How to treat postpartum amenorrhea

Ms. Liu had postpartum amenorrhea after giving birth to her first child at the age of 35, which has lasted for 1 year. Ms. Liu had irregular menstruation, pain in the lower abdomen, dizziness, irritability, less food intake, and gradually lost weight. In addition, Ms. Liu had a sallow complexion, dry skin, a tongue without coating, a red tongue with cinnabar spots in it. She was extremely worried after many treatments but none of them worked. Through a friend's introduction, Ms. Liu was transferred to a traditional Chinese medicine hospital for treatment.

Doctors believe that the absence of menstruation and abdominal pain after childbirth is caused by postpartum blood deficiency, uncleared lochia, and blood stasis, also known as dry blood tuberculosis. It should be treated by breaking blood and attacking blood stasis, nourishing blood and unblocking menstruation.

Prescription: 9g of dry lacquer, 6g of leech, 6g of safflower, 12g of rhubarb charcoal, 9g of common worm, 6g of two-headed sharp, 9g of peach kernel, 6g of horsefly, 6g of peony bark, 6g of white grub, 15g of whole angelica, 9g of red peony root, 9g of processed cyperus, 6g of licorice. Grind all the above medicines into fine powder, make into pills with water, take 6g every night, and drink with decoction of Su wood. After taking the medicine for 7 days, Ms. Liu's menstruation was smooth. But most of the blood clots were purple and black, and the hard lumps in the abdomen had not disappeared. Ms. Liu still felt mentally exhausted.

During the second visit, the doctor changed the treatment to nourishing blood, activating blood circulation, replenishing qi and clearing heat.

Prescription: American ginseng (decoction separately, mixed and taken) 9g, peony bark 6g, stir-fried gardenia 6g, licorice 6g, safflower 4.5g, chuanxiong 4.5g, whole angelica 7.5g, processed cyperus rotundus 6g, raw rehmannia glutinosa 9g, white peony root 9g, Sichuan turmeric 6g. Ms. Liu took 5 doses of the medicine, and most of the previous symptoms disappeared, but she felt thirsty and her face was sometimes red.

During the third visit, the doctor changed the treatment to pig kidney soup. After about 20 days of treatment, Ms. Liu felt that her menstrual blood flow was smooth and all the discomforts disappeared. After that, Ms. Liu took about 1 jin of Bazhen Yimu Gao according to the doctor's advice, and her menstruation returned to normal.