Is it good to treat menstrual irregularity with Chinese medicine?

Many female friends have encountered irregular menstruation, but they are helpless about this situation and have no idea what method to use to regulate it. This is mainly because the diseases of female friends are relatively complicated and they cannot use some drugs at will, otherwise it may lead to counterproductive effects. Moreover, the causes of irregular menstruation are also quite diverse, so it is better to adopt the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.

There are profound aspects to treating irregular menstruation from a TCM perspective. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pathogenesis of irregular menstruation can be both deficiency and excess. Excess syndrome is mostly due to blood stasis blocking the Chong and Ren meridians, preventing new blood from returning to the meridians; deficiency syndrome is mostly due to yin deficiency and internal heat, which disturbs the blood sea and causes prolonged menstruation. Menstrual disorders are often caused by organ dysfunction, qi and blood imbalance, or qi and blood deficiency.

1: Qi stagnation and blood stasis: If a woman is usually depressed, it will cause qi stagnation and blood stasis over time. Or women may feel the cold during menstruation or after giving birth, which can hinder the circulation of Qi and blood and cause blood stasis. Because blood stasis blocks the cell vessels, new blood cannot return to the menstruation, resulting in delayed menstruation.

2: Yin deficiency and internal heat: If a woman has a Yin deficiency constitution, or if she has lost Yin fluid due to long-term illness, or has given birth too many times or had excessive sexual intercourse, the Yin blood in her body will be depleted. Yin deficiency and internal heat cause the blood sea to be restless, and menstrual blood cannot flow normally, thus leading to prolonged menstruation.

Women with menstrual disorders often have changes in lip or complexion. Chinese medicine can find out the cause of the menstrual disorder based on changes in qi and blood in the face. According to experience, women with menstrual disorders generally have the following changes in complexion: 1: The complexion is faintly bluish, blue veins are visible on the cheeks and between the nose, the lips are dark, and the eye circles are dark: this is more common in women who are depressed and irritable. 2: Pale complexion and purple lips: more common in women with blood stasis in the body. 3: Dark yellow or pale and swollen complexion, light lips: more common in women with spleen deficiency and qi deficiency. 4: Oily face and small pimples: more common in women with dampness and heat in the body. 5: Pale face as if powdered, red cheekbones as if blushed, red lips, and thin body: often seen in women with both Qi and Yin deficiency.

Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that the causes of irregular menstruation in women can be divided into deficiency and excess, so regulating menstruation must also be distinguished between deficiency and excess before starting.

For Chinese medicine, the best treatment method is to use Chinese medicinal materials for conditioning. Only after female friends' bodies are well conditioned can they alleviate irregular menstruation. If you have qi stagnation and blood stasis, you can't keep holding your temper. This will cause qi stagnation and blood stasis over time. You should try your best to keep your mood cheerful, especially during menstruation.