Some women go to the hospital to see gynecological diseases and are not sure whether to choose to see Chinese medicine or Western medicine, so here is an introduction to gynecological diseases suitable for Chinese medicine.
01
Functional uterine bleeding
It refers to abnormal vaginal bleeding in women, which is mostly caused by ovarian dysfunction, which is called "collapse and leakage" in traditional Chinese medicine, and is believed to be caused by insufficient kidney qi, blood heat, qi stagnation and blood stasis. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treats this disease by clearing heat and cooling the blood, stopping bleeding and replenishing blood, and the results are good.
02
Menopausal syndrome
During the period of 45~55 years old, due to hormone secretion disorders, some people will have inaccurate menstruation, changes in menstrual flow, hot flashes and night sweats, dizziness and palpitations, insomnia and irritability, anger at every turn, sweating and other symptoms, which is called "menopausal syndrome". Western medicine often has poor results, while traditional Chinese medicine uses the method of syndrome differentiation and treatment, which treats the symptoms when it is urgent and the root cause when it is slow, and often obtains satisfactory treatment results.
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Irregular menstruation
Irregular menstruation refers to the symptoms that exceed the normal range in a certain aspect such as menstrual cycle, blood volume, blood color, and menstrual quality, which is manifested as early menstruation, delayed menstruation, inaccurate menstruation, and excessive or too little menstruation. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of menstrual irregularities is mainly based on the changes of menstrual cycle and bleeding, combined with the color, texture and systemic symptoms of menstruation, from the four aspects of cold, heat, deficiency and solidity, which has obvious curative effects.
04
Recurrent miscarriage
If the pregnancy is less than 28 weeks, the fetus is born naturally without viability, and it is called "habitual miscarriage", which belongs to the category of "slippery fetus" in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by factors such as kidney qi deficiency and uncontrolled sexual intercourse. The treatment mostly adopts the method of tonifying the kidney and invigorating qi, and at the same time, it also requires pregnant women to absolutely avoid sexual life, do not lift heavy objects, etc., and the ideal treatment effect can often be obtained in clinical practice.
05
Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease
The main symptoms of patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease are dull pain in the lower abdomen, and there is a feeling of swelling and back pain, which is aggravated during menstruation, increased menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual period, or increased leucorrhoea, abnormal leucorrhoea, etc., and it is difficult for general anti-inflammatory analgesics to be effective. This disease belongs to the scope of "bringing down the disease" of traditional Chinese medicine, and can receive good results by using traditional Chinese medicine.
06
Uterine prolapse
This disease is more common in heavy manual workers and prolific middle-aged and elderly women, and is treated with external treatment methods such as taking traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and the effect is better.
07
dysmenorrhea
Women before and after menstruation, or during menstruation, lower abdomen and waist pain, often accompanied by paleness, cold sweat on the head and face, cold hands and feet, pannausea and vomiting, etc., and accompanied by the onset of menstrual cycle, called dysmenorrhea, also known as menstrual abdominal pain. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by liver depression and discomfort, qi stagnation and blood stasis, or cold condensation of meridians, qi and blood is not smooth, when it is treated with blood circulation and blood stasis, warm menstruation and pain relief, clinical observation has found that dysmenorrhea is mostly qi stagnation and blood stasis, and many traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese patent medicine with the effect of blood circulation and blood stasis have a good therapeutic effect on dysmenorrhea.
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Postpartum disease
For some postpartum diseases, such as postpartum hematopathy, postpartum lochia, postpartum abdominal pain, postpartum constipation, postpartum milk deficiency, postpartum milk spontaneous discharge, postpartum enuresis, etc., Western medicine mostly adopts symptomatic treatment, and the effect is not ideal. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "women use blood for their purposes", and postpartum diseases are mostly caused by qi and blood deficiency.
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