What are the traditional methods for treating scanty menstruation?

Women have all experienced the situation of scanty menstruation and short cycles. Sometimes the menstruation is so scanty that sanitary napkins are not needed, or it only comes for one or two days and then disappears. At first, they thought it was a physical condition and thought that they could adjust it and it would be fine next time, but it still didn't help. There are many reasons for scanty menstruation, including a cold constitution and long-term irregular lifestyle leading to an imbalance in hormone secretions in the body, causing endocrine disorders. Long-term scanty menstruation has a great impact on the health of the body. So what are the methods to treat scanty menstruation?

How to regulate scanty menstruation

There are many factors that cause oligomenorrhea in women. It is necessary to carefully inquire about the medical history and carefully examine and analyze the medical records, correctly diagnose and treat it, and prevent it from developing into amenorrhea. Traditional Chinese medicine mainly divides scanty menstruation into the following categories:

Kidney deficiency type: Symptoms include scanty menstruation, bright red or light red color, soreness of waist and knees, heel pain, or dizziness and tinnitus, pale tongue with little fluid, and deep and thin pulse. The treatment should nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish blood and regulate menstruation.

Blood deficiency type: Symptoms include scanty and light-colored menstruation, or menstruation that stops after a few drops, empty and painful lower abdomen, dizziness, palpitations, sallow complexion, pale tongue with thin coating, and thready and weak pulse. The treatment should be to invigorate Qi and nourish blood, while also replenishing the source of transformation.

Blood stasis type: Symptoms include scanty menstrual flow, purple-black color with clots, abdominal distension and pain that is resistant to pressure, pain that is relieved after the blood clots are discharged, dark purple tongue, or with petechiae, and a stringy or wiry pulse. The treatment should be to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Here are some dietary treatments for low menstrual volume:

1. 9 grams of angelica, 2 eggs, and 50 grams of brown sugar. After boiling angelica in water to extract the juice, beat the eggs and cook them, then add brown sugar and mix well. Eat once after each menstrual period. This prescription is suitable for women with oligomenorrhea caused by blood deficiency.

2. 100 grams of astragalus, 50 grams of ginseng, 80 grams of angelica, 20 dates, and 100 grams of brown sugar. Boil the first three herbs in water for three times, concentrate the juice to 500 ml, cook the jujubes over low heat until they are soft, take the juice and jujube paste, cook them in the juice, add sugar to make a paste. Take with boiled water, 20 ml each time, 3 times a day. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea due to kidney deficiency.

3. 80 grams of yam, 15 grams of Bauhinia bark, and 20 dates. Decoction in water to extract juice, take once a day for long-term use. This prescription is suitable for scanty menstruation due to blood deficiency.

How to supplement the menstrual flow

Some women have normal menstrual cycles, but the menstrual flow is very little, or even just a little bit; some women have a very short menstrual period, less than 2 days, and the menstrual flow is very light. Traditional Chinese medicine calls this phenomenon oligomenorrhea. Regarding the question of what to do when women have light menstrual flow, the principles of traditional Chinese medicine believe that light menstrual flow may be related to blood deficiency and kidney deficiency. For example, heavy postpartum hemorrhage and bleeding after surgery can cause blood deficiency in the body, and insufficient blood sea, resulting in reduced menstrual flow; congenital deficiency of kidney qi and kidney essence, or too much sexual intercourse, too many births, artificial abortions, etc., which damage the kidneys, resulting in insufficient kidney qi, insufficient essence and blood, and empty blood sea, resulting in reduced menstrual flow, etc. So, how can women make up for light menstrual flow?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when treating oligomenorrhea, treatment and conditioning should be carried out with medication and diet therapy according to different ages, different physical conditions and different degrees.

Today, I recommend two dietary therapy methods. The dietary therapy is as follows:

1. Roasted Lamb

It consists of 500 grams of mutton, 15 grams each of angelica and rehmannia, and 10 grams of dried ginger. First wash the mutton, cut into pieces, put it in a casserole, add the washed medicine and appropriate amounts of soy sauce, salt, sugar, rice wine, and water, braise until the meat is tender, and it can be taken regularly. It warms the middle and replenishes deficiency, invigorates Qi and retains blood. It is suitable for treating scanty menstruation caused by Qi deficiency, such as heavy menstrual flow, pale color and weak quality, dull complexion, fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, pale tongue and weak pulse.

