Menstrual status reveals your health

　　for modern female For example, pay attention to your body healthy is very important. So how do you know if your body is healthy? In fact, you can start with monthly menstruation. The state before and after menstruation directly shows the health status of a woman's body.

　　To understand whether your period is abnormal, you first need to know what is normal. As most people know, the normal menstrual cycle lasts 24-35 days, with an average of 28 days, and each cycle lasts 2-6 days. Normal menstrual bleeding is 30-50 ml. However, TCM’s definition of normal menstruation is not so simple. In addition to the above-mentioned cycle characteristics, it also has detailed requirements for the color, quality, and quantity of menstruation. TCM believes that menstruation can be considered normal only if it is dark red in color, neither thin nor thick, no coagulation, no blood clots, and no special smell. In addition, there must be no major mood swings before and after menstruation, and no other obvious discomfort. Anything that does not meet the above conditions can be regarded as abnormal.

　　You can judge the overall qi and blood level based on your own menstrual characteristics, starting from the menstrual cycle, color, texture, quantity and smell, and then combined with the condition of your whole body.

　　Judgment steps:

　　menstrual cycle

　　First of all, you need to know how many days your cycle is. The menstrual cycle is calculated from the first day of each menstruation to the first day of the next menstruation. Generally the cycle is ahead of schedule. If the cycle occurs more than 7 days earlier than the normal cycle, and occurs more than 2 cycles in a row, the person's constitution is mostly due to blood heat or qi deficiency; if the cycle is late, it is 7 days later than the normal cycle, or once every 40-50 days, and it is mostly cold, blood deficiency, and qi stagnation.

　　Menstrual color and texture

　　Then start observing the color and texture of your period. Menstruation that is light in color and thin in texture is mostly related to "deficiency", such as Qi deficiency, blood deficiency, spleen deficiency, Kidney deficiency , or phlegm and dampness. Darker menstrual colors are mostly related to excess, heat, blood stasis, and blockage, such as deep red, dark red, purple red, purple black, ink red, thick texture, or blood clots. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the two states of cold and heat are divided into two types: deficiency and excess. For example, blood heat can be divided into excess heat and deficient heat. Both menstrual periods are bright red in color, but excess heat is associated with heavy menstrual flow, and deficient heat is associated with light menstrual flow. Blood cold can also be divided into excess cold and deficiency cold. Menstruation that is excessively cold is dark in color or contains small blood clots, and menstruation that is deficient and cold is pale or like black bean juice.

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　　menstrual flow

　　Another indicator to observe the characteristics of menstruation is the amount of menstruation, but it is impossible to determine the status of qi and blood based on the amount of menstruation alone. For example, if there is a lot of blood, it seems that there is a lot of blood, but if the amount is large, the color is light, and the texture is thin, it is a sign of blood loss. Only if it comes in large amounts, is very dark red in color, and has a sticky texture is it considered hot. The same goes for infrequent menstruation. Only by combining the color and texture of menstruation can we judge the true condition of qi and blood.

　　accompanying symptoms

　　In addition to the nature of menstruation itself, whether there is dizziness, headache, Dysmenorrhea、diarrhea , emotional ups and downs and other symptoms can also be used to help judge the status of Qi and blood. For example, I tend to feel dizzy before and after menstruation. Is it due to blood deficiency? In fact, it is easy to judge, just observe menstruation. Dizziness is accompanied by low menstrual flow and light color. If it is accompanied by symptoms such as pale complexion, pale gums and tongue, palpitations, mental fatigue, etc., it is blood deficiency. If it is accompanied by chest tightness, heavy head, poor appetite, and excessive leucorrhea, it is caused by spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness. If you experience dizziness, light menstrual flow, bright red color, irritability, soreness of waist and knees, dry mouth and throat, red cheekbones and other symptoms, it is liver and kidney yin deficiency. Dysmenorrhea can also be distinguished between deficiency and excess in the body. Generally, it is painful before or during menstruation and does not like to be massaged. After menstruation, the pain subsides after the blood clot comes out, which is real pain. It is mostly caused by blood stasis, and the inducement is mostly stagnation of liver qi or cold. If you have menstrual pain, the pain worsens after menstruation, the lower abdomen is lingering, and you like to massage or apply hot compresses, it is a weak pain, mostly caused by kidney deficiency, qi and blood deficiency.

　　Examples of steps to determine your body’s Qi and blood status are as follows:

　　The first step of the menstrual cycle is delayed every 45-48 days (cold, blood deficiency, qi depression).

　　In the second step, the menstrual flow is less, and the intravenous drip will clear it up (blood deficiency, spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency).

　　The third step is that the color of menstruation is light red and light (blood deficiency, qi deficiency, spleen deficiency).

　　The fourth step is that the menstrual period is thin and has no blood clots (blood deficiency, qi deficiency, spleen deficiency).

　　Step Five: Accompanying Symptoms, After Menstruation Migraine , continuous pain in the lower abdomen, like to massage (kidney yin deficiency, liver yang hyperactivity).

　　General condition: I usually suffer from soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, general weakness, dizziness, and palpitations. Poor appetite during meals, prone to bloated stomach, cold body and cold limbs ； Conclusion: Blood deficiency is the main cause, with kidney and spleen deficiency. (Reference website: Wenkang Women)