Menstrual Cycle: Treatments of Liver Qi Stagnation Causes in Ovulation Phase of Menstrual Cycle

Many women are experience menstrual cramps and pain either on the left or the right of the abdomen, it is due to liver qi or blood stagnation disturbing the development of follicles in the ovaries. 

The cramps and pain can be reduced or avoid by adjusting the daily diet, life style or with the help of Chinese herbs.

I. Symptoms of liver qi stagnation
1. Pain or discomfort anywhere along the sides of the body, including abdomen cramps and pain
2. Depression
3. Nervous tension Including mood swings, emotional and physical stress and frustration
4. Hiccups
5. Unreasonable anger
6. Difficulty swallowing
7. Premenstrual syndrome
8. Swollen breasts
9. Irregular period
10. Painful periods
11. Etc.

II. Causes
1. Spleen qi deficiency
Spleen is important in distributing and formating food qi and essence to the body. If for what ever reