Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding: Xijiao Dihuang Decoction

Liu, female, 32 years old, has had less menstrual flow recently, and has been dripping for more than a month. Three months ago, Liu had a heavy menstrual flow and continuous dripping for more than 20 days, so she was diagnosed and stopped bleeding in the hospital. The pathology report showed that the endometrium was in the proliferative stage. Western medicine diagnosed it as functional uterine bleeding. Liu's menstruation has not been clean for half a month. The menstrual flow is sometimes more and sometimes less, and sometimes it is like a spring. The blood is bright red with purple and black blood clots. During menstruation, she is accompanied by palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, irritability, dry mouth, pale complexion, pale tongue, thin white fur, slippery and thin pulse. Later, Liu went to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to explore the cause of the disease. The diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine is blood heat type metrorrhagia, and metrorrhagia in traditional Chinese medicine is functional uterine bleeding. Liu was treated with Xijiao Dihuang Decoction.

Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction

Prescription: 5 grams of tortoise shell powder (infusion), 30 grams each of raw rehmannia root and white atractylodes, 15 grams each of peony bark, raw white peony root, fructus aurantii, and motherwort, 6 grams of Panax notoginseng powder (infusion).

Usage: decoct the above medicine in water and take it twice, 1 dose per day. Generally, the effect will appear after 10-20 doses.

After taking the above prescription for 2 doses, the bleeding increased, and then gradually decreased. After taking it for 2 weeks, 50 grams of Codonopsis pilosula and 15 grams of Cornus officinalis were added to the above prescription. After taking 3 doses, the bleeding stopped, but the patient felt dizzy and had a slippery and fine pulse. After more than 2 months of treatment with Qi-invigorating and blood-nourishing, Yin-nourishing and kidney-tonifying prescriptions, the patient's menstruation became normal, the basal body temperature was measured to be biphasic, and the functional uterine bleeding was cured.