What are the symptoms of blood stasis?

Qi and blood stasis is the definition of a disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine. I believe many people are very unfamiliar with it. In fact, this disease is not far away from us, and many people even have it. The main manifestations of Qi and blood stasis are frequent headaches, depression, endocrine disorders, dysmenorrhea, etc., which are often caused by chronic diseases. Therefore, we must pay attention to the symptoms of Qi and blood stasis so as to detect and treat them as early as possible.

What are the symptoms of blood stasis?

1. Symptoms of Qi stagnation and blood stasis

The onset tendency of patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution mostly has the obvious characteristic of "blockage". For example: intractable headache, depression, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, cholecystitis, intestinal dysfunction, lobular hyperplasia of the breast, dysmenorrhea, uterine fibroids, malignant tumors, etc.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis will lead to a myriad of diseases. Microcirculation obstruction is the basis for the onset of many diseases and one of the reasons why chronic diseases cannot be cured for a long time. Therefore, there is a saying that "long-term illness will cause blood stasis."

Predominantly due to qi stagnation: chest tightness and sighing, distension and pain in the flanks, stomach and abdomen, belching, foreign body obstruction in the throat, introverted personality, melancholy, narrow-mindedness, abdominal pain and diarrhea when emotional fluctuations, distension and pain in the breasts and lower abdomen in women, dark tongue, stringy pulse, etc.

Predominantly caused by blood stasis: dark purple lips, nails, bluish or rough skin, fixed local tingling or colic, or a lump when touched, facial pigmentation, dark circles under the eyes, chloasma, dysmenorrhea in women, dark purple menstrual blood with blood clots, or amenorrhea, dark purple tongue or with bluish spots, congestion in the sublingual veins, and a sluggish pulse.

2. Causes of Qi stagnation and blood stasis

Qi stagnation and blood stasis refers to the pathology of poor circulation of qi and blood in the body, which causes blockage in a certain part of the body, as described in traditional Chinese medicine. The causes of Qi stagnation and blood stasis are usually as follows:

2.1. Being depressed, nervous, and introverted, keeping all unhappy things in your heart will cause depression over time and affect the circulation of Qi and blood.

2.2. Eating greasy and sweet food, having high blood lipids, eating too salty food, or not drinking enough water can make the blood too viscous and lead to poor circulation of Qi and blood.

2.3. Qi deficiency and Yang deficiency constitution lead to decreased promoting function, resulting in slow circulation of Qi and blood or stagnation.