Mulberry and safflower wine for the treatment of amenorrhea due to blood deficiency

Amenorrhea refers to a woman who is over 18 years old and still has no menstruation, or her menstruation comes as scheduled but stops for more than 3 months. The causes of amenorrhea are generally kidney deficiency, blood deficiency, liver depression and qi stagnation, cold blood stasis and phlegm dampness .

Amenorrhea is mostly caused by blood deficiency and kidney deficiency

Zhang Jingyue of the Ming Dynasty divided the causes of amenorrhea into two categories, one is blood deficiency amenorrhea, and the other is blood stagnation amenorrhea. Blood deficiency amenorrhea refers to the situation that due to kidney deficiency or blood deficiency, the blood sea cannot overflow on time and becomes empty, resulting in no blood to flow down and amenorrhea. This is like a river irrigating trees. If the river dries up and the water source is exhausted, the trees downstream will wither due to lack of water. Blood stagnation amenorrhea means that the blood in the body is originally sufficient, but it is blocked by some external factors, such as obesity, phlegm and dampness, feeling cold or feeling bad, causing liver depression and qi stagnation, etc., resulting in blood circulation obstruction and inability to flow down to supply menstruation. This is equivalent to building a dam in the river channel, causing the river channel to be blocked, the water cannot flow downward normally, and the trees downstream cannot be nourished.

From clinical experience, amenorrhea due to blood deficiency is quite common. Because women are nourished by blood, women and blood have a natural bond. Our ancestors warned us two thousand years ago: "Women are based on blood." A ruddy complexion, beautiful skin, and shiny hair all rely on the moistening of blood. However, women are more prone to blood loss. The different physiological processes that accompany women throughout their lives, such as menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, are multiple projects that consume a lot of blood. Just giving birth to a child will cause a large loss of blood, so it is not surprising that women suffer from blood deficiency and blood deficiency.

Mulberry and safflower soup nourishes blood and regulates menstruation

How to nourish blood to regulate amenorrhea caused by blood deficiency? Ejiao, peanuts, longan, black rice and other blood-replenishing foods are naturally indispensable and should be eaten more. You can also take mulberry and safflower soup on weekdays. Prepare 25 grams of mulberry, 5 grams of safflower, 20 grams of Millettia reticulata, and an appropriate amount of rice wine. First, add Millettia reticulata and safflower to 2 bowls of water to boil the juice. When there is only 1 bowl of water left in the pot, discard the dregs and keep the juice for later use. After cleaning the mulberries, put them in the pot, add an appropriate amount of water and start boiling. When the mulberries are cooked, pour in the juice and rice wine, stir, and boil for another five minutes, then you can take it out of the pot. Take it warm every morning and evening.

Safflower has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation and nourishing blood. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that "all menstrual obstruction can only be regulated by safflower." The effect of safflower in treating amenorrhea is very outstanding, which goes without saying.

The name of the plant comes from its stem. If its stem is cut, light brown-red juice will immediately seep out from the cut surface. After a while, the light brown-red gradually turns into bright red and flows slowly. This bright red juice looks very similar to chicken blood, so people call it chicken blood vine.

It is also a medicine for promoting blood circulation and nourishing blood, and is mostly used for blood deficiency amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, anemia, rheumatic pain, numbness of tendons and bones, etc. If Millettia reticulata is boiled into a paste, it is Millettia reticulata paste, which has a better blood-tonifying effect.

As early as in ancient times, mulberries were already a royal tonic for emperors. The "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" records that mulberries can "benefit the kidneys and consolidate the essence, and long-term consumption can make hair black and eyes bright." The "Sui Xi Ju Diet" also says that "mulberries can improve hearing, improve eyesight, soothe the soul, and calm the spirit." Black is good for the kidneys, and mulberries are purple and black in color, which is beneficial to the kidneys. Tonifying the kidneys is an indispensable procedure for treating blood deficiency and amenorrhea. Mulberries are also a fruit that nourishes the kidneys, which can be said to be the right medicine for the disease.

For women, eating mulberries regularly can beautify and nourish the skin, and delay aging. The ancients already knew how to make wine from mulberries to nourish the liver and kidneys, treat premature graying of hair, amenorrhea and irregular menstruation. However, mulberries are cold in nature, so people with weak spleen and stomach and loose stools should not eat them.

"If menstruation is not regulated, pregnancy will not occur." Long-term amenorrhea can easily lead to female infertility, so there is also a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "menstruation regulation seeds". If amenorrhea occurs, you must not be careless and should treat it in time.