What medicine should I take for less menstrual flow and dark color?

Menstruation is a very important physiological function for women, but it is also prone to problems. The most common abnormality is a small amount of dark menstrual flow, which is closely related to stress, bad eating habits, etc. When the menstrual flow is small and dark in color, you will definitely be concerned about the treatment drugs and hope to recover as soon as possible. So, what medicine should I take if my menstrual flow is light and dark? Let’s take a look below.

The treatment of scanty and dark menstruation focuses on nourishing the essence and blood. This disease is more about deficiency than excess, so the treatment focuses on nourishing the kidney and blood, replenishing Tiangui, making the Ren channel open and the Chong channel prosperous, and the blood sea overflowing. Even if it is stagnation or phlegm and dampness, it is mostly due to damage to Qi and blood. Be careful not to attack them arbitrarily, so as not to seriously damage Qi and blood and make it difficult to resume menstruation. The menstrual volume is small, often accompanied by late stage, and may develop into amenorrhea, which should be treated actively. According to the different symptoms of scanty and dark menstruation, it can be divided into the following three types:

1. Qi stagnation and blood stasis type: scanty and dark menstruation

Symptoms: Irregular menstrual cycle, more or less menstrual flow, purple-red color, blood clots, and irregular menstruation. Or it may be accompanied by lower abdominal pain, or chest, flank and breast pain, abdominal distension and discomfort, purple tongue or petechiae, thin white or thin yellow tongue coating, and stringy or astringent pulse.

Treatment: The treatment should be to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain. You can use Tiaojing Buxue Pills, Xiaoyao Pills, Qizhi Xiangfu Pills, Yueyueshu Granules, Fuke Desheng Pills, Cihang Pills, Shixiao Powder, Danggui Extract Tablets, Shaofu Zhuyu Pills, etc.

2. Kidney deficiency type: scanty and dark menstruation

Symptoms: Weakness in waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, heel pain, or cold lower abdomen during the menstrual cycle, or frequent urination at night, pale tongue, weak or slow pulse.

Treatment: Treatment should be aimed at tonifying the kidney and regulating menstruation. You can use Chang'e Jiali Pills, Nubao Dingkun Pills, etc.

3. Cold blood type: scanty and dark menstruation

Symptoms: delayed menstruation, cold pain in the lower abdomen, relieved by heat, chills and cold limbs, white tongue coating, and deep and tight pulse.

Treatment: Warming the meridians and dispersing cold. You can use Tianqi Tongjing Powder, Aifu Nuangong Pills, Jinkui Wenjing Pills, etc.

What to do if your menstrual flow is light and dark

Under normal circumstances, women's menstrual blood is dark red. In addition to blood, it also contains endometrial fragments, cervical mucus and exfoliated vaginal epithelial cells. Some women have a small amount of menstrual flow and dark blood, which may be caused by menstrual blood accumulating in the uterine cavity for a long time. Because menstrual blood is mixed with sloughed endometrial fragments, cervical mucus and vaginal epithelial cells, it appears dark in color. It is not as bright red as the blood flowing out from damaged skin. There are also some small thin fragments mixed in the menstrual blood. In this case, the small amount of dark menstruation can be adjusted through diet and lifestyle care:

1. Avoid eating raw, cold food; you can regulate your body through dietary therapy such as motherwort soup and brown sugar water.

2. Be careful to clean the external genitalia before and after sex, and be gentle during sex to avoid damaging the reproductive tract;

3. Maintain good hygiene habits, choose breathable cotton underwear, and change and wash them frequently.

4. Avoid having sex during menstruation.

5. Keep a happy spirit and learn to relieve negative emotions.

A woman's scanty and dark menstrual flow may also be caused by disease. Therefore, it is recommended that women go to the hospital for a timely check-up to see if they have ovarian or cervical disease. If it is caused by the disease, with early treatment and elimination of the cause, menstruation will soon return to normal.