Promote Menstruation

TCM Classification

Liver Qi Stagnation

1. irregular periods;
2. painful periods
3. early or late and scanty with blood clots
with abdominal pain, breast tenderness, PMS, irritability, hyper-emotional, bitter taste, dry throat.

Spleen Qi Deficiency
1. early or scanty period; or
2. heavy period that is pale and watery period; or
3. continual spotting
with pale and dilute menstrual blood, shortness of breath, loose stools, epigastric distension, tiredness, palpitation, short of breath.

Blood Heat
heavy period with bright or dark red dense blood, restlessness, a feeling of heat, thirst, dark urine, headaches, insomnia, fast pulse, red tongue

Blood Deficiency
1. Amenorrhea; or
2. late and scanty period,
+pale menstrual blood, dull pale complexion, blurred vision, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia.

Blood Stasis
1. Amenorrhea; or
2. Dysmenorrhea (Painful Period)
3. Heavy period, or
4. Prolonged Bleeding, or
5. Spotting between periods; or
with dark colored blood, irritable, pain worse with pressure, pain relieved after menstruation

Heart and Spleen Deficiency
1. Amenorrhea
+palpitations, depression, anxiety, insomnia, pale complexion, tiredness, loose stools, poor appetite.

Kidney Yin Deficiency
1. irregular period, or
2. scanty periods, or
3. prolonged bleeding, or
4. spotting between periods
5. Amenorrhea
+dizziness, blurred vision, night sweats, dry mouth, feeling of heat in the evening.

Yang Deficiency
1. Amenorrhea; or
2. late period, or
3. irregular periods; or
4. Spotting between periods
with scanty pale blood, lower back and abdominal pain before period, pain relieved by warmth, feels the cold, nocturia, dizziness.