Patient's question:
I have been experiencing very little menstrual flow with dark color for a while. My period is short, and my hair is fine and soft, with some yellowing. I have been losing hair heavily. My hands and feet feel cold in winter, and in summer, I seem to feel hotter. The doctor at the hospital said it's due to blood deficiency and needs to be nourished.What kind of help do I need: How to regulate blood deficiency?
Doctor's answer:
When experiencing blood deficiency, the blood lacks nourishment and replenishment. This can be improved through dietary and medicinal regulation.Dietary Regulation:
In daily meals, consume more iron-rich and blood-nourishing foods such as pork liver, lean meat, black fungus, blood tofu, red dates, longan meat, lotus root, peanuts, spinach, as well as angelica sinensis, astragalus, and goji berries.
Medicinal Regulation:
You can take "Iron Essence," which is rich in iron and blood-nourishing collagen. It effectively replenishes blood, promotes blood circulation, and boosts qi, delivering excellent results in improving symptoms of blood deficiency.
Lifestyle Adjustment:
Go to bed early to ensure sufficient sleep and nourish liver blood. Individuals with blood deficiency should avoid overexertion and do things within their capacity to prevent depleting qi and blood.
Since the liver stores blood, when a person sleeps, blood returns to the liver, allowing the liver to be nourished. Therefore, even if people with this constitution have poor sleep, they should go to bed early to ensure adequate rest and avoid going to bed later than 11 p.m. to nourish liver blood.
Additionally, maintain a regular diet and sleep schedule, avoid staying up late or overexerting yourself, and keep a positive mindset, which will help improve blood deficiency and promote physical recovery.