🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Reduced menstruation refers to a significant decrease in menstrual volume despite generally normal menstrual cycles, with bleeding sometimes lasting only a few drops or ending within less than two days. This condition may result from deficiency or excess. Deficiency types include insufficient blood production leading to an empty blood sea, or weak blood consolidation resulting in inadequate replenishment. Excess types are due to internal stagnation of blood stasis or phlegm-dampness obstructing the meridians, causing poor blood circulation. The following are common folk remedies and secret prescriptions used clinically for reduced menstruation.
[Formula One]
9 grams of Angelica sinensis, 2 eggs, 50 grams of brown sugar. Boil Angelica to extract juice, then add eggs and cook until done, mix with brown sugar. Consume once after each menstruation ends.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation caused by blood deficiency in women.
[Formula Two]
90 grams of whole Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 60 grams of white peony root, 120 grams of fresh rehmannia, 30 grams of ginseng, 90 grams of stir-fried white atractylodes, 60 grams of poria, 45 grams of fried licorice, 240 grams of five-leaf aralia bark, 120 grams each of small dried red dates and walnut meat, 2000 milliliters of glutinous rice wine. Cut all herbs into thin slices, place in a silk bag, soak in wine, seal tightly, steam over water for about one hour, then bury in soil for five days, followed by standing still for eleven days. Filter before use. Warmly consume 1–2 small bowls each time, twice daily.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation due to blood deficiency.
[Formula Three]
80 grams of Chinese yam, 15 grams of purple celtuce bark, 20 jujubes. Boil in water to extract juice, take once daily, long-term use.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation due to blood deficiency.
[Formula Four]
100 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 50 grams of ginseng, 80 grams of Angelica sinensis, 20 jujubes, 100 grams of brown sugar. Boil the first three herbs three times, concentrate the decoction to 500 milliliters. Simmer jujubes over low heat until soft, extract juice and paste. Mix with the herb decoction, add sugar to form a膏 (paste). Dissolve in hot water, take 20 milliliters each time, three times daily.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation due to kidney deficiency.
[Formula Five]
1000 grams of lamb leg meat, 50 grams of wolfberry, appropriate seasonings. Blanch lamb in boiling water, rinse under cold water to remove blood foam, cut into pieces. Sauté lamb and ginger slices in heated oil, add cooking wine, stir-fry, then add wolfberry, clear soup (2000 milliliters), salt, scallions, bring to boil, skim off foam, simmer over low heat for 1–1.5 hours until lamb is tender. Remove scallions and ginger, add monosodium glutamate.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation caused by kidney deficiency.
[Formula Six]
30 grams each of Angelica sinensis and motherwort, 10 grams each of Ligusticum chuanxiong, peach kernel, licorice, moutan bark, 5 grams of prepared ginger, 50 milliliters of raw honey.
Boil the first seven herbs in 500 milliliters of water until reduced to 300 milliliters, filter, add raw honey to form a膏 (paste). Take 30 milliliters each time, three times daily.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation due to blood stasis.
[Formula Seven]
20 grams of achyranthes root, 250 grams of pig trotter. Clean the pig trotter, chop into pieces, combine with achyranthes root, add appropriate water to stew until cooked (adding 50 milliliters of rice wine is better), eat while hot.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation due to blood stasis obstruction.
[Formula Eight]
20 grams of cardamom, 3000 grams of fermented dough, 1100 grams of sugar, 1000 grams of lard, 20 grams of baking soda. Remove dust and husks from cardamom, wash and dry thoroughly, grind into powder. Mix sugar, cardamom powder, and baking soda into the fermented dough, knead repeatedly for several minutes, then knead again; shape into long cylindrical rolls, cut into 80 portions, arrange upright on a board, brush with lard to form lotus leaf shapes, steam over boiling water for 10 minutes.
This formula is suitable for reduced menstruation due to phlegm-dampness.
[Formula Nine]
30 grams each of desert willow branch, cotton root, 20 grams of eggplant root, 30 grams of lotus pod, 1 chicken. Stew all ingredients together, consume once daily for seven consecutive days.
This formula treats reduced menstruation.
[Formula Ten]
30 grams of small blood vine, 20 grams each of large blood vine, coin grass, and water caltrop. Decoct the first four herbs, take three times daily.
This formula treats reduced menstruation.
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