What medicine should I take for dark menstrual period?

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women, and it is also very easy to have problems, mainly in terms of amount and color. There are many factors that lead to dark and light menstrual blood, such as mental stress, improper menstrual care, cold body, etc. Menstrual abnormalities will definitely make women very concerned about solutions, and hope that medication can solve the problem as soon as possible. So, what medicine should I take if my menstrual period is dark in color and less in amount? Let’s take a look below.

What is the reason for less and darker menstruation?

Small amount of menstrual blood is mostly caused by low estrogen levels and endocrine disorders. There are many reasons for small and dark menstrual flow. In addition to luteal insufficiency, abnormal thyroid and prolactin function, post-abortion surgery or endometrial adhesion are also among the reasons. In addition, it also includes long-term malnutrition, environmental changes, mental stress, improper menstrual care, cold body, etc.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that scanty and dark menstruation is caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, which block the uterine vessels and cause poor blood circulation. Therefore, the color of blood is dark brown on the first day of menstruation and the last few days when the amount of blood is small. It may be caused by the menstrual blood staying in the uterus for too long, and it is often accompanied by dysmenorrhea.

If you have one or two occasional scant and dark menstrual periods, you can restore them to normal by adjusting your work and rest schedule. If you have scant and dark menstrual periods for a long time, you should go to the hospital for examination and symptomatic treatment.

What medicine should I take for less and darker menstrual flow?

Small amount of menstrual flow and dark color of menstruation may be caused by endocrine disorders or uterine cold. It is better to take Motherwort Paste or Wu Ji Bai Feng Pills to regulate it.

You can start taking it 7-10 days before your period. If your symptoms change significantly when your period comes, you can continue taking the medicine for two cycles. During this period, you should maintain a good mood, pay attention to your diet, and eat less spicy and cold foods or not eat them in the near future.

The total amount of menstrual blood for normal people is between 50 and 60 ml. The amount of menstrual blood is not exactly the same for everyone, and even for the same person the amount of menstrual blood is not exactly the same each time. If the menstrual cycle is normal, and the amount of blood in a period is less than 10 ml or so little that even two layers of paper cannot be wetted, it is considered to be scanty menstruation.

During menstruation, you should pay attention to keeping warm, avoid cold, cool, raw, and cold stimulation to prevent the invasion of cold evil; pay attention to rest, reduce fatigue, strengthen nutrition, and enhance physical fitness; you should try to control drastic emotional fluctuations, avoid strong mental stimulation, and keep a happy mood; you should avoid excessive sexual intercourse at ordinary times, and sexual intercourse is absolutely prohibited during menstruation.

Here are some tips for you: 60 grams of motherwort, 30 grams of red dates, and 10 eggs, cook them together, drink the soup, and eat the red dates and eggs. Yanzhitang's handmade menstrual cream regulates scanty menstruation and abnormal color.