What should I do if my period doesn’t come?

Menstruation is something that women are very familiar with. Although it can make women uncomfortable for several days every month, it is very beneficial to women's physical health. After all, menstruation can expel garbage and waste from the body, and it is also of great benefit to the reproductive system. But some friends in life seem to never stop having their menstruation every time it comes. What should they do?

Symptoms of different types of prolonged menstruation

TCM treatment emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment. According to the various clinical manifestations of prolonged menstruation, prolonged menstruation is divided into four types: Qi deficiency syndrome, Yin deficiency and blood heat syndrome, Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome, and damp-heat obstruction syndrome for dialectical diagnosis and treatment.

Qi deficiency and failure to control syndrome: Symptoms include prolonged menstruation, more than 7 days, while the cycle is basically normal, with heavy flow, light color, and thin texture, accompanied by fatigue, pale tongue, and weak pulse.

Yin deficiency and blood heat syndrome: Manifestations include prolonged menstruation for more than 7 days, but basically normal cycles, scanty menstrual flow, bright red and thick menstrual blood, red tongue with thin and dry coating, and thready and rapid pulse.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome: The menstrual period is prolonged, exceeding 7 days, but the cycle is basically normal, the menstrual blood is dark purple with clots, and there is lower abdominal pain during menstruation.

Damp-heat obstruction syndrome: Menstruation is prolonged, exceeding 7 days, but the cycle is basically normal, with heavy menstruation, red color, thick clots, and a heavy and bloated lower abdomen. Usually, the vaginal discharge is heavy and yellow, or accompanied by vaginal itching. The tongue is red with a yellow and greasy coating, and the pulse is slippery and rapid.

How to treat prolonged menstruation

Chinese medicine treats patients by combining the four methods of diagnosis: observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation, and then making a diagnosis and treatment based on the patient's specific condition. The diagnosis of prolonged menstruation is based mainly on the amount, color and quality of menstruation, combined with a comprehensive analysis of systemic symptoms and tongue and pulse. When Ms. Chen in Case 1 came to the doctor, her complexion was dull, her lips and nails were purple, her tongue was dull and turning purple, her tongue coating was thin and white, her voice was low and weak, and her menstrual period was light red with blood clots, accompanied by sore waist and weak knees, cold hands and feet, a distended lower abdomen, poor appetite, fatigue, and her pulse was deep, thready and weak. A comprehensive review of the pulse and symptoms shows that the patient suffers from spleen and kidney yang deficiency, cold stagnation in the uterus, Qi deficiency with blood stasis, and instability of the Chong and Ren meridians.