Why do menstrual periods last long?

Female menstruation is a very normal physiological phenomenon, and due to different conditions of the individual, menstruation will undergo some changes. Menstruation is a way to reflect the health of female friends, so what is wrong with women having long menstruation periods? I hope you can learn more through our following introduction!

Reasons for prolonged menstruation:

1. Qi and blood deficiency type: Symptoms include early or late menstruation, increased or decreased menstrual volume, prolonged menstruation, light color and thin menstruation; or pain in the lower abdomen, or dizziness, or fatigue, pale or sallow complexion, poor appetite and loose stools, light red tongue and weak pulse.

2. Blood deficiency type: Symptoms include delayed menstruation, scanty menstruation, light red color, no clots, or lower abdominal pain; or dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, pale or sallow complexion, light red tongue, and weak pulse.

3. Blood-heat type: Symptoms include heavy menstrual flow, bright red or dark red color, thick and sticky texture; or small blood clots, often accompanied by irritability, thirst, yellow urine, constipation, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

4. Blood deficiency and Qi stagnation type: Symptoms include delayed menstruation, scanty and light-colored menstruation, abdominal distension and pain, pale or sallow complexion, thin body, dry skin, dizziness, palpitations, depression, chest discomfort, breast distension and flank pain, dark red tongue, thin yellow tongue coating, and stringy or weak pulse.

5. Liver and kidney deficiency type: Symptoms include irregular menstruation, scanty menstruation, light and dark color, and clear quality; or lumbar and sacral pain, or dizziness and tinnitus, pale tongue with little coating, and weak pulse.

6. Liver depression and spleen deficiency type: Symptoms include irregular menstrual cycle, more or less menstrual flow, purple-red color, clots, dysmenorrhea, or distension and pain in the chest, flanks, breasts, and lower abdomen, abdominal distension and discomfort, occasional sighing, warm feeling and less appetite, thin white or thin yellow tongue coating, and wiry pulse.

7. Blood stasis type: Symptoms include scanty menstrual flow, dark purple color, blood clots, abdominal distension and pain that refuses to be pressed, which is relieved after the blood clots are discharged, normal or dark purple tongue, or with small ecchymosis, and thin or stringy pulse.

The above are some suggestions given by experts regarding women with prolonged menstruation. We hope that female friends who encounter such problems must go to the hospital for examination and medical treatment in time to avoid causing problems to their health. We kindly remind our friends to pay more attention to these issues and reduce the harm!