What to do if your menstrual flow is light and dark

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

Small amount of menstrual flow and dark color are typical symptoms of uterine coldness. In this case, you can adjust your diet and eat more foods that replenish qi and warm the body. In addition, women can also use other methods to treat it, such as Chinese medicine moxibustion, exercise therapy, physical therapy, Chinese medicine treatment, etc.

First, diet adjustment: Most women have less and darker menstruation because of uterine coldness. At this time, you can eat more hot and uterine-warming foods, such as donkey-hide gelatin, red dates, peanuts, beef, mutton, etc. In addition, you can also drink more brown sugar water, which can regulate uterine coldness and promote the discharge of menstrual blood.

Second, exercise appropriately: Women can do some exercise during menstruation, which can not only improve their physical fitness, but also improve blood circulation and promote the discharge of menstrual blood.

Third, moxibustion treatment: moxibustion treatment of scanty and dark menstruation is very effective, mainly by moxibustion on two acupoints, such as Qihai acupoint and Guanyuan acupoint. Qihai acupoint is located below the belly button, and moxibustion on this acupoint can replenish essence and regulate qi and blood, and has an improvement effect on irregular menstruation, scanty and dark menstruation, and dysmenorrhea.

Fourth, local hot compress: Women can use a hot water bottle to apply to the lower abdomen during menstruation. This can promote blood circulation, warm the uterus, and relieve the small amount of dark menstrual flow.

Fifth, Chinese medicine treatment: For menstrual volume that is a little dark due to uterine cold and blood stasis, you can take green peel, dried ginger, small red incense, nine fragrant insects, wormwood, safflower, and angelica. This prescription can warm the meridians and dispel cold, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain. In addition, when taking Chinese medicine, women should be careful not to eat spicy and cold food.