How to treat heavy menstrual flow during menopause

If a female friend has problems such as heavy menstruation during menopause, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up, such as a routine blood test or a hormone level test. She should also pay attention to her coagulation function or platelet adhesion. If necessary, she can also have a hysteroscopy or laparoscopy. Through these examinations, the cause of heavy menstrual flow during menopause can be found out, so that targeted treatment measures can be taken.

The pathological causes of heavy menstrual flow during menopause are: one is the decline of ovarian function and the decrease of estrogen levels in the body; the other is the changes in the aging of the body. The two are often intertwined, leading to anovulatory functional uterine bleeding. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when women’s menstruation is exhausted after 49 days, their kidney qi weakens and Chong and Ren meridians become weak, with kidney deficiency being the main cause, which is the main cause of heavy menstrual flow during menopause.

Belongs to the blood heat type: symptoms include irregular menstruation, red menstrual blood with purple clots or dark red, sticky and thick texture, chest tightness, red face and dry mouth, dry throat and mouth, facial flushing, yellow urine and hard stools, red tongue with yellow coating. Treatment should include drugs such as clearing heat and cooling blood. Belongs to the type of liver depression transforming into heat: Symptoms include irregular menstruation, delayed menstruation, distension and pain in the chest, flanks, breasts and lower abdomen, chest tightness and discomfort, irritability or sighing, belching and loss of appetite, red or purple menstrual blood, red edges and tip of the tongue, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, and a thin yellow tongue coating. Treatment should be with drugs such as soothing the liver, relieving depression and clearing away heat. Qi deficiency type: symptoms include early menstruation or prolonged menstruation, heavy menstruation with light color and thin texture, fatigue, limb weakness, palpitations and shortness of breath, poor appetite and loose stools, empty lower abdomen, pale tongue with thin coating. In this case, the treatment of heavy menstrual flow should include drugs such as replenishing qi and tonifying blood.

Note: Raw and cold foods: those referred to as cold foods in traditional Chinese medicine, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ear, stone flower, and ground ear. Most of these foods have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and reducing fire. They are beneficial to the human body when consumed on a normal basis. However, you should try not to eat or eat less of these foods during the menstrual period, otherwise it will easily cause symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.

Female friends who have excessive menstrual flow during menopause must pay attention to hygiene and avoid having sex during menstruation. Even during normal sexual life, they should wear condoms, which can effectively prevent bacterial infection and vaginal inflammation. When women are young, their ovarian function and resistance gradually decline. If they do not pay attention to hygiene at this time, the possibility of infection will be greater.