Patient's question:
I have an itchy lower body, and my underwear is always yellow. What's going on? How should I treat irregular menstruation caused by endocrine disorders?Doctor's answer:
Irregular menstruation is considered by Western medicine to be caused by endocrine disorders. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it can be categorized into deficiency and excess patterns. The majority of irregular menstruation is caused by deficiency patterns, which manifest as irregular periods, blood clots, light flow, cold hands and feet, pale and excessive flow, hot flashes and sweating, etc. These are all typical symptoms of disharmony between qi and blood, and cold stagnation. In daily life, they often present as sallow or pale complexion, fear of cold during periods, cold limbs, preference for warmth and pressure, poor digestion, and irregular cycles, etc.