2. Black-bone chicken soup

Black-bone chicken soup is made with 1 black-bone chicken, 9 grams each of angelica, astragalus, and poria. First wash the chicken and remove the dirt. Put the medicine into the chicken's belly and sew it up with thread. Put it in a casserole and cook it. Remove the residue, add seasonings, eat the meat and drink the soup. Take it in 2-3 times. Take 1 dose a day before menstruation, 3-5 times in a row. Strengthens the spleen and nourishes the heart, replenishes Qi and nourishes blood; suitable for scanty menstruation due to Qi and blood problems.

Experts point out that the issue of what women should do if they have little menstrual flow must be taken seriously. This poses a certain threat to women's reproductive health and must be treated actively.

How to regulate amenorrhea

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women. The normal menstrual cycle is 28-35 days. For some reasons, a few women may not have their period overdue. This makes some women worry. So what happens if menstruation does not come? Absence of menstruation may be due to physiological or pathological reasons.

Patients with amenorrhea due to gynecological diseases should adjust their eating habits, not be picky or biased in their eating habits, and eat more high-protein foods such as eggs, milk, lean meat, fish, turtle, oysters, shrimps, etc. as well as vegetables and fruits to ensure adequate intake of nutrients. Actively treat acute and chronic diseases throughout the body, especially gastrointestinal diseases, anemia and tuberculosis, to promote digestion and absorption and reduce consumption. Through the above measures, malnourished amenorrhea patients can resume menstruation.

Keep a good mood, avoid mental stress and adverse stimulation, so as to prevent qi and blood disorders and affect the normal menstruation. Engage in appropriate physical exercise and physical labor to strengthen your physical fitness and ensure the normal circulation of qi and blood. Obese people should also control their diet, eat less sweets and fat-rich foods, and take various effective measures to achieve the goal of losing weight.

Folk remedies for treating scanty menstruation

Menstruation is a sign of women’s health! Some women have so little menstrual flow that it lasts less than a day. Women with scanty menstrual flow can try the following folk remedies to treat scanty menstrual flow.

① 30 grams of motherwort and 10 grams of angelica. Decoction in water (suitable for those with blood stasis).

② 24 grams each of Millettia reticulata and Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin (melted). Decoction in water, one dose per day (suitable for those with Chong and Ren blood deficiency).

③ 10 grams of placenta powder, take with water, 3 times a day (suitable for those with kidney essence deficiency).

④ 10 grams each of fennel, lindera scabra and dried ginger. Decoction in water (suitable for those suffering from cold stagnation).

⑤ 12 grams each of Atractylodes lancea and Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 grams each of Citrus aurantium, Eupatorium fortunei and Cyathula capitata, and 30 grams of stir-fried Coix seed. Decoction in water, one dose per day (suitable for those with phlegm and dampness).

(3) Diet therapy

① 30 grams of motherwort and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Decoction in water and drink as tea (suitable for those with blood stasis).

② 15 grams of Millettia reticulata, 10 red dates, an appropriate amount of brown sugar, or 200 grams of raw chicken, eat the meat and drink the soup after cooking.

③ 30 grams each of Millettia reticulata, Chinese angelica, and jujube, and 1 raw chicken. After cooking, eat the meat and drink the soup (the above is suitable for those with blood deficiency and blood stasis).

④10 grams of safflower, 90 grams of black beans, and 60 grams of brown sugar. After boiling in water, eat the beans and drink the soup (suitable for people with kidney deficiency, blood deficiency or cold blood stasis).

⑤30 grams of wolfberry. Drink as tea (suitable for those suffering from kidney deficiency and essence deficiency).

⑥1 turtle and 1 white pigeon. Cook and eat (suitable for those with deficiency of essence and blood).

⑦30 grams of fresh orange peel. Drink as tea.

⑧ 30 grams each of coix seed, yam, and water chestnut, and 100 grams of polished rice. Grind them into fine powder and cook into porridge for consumption (the above is suitable for those with internal obstruction of phlegm and dampness).

Scanty menstruation is a common symptom of menstrual irregularities in women. Patients with scanty menstruation generally have normal menstrual cycles, but the amount of menstrual blood is significantly less than that of normal people. For patients, what medicine to take for scanty menstruation must be one of the most concerned issues. At present, Yiwu's traditional Chinese medicine treatment of oligomenorrhea is quite effective, mainly focusing on conditioning. So, what medicine does Yiwu Traditional Chinese Medicine use to treat scanty menstruation?

Experts from Yiwu Gynecological Hospital summarize what medicine to take for treating scanty menstruation:

1. 9 grams of angelica, 2 eggs, and 50 grams of brown sugar. After boiling angelica in water to extract the juice, beat the eggs and cook them, then add brown sugar and mix well. Eat once after each menstrual period. This prescription is suitable for women with oligomenorrhea caused by blood deficiency.

2. 90 grams of whole angelica, 30 grams of Chuanxiong, 60 grams of white peony root, 120 grams of raw rehmannia, 30 grams of ginseng, 90 grams of stir-fried atractylodes, 60 grams of white poria, 45 grams of roasted licorice, 240 grams of acanthopanax bark, 120 grams each of small fat red dates and walnut meat, and 2000 ml of glutinous rice wine. Cut the above medicine into thin slices, put them in a silk bag, soak them in wine, seal them, heat them in water for about 1 hour, take them out and bury them in the soil for 5 days, then take them out and let them stand for 11 days, filter them and use them, drink 1-2 small cups of warm water each time, twice a day. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea due to blood deficiency.

3. 80 grams of yam, 15 grams of Bauhinia bark, and 20 dates. Decoction in water to extract juice, take once a day for long-term use. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea due to blood deficiency.

4. 100 grams of astragalus, 50 grams of ginseng, 80 grams of angelica, 20 dates, and 100 grams of brown sugar. Boil the first three herbs in water for three times, concentrate the juice to 500 ml, cook the jujubes over low heat until they are soft, take the juice and jujube paste, cook them in the juice, add sugar to make a paste. Take with boiled water, 20 ml each time, 3 times a day. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea caused by kidney deficiency.

5. 1000 grams of lamb leg, 50 grams of wolfberry, and appropriate amount of seasoning. Boil the whole piece of mutton in boiling water, wash off the blood foam in cold water, and cut into pieces. When the oil in the pan is hot, add the mutton and ginger slices and stir-fry, add cooking wine to heat the pan, stir-fry and add wolfberry, broth (2000 ml), salt, and scallions, bring to a boil and remove the foam, simmer for about 1-1.5 hours on low heat, until the mutton is cooked through, remove the scallions and ginger, and add MSG. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea caused by kidney deficiency.

6. 30 grams each of angelica and motherwort, 10 grams each of chuanxiong, peach kernel, licorice, and moutan bark, 5 grams of roasted ginger, and 1 ml of white honey. Add 500 ml of water to the first 7 ingredients, boil and extract 300 ml, remove the residue and add white honey to make a paste. Take 30 ml each time, 3 times a day. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea caused by blood stasis.

7. 20 grams of Achyranthes bidentata and 250 grams of pig’s trotter. Clean the pig's trotter and chop it into pieces. Put it into the pot together with the Achyranthes bidentata. Add appropriate amount of water and stew until done. It is better to add 50 grams of rice wine. Eat while hot. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea caused by blood stasis.

8. 20 grams of Amomum villosum, 3000 grams of fermented flour, 1100 grams of white sugar, 1000 grams of cooked lard, and 20 grams of soda. Remove the ash and shell of Amomum villosum, wash, dry and grind into powder. Put sugar, amomum villosum powder and baking soda into the leavened dough, knead it repeatedly and evenly, then let it sit for a few minutes and knead it again; roll it into long round strips, cut it into 80 dough pieces, place them upright on the chopping board, arrange them in order, brush them with cooked lard and make them into lotus leaf shapes, and steam them in a steamer with boiling water over high heat for 10 minutes. This prescription is suitable for oligomenorrhea caused by phlegm and dampness.