Patient's question:
What are the methods to solve endometriosis? It has been troubling me for a long time, and I feel very uncomfortable. I am looking for a solution.Doctor's answer:
Endometriosis falls under the category of "dysmenorrhea" and "symptoms before and after menstruation" in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Modern medicine believes that endometriosis is caused by the ectopic endometrium, under the influence of female hormones in a cyclical manner, undergoing fibrosis—excretion—peeling off. Since the blood has no direct path to exit, it accumulates in a certain area, damaging the local tissues. The blood shed from the peeling endometrium is what TCM refers to as "blood deviating from its proper path." When this deviated blood accumulates, it becomes "stagnant blood." Once this pathological product is formed, it further contributes to the factors of blood stagnation. Therefore, "stagnation" is the key to the symptoms and signs of endometriosis, and promoting blood circulation to resolve stagnation is the fundamental principle for treating this condition.