What should I do if my menstrual period is long? How should I regulate it?

Generally speaking, if a woman’s menstrual period is too long, the first choice is to use diet therapy, because diet therapy regulates the body from the inside out. However, if the situation is more serious, you need to go to the hospital for diagnosis. Dietary therapy can also be used in normal times.

Mutton porridge

250 grams of fresh mutton, 100 grams of rice, and appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, and salt. Wash and slice the mutton, and cook it with rice, onion, ginger and salt in the usual way until the mutton is cooked.

Efficacy: replenish qi, nourish blood, relieve pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by qi and blood deficiency.

Pig skin jelly

1000 grams of pig skin, 250 milliliters of rice wine, and 250 grams of white sugar. Wash the pig skin and chop it into pieces, add appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat until the juice becomes thick, then add sugar and rice wine. Take twice a day, dissolve in boiling water and drink warm.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and yin, nourishes the kidneys and liver. It can cure women's blood deficiency, fatigue, irregular menstruation and other symptoms, and is more effective for those with low back and leg pain.

Stir-fried Shepherd's Purse with Motherwort

3 grams of fresh motherwort, 30 grams of fresh shepherd's purse, and appropriate amount of vegetable oil. Wash and cut the fresh motherwort and shepherd's purse. Put the iron pan on high heat, pour in vegetable oil and heat it up, add fresh motherwort and fresh shepherd's purse and stir-fry until cooked and ready to eat. Take twice a day until the bleeding stops.

Efficacy: Motherwort has the effects of promoting blood circulation, breaking blood and regulating menstruation; Shepherd's purse contains shepherd's purse acid, which can shorten the bleeding and clotting time, thereby achieving the purpose of hemostasis. It is particularly effective for excessive menstruation due to blood stasis.

Sesame Liver

250 grams of pork liver, 1000 grams of soybean oil (actual consumption is 100 grams), 100 grams of sesame seeds, 50 grams of flour, 2 eggs, and appropriate amounts of salt, onion, and ginger. Cut the pork liver into thin slices, season it with fine salt, chopped green onion and chopped ginger, dip it in flour, sesame and egg juice, then put soybean oil in the pot and heat it until it is 70% cooked, put in the pork liver dipped in the seasoning, fry it until it is cooked through, then serve it on a plate and eat it with meals.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and yin, nourishes the liver and kidneys. However, this diet therapy is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency, loose stools or diarrhea.