What to do about diarrhea during menstruation
Introduction: Many women often experience diarrhea during their period. What should be done in this situation? Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) points out that diarrhea during menstruation is often caused by a deficiency of qi and blood, which requires replenishing qi and blood. Below, TCM tells you what to do about diarrhea during your period.
TCM experts explain that diarrhea during menstruation is often due to a deficiency of qi and blood. When the menstrual period arrives, the limited qi and blood are redirected, leaving the stomach and intestines even more deficient in qi and blood. This leads to weakened function, and diarrhea is therefore not unexpected. Given a total amount of qi and blood, its use is a process of trade-offs; if one organ uses more, others must correspondingly conserve. Unless your qi and blood are abundant enough to ensure every organ has sufficient support for daily function, and even has a reserve to handle sudden or large expenditures—such as menstruation—this will occur.
Now that you understand the principle behind diarrhea during menstruation, how can it be treated? The treatment methods are actually very simple and use readily available materials: Soak your feet in warm water every night; eat more red dates and longans; drink brown sugar water; avoid cold drinks and control the intake of "cold" natured foods, eating seasonal vegetables and fruits; and go to bed early.
1. Soaking your feet promotes blood circulation and speeds up detoxification.
2. Red dates, longans, and brown sugar water are great helpers for replenishing qi and blood. Especially red dates, a favorite among women, can be steeped in tea, cooked into congee, or even eaten raw.
3. Avoiding cold drinks, controlling the intake of "cold" natured foods, and eating seasonal vegetables and fruits is to create a warm internal environment. Warmth is an extremely important factor for a woman, and the monthly menstrual period especially requires a warm environment; only when the body is warm can it function healthily.
4. Going to bed early gives the body enough time to produce blood and repair internal organs.
Editor's Note: This tendency to experience diarrhea during menstruation generally does not require medication. As long as one pays attention to daily lifestyle habits and follows the conditioning methods above, normal function can be restored.