The main manifestations of amenorrhea caused by spleen and stomach factors

Amenorrhea is a common gynecological disease. Women who have not had their first menstruation after they are over 16 years old, or whose menstruation is interrupted for more than 6 months, are considered to have amenorrhea. The earliest record of this condition in traditional Chinese medicine can be found in the "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor", which calls it "women's lack of menstruation", which is mostly related to spleen and stomach factors.

1. Phlegm and turbidity internal obstruction type

Symptoms: This type of amenorrhea is mostly caused by the patient's excessive consumption of greasy food, which leads to the internal generation of phlegm or excessive consumption of raw and cold food, which damages the spleen and stomach. If the spleen and stomach are weak, there will be no source for the production of qi and blood, thus amenorrhea occurs. This type of amenorrhea patient may be accompanied by symptoms such as obesity, sallow complexion, chest tightness and abdominal distension, lack of appetite, drowsiness, dizziness and headache, excessive and white vaginal discharge, greasy white tongue coating, and slippery and deep pulse. It can be treated with Modified Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction for phlegm removal.

2. Weak spleen and stomach type

Symptoms: This type of amenorrhea is mostly caused by patients' irregular diet, abnormal hunger and satiety, excessive fatigue, worry or mistakenly taking drugs that cause sweating and attacking, which leads to spleen and stomach weakness. This type of amenorrhea may be accompanied by pale yellow complexion, fatigue, tasteless mouth, loss of appetite, abdominal distension after eating, loose stools, swollen face and limbs, lower abdominal distension, excessive leucorrhea, pale tongue, thin white fur, slow and weak pulse, etc., and can be treated with Shenling Baizhu San plus or minus.