon monoxide to combine with hemoglobin in the body and slow down blood circulation. This is especially true for people with blood stasis. It will cause more phlegm to accumulate in the body, which will cause blood to become blocked somewhere in the body and form blood stasis. Because the blood stasis is not removed, new blood cannot be produced and the blood cannot nourish the hair, causing it to fall out. Blood stasis causes wrinkles, making you become older and older.

3. Maintain a good mood

The inner worries of people with blood stasis constitution accelerate the aging of the body. Blood stasis constitution is caused by poor blood circulation, stagnation and congestion. The causes of blood stasis constitution are also varied. If a person with a weak body who has been ill for a long time, has long-term emotional frustration, unstable mood, and stagnation of qi and blood, it will cause qi stagnation and blood stasis. In traditional Chinese medicine, cold, heat, qi and blood can all cause blood stasis. If it is blocked in the heart, symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness and heart pain will appear.

If you worry too much, it will not only make you depressed, but also damage your health. Medically proven: depressed and unhappy people are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease as normal people. Excessive melancholy, depression and sighing will only cause qi stagnation and blood stasis. The blood stasis cannot be discharged and new blood cannot be produced. The skin color is dark due to blood stasis, and even blood stasis becomes toxic, causing the aging and death of blood cells. The person's physique will become weaker and weaker.

4. Exercise more

People with blood stasis constitution lack exercise, which accelerates the aging process. Modern medicine has proven that regular exercise can prevent "non-insulin-dependent" diabetes, hypertension and many other diseases. It can also expand joint mobility through exercise, enhance physical fitness, and thus avoid accelerated aging of muscles, joints and muscles.

Life lies in movement. Exercise promotes human metabolism, thereby accelerating the energy circulation in the body and helping people eliminate waste. However, due to various reasons, people with blood stasis constitution do not like to exercise and are not used to doing sports, which leads to cardiopulmonary dysfunction, slow metabolism, and excess calories that accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract as fat, causing obesity.

If you do not exercise for a long time, and work and live in a sitting manner every day, the nutrients will not be digested and will accumulate in the human body. Over time, blood stasis will form, causing abnormal metabolism, which will lead to aging.

5. Self-decompression

The tremendous pressure on people with blood stasis constitution accelerates the aging process.

As social competition intensifies, especially for those with blood stasis constitution, the body often enters the "fight or flight" mode due to various life pressures. The greater the pressure, the more energy is needed. Adrenaline is released, telling the body to convert the stored sugar into glucose through the liver, which causes the body to shrink over time.

Moreover, the blood sugar that stays in the body and is never consumed is stored as fat in the body, which inevitably causes spleen and stomach dysfunction, causing fat to form blood stasis in the body, thereby leading to adrenal fatigue, nervous disorders or immune system failure. Under tremendous pressure, if people cannot bear it, it will cause disease and accelerate human aging.

6. Get enough sleep

Medical evidence shows that adults need at least 7 to 8 hours of high-quality sleep every night on average to ensure their health. However, many people with blood stasis constitution often work overtime every day due to work pressure, and sometimes stay up all night, which leads to lack of sleep and immune system disorders.

When you don't get enough "recovery time" each night, your body will deteriorate and eventually burn out, leading to imbalance and disease. For example, dark circles, rough skin, red bloodshot eyes, and weakness in the limbs appear in the early stages.

If you want to stay away from Qi stagnation and blood stasis, you should

Drink plenty of water

Water in the body is excreted through breathing, evaporation from the skin, and urination and defecation. If water is not replenished in time, the water content in the blood may decrease, resulting in increased blood viscosity and slow blood circulation. Therefore, if you do not want to develop a physique of qi stagnation and blood stasis, you should drink more water on a daily basis, with a daily intake of no less than 2000 ml, about 8 cups of water.

Do not stay in a cold environment for too long

In addition to keeping warm with clothes and blankets, you should not stay in a cold environment for too long. The room temperature in winter should not be lower than 20 degrees Celsius. When using air conditioning to cool down in the summer, the room temperature should not be too low, generally it should be kept at around 25 to 26 degrees.

Soak your feet more often

Taking a hot water bath every day can help improve the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the body. If you can take medicinal baths and massage regularly, the effect will be better.