Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for bleeding after abortion

Xiao Zhu got married shortly after graduating from college at the age of 24. Two months after the marriage, Xiao Zhu found out she was pregnant, but the couple thought they were still young and had not enjoyed their "two-person world" enough. So, without telling their parents, they had an abortion at 40 days of pregnancy.

What Xiao Zhu didn't expect was that after the abortion, her lower body started bleeding. Although the amount of bleeding was not much, sometimes it was bright red, and sometimes it was dark. She thought it would be fine in a few days, but it lasted for half a month and there was still no improvement. Not only that, she also had occasional lower abdominal pain and discomfort. Xiao Zhu was a little scared and rushed to the hospital for a check-up. B-ultrasound showed no abnormal echo in the uterus, and taking some Western medicine did not improve.

At the suggestion of a friend, she found an old Chinese doctor to treat her body. After learning about Xiao Zhu's condition, the old Chinese doctor believed that Xiao Zhu's condition was caused by damage to the internal collaterals of the uterus, disordered blood circulation, and blood stasis that prevented new blood from circulating in the normal way, leading to bleeding. The treatment should adopt the method of warming the meridians, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding.

So, Xiao Zhu was prescribed a decoction of donkey-hide gelatin beads, moxa charcoal, angelica, chuanxiong, processed rhubarb, motherwort, peony bark, peach kernel, chuanxiong, eucommia bark, lotus pod, and Shixiao powder. A total of 5 doses were prescribed, one dose per day, once in the morning and once in the evening. After taking 3 doses of the medicine, Xiao Zhu's bleeding stopped.

According to Xiao Zhu's condition, the old Chinese doctor adjusted the prescription. The medicines included Angelica sinensis, white peony root, Dipsacus asper, Eucommia ulmoides, Cuscuta australis, donkey-hide gelatin beads, Leonurus japonicus, processed rhubarb, Portulaca oleracea, Ligusticum chuanxiong, raw licorice, etc. Xiao Zhu continued to take 7 doses to consolidate the treatment.