Patient's question:
Every time I have my period, there are many blood clots. Is this a disease? Follow-up question: Why does this symptom occur? Are there any simpler medications? For example, eating some foods that are commonly found in households.Doctor's answer:
Your condition, from a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective, should be classified as symptoms of qi deficiency and qi stagnation leading to blood stasis. In TCM theory, qi is considered yang and primarily plays a role in promoting the circulation of blood. Due to your qi deficiency, the blood cannot flow out of the body as it should under the push of qi, resulting in long-term blood stasis and the formation of blood clots within the body. The principle of regulating blood circulation and resolving stasis, along with promoting qi and unblocking meridians, has a positive effect. Chinese herbal medicines such as safflower, peach kernel, mint, dong quai, red sage root, and salvia miltiorrhiza can effectively alleviate your symptoms. For patent medicines, you can use Qixue He capsules, which are made entirely of Chinese herbal ingredients including safflower, peach kernel, ligusticum, salvia miltiorrhiza,angelica sinensis, bupleurum, cimicifuga, and auricularia. These herbs help regulate qi and blood, nourish the uterus, and restore ovarian function. At the same time, they avoid the side effects of Western medicine artificial cycles and the dependency caused by estrogen. They are particularly effective in regulating menstrual cycles for those with blood stasis and cold deficiency conditions, including menstrual irregularities with blood clots.