Menstrual Cycle: Symptoms,Causes and Treatments of Spleen Qi Deficiency Cause of Prolonged Yin Phase of Menstrual Cycle

Spleen is an organ responsible for foods absorption and transformation food essence and qi to the body organs, deficiency of spleen qi causes not enough energy being transport to kidney, leading to kidney qi deficiency that disturbs the normal process of kidney in regulating each step of menstrual cycle, including phase I.

I. Symptoms
1. Shallow breathing
It is caused by the inability of spleen in controlling the upright qi and assisting the function of kidney in moving qi upward.

2. Headache
Since spleen in the house of thought, deficiency of spleen causes nervous tension, leading to prolonged headache.

3. Dizziness and fatigue
Spleen is important for nourishing the formation of blood of the liver, deficiency of spleen causes abnormal function of liver function, leading to not enough blood in circulating in the blood vessel, resulting in dizziness, fatigue and tiredness.

4. Bloating, gas and abdominal discomfort
Since spleen controls the transformation and distribution of qi and absorption of food essence, deficiency of spleen causes indigestion, leading to bloating, gas and dampness accumulation in the abnormal region, resulting in admen discomfort.

II. Causes
1. Cool Food diet
Prolonged period of eating raw, cool and may cold food hinders the spleen function in transformation and distribution of spleen function, leading to spleen qi deficiency.
2. Eating habits
People who eat little protein, irregular eating or excessive eat can also cause spleen deficiency.
3. Occupation
Women who works in the damp condition can also cause dampness accumulation leading to spleen deficiency.
4. Stress and worrisomeness
Since spleen control the mind and though, prolonged period of stress and worrisomeness can cause spleen qi deficiency.
5. Stomach disorder
If the stomach is unable to digest food properly, it will affect the spleen function in food essence transformation and distribution as a result of spleen qi deficiency.
III. Treatments
1. Herbs
a) Codonopsis (Dangshen)
It is one of the most used herb that reinforces the spleen, nourishes blood.

b) Ginseng (Renshen)
Ginseng is a very powerful qi tonic herb and used to tonify original Qi and extreme qi deficiency.

c) Astragalus (Huangqi)
it has been used in traditional Chinese medicine in tonifying spleen and lung qi and raising spleen and stomach qi.

d) Jujube Dates (Dazao)
It is a good herb for tonifying spleen qi and short of breath and nourishing blood.2. Acupuncture
Acupuncture suggested points
CV12 (zhongwan), ST36 (Zusanlin) ,SP6 (Sanyinjao), SP3 (Taibai), UB20 (Pishu),UB21 (Weishu), CV6 (Qihai)

3. Foods
a) Pumpkin
b) Carrot
c) Lamb
d) Ginger tea
e) Brown rice
f) Avoid intake of raw, cool, cold foods and foods with artificial ingredients.
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