Patient's question:
I just visited a traditional Chinese medicine doctor today, who said I have uterine cold and prescribed me some herbal medicine, which I can't understand what they all are. Are the herbs for treating uterine cold always warm in nature? I already have hemorrhoids, so will it worsen them? Urgent!!What kind of help do I need:
What is the principle of the herbal medicine for treating uterine cold? Is it warm in nature? Will it worsen hemorrhoids?
Doctor's answer:
Gynecological cold is caused by insufficient kidney yang, leading to a lack of warmth in the uterus, which can result in infertility, menstrual disorders, and other issues. Treating gynecological cold requires the use of warm and heating herbs. Medicines that warm the kidneys and invigorate yang, such as Epimedium, Psoralea corylifolia, Cuscuta chinensis, Cervid antler glue, and Eucommia ulmoides, are used to strengthen yang, while Chuanxiong, Carthamus tinctorius, and Cyperus rotundus are used to invigorate blood and regulate menstruation. Hemorrhoids are generally related to damp-heat or qi stagnation. If hemorrhoids are caused by internal damp-heat, they may lead to blood stasis, qi stagnation, and qi deficiency, but the interference is not significant.