What medicine should I take for less and darker menstrual flow?

Small and dark menstrual flow is a major manifestation of irregular menstruation, often accompanied by menstrual pain. If it happens once or twice occasionally, the symptoms can be improved by adjusting your work and rest schedule or taking Chinese medicine. If the menstrual flow is light and dark for a long time, you should go to the hospital for examination in time to determine the reason why the menstrual flow is light and dark. So what Chinese medicine is effective for a small amount of menstrual flow that turns darker?

Modern science believes that scanty menstrual blood volume is mostly caused by low estrogen levels and endocrine imbalance. There are many reasons for the small amount of menstrual flow and dark color. In addition to insufficient corpus luteum function, thyroid cysts, abnormal milk hormone secretion, abortion surgery or uterine wall adhesion are also among the reasons. In addition, it also includes long-term malnutrition, changes in the natural environment, excessive stress, poor medical care during menstruation, colds and so on.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that scanty and dark menstruation is caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, which block the conduction of blood vessels and cause poor blood circulation. If menstruation stays in the uterine cavity for too long, it can easily cause scanty and dark menstruation, and menstrual pain is also related to this.

Menstruation is light, dark and long

The main reason for scanty, dark, and long menstruation is endocrine imbalance in women, caused by low estrogen levels in the body. Of course, it may also be caused by medical conditions. The menstrual period can be restored through traditional Chinese medicine conditioning. For example, you can take some blood-activating, blood-stasis-removing and menstrual-regulating medicines such as Wuji Baifeng Pills and Yimucao Granules, eat more fruits and vegetables, pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm, and often take some Chinese medicine or food that replenishes qi and blood, such as donkey-hide gelatin cake and wolfberry. If there is no effect after the above treatment, women with symptoms of scanty and dark menstruation for a long time are recommended to go to the hospital for a hormone test and a B-ultrasound examination to see if it is caused by the disease.

What should I do if my menstrual flow is light and dark?

Under normal circumstances, women's menstruation is dark red. In addition to blood, there are also uterine wall fragments, cervical mucus and fallen vaginal squamous epithelial cells. Some women have less menstrual flow and dark blood, which may be caused by menstruation being deposited in the uterine cavity for a long time. Because menstruation is mixed with fallen uterine wall fragments, cervical mucus and squamous epithelial cells in the vagina, it looks darker in color and is not as bright red as the blood discharged from skin damage. Some small thin fragments will continue to be mixed in the menstruation. In this case, the small amount of menstrual flow and darkening of the period can be adjusted through diet and lifestyle care:

1. Avoid eating cold food; you can regulate your body through diet therapy such as motherwort soup, brown sugar ginger water, etc.

2. Be careful to clean your reproductive organs before and after sex, and be gentle during sex to avoid damaging the reproductive system;

3. Maintain a stable lifestyle, choose cotton underwear with good breathability, and change them frequently.

4. Avoid sexual intercourse during menstruation.

5. Maintain a happy spirit and learn to adjust negative emotions.

A woman's scanty menstrual flow and darkening of the discharge may also be caused by pathological factors. Therefore, it is recommended that women go to the hospital for a physical examination in time to see if they suffer from ovarian disease or cervical disease. If it is caused by symptoms, they should be treated as soon as possible and their menstruation will resume quickly after the cause is eliminated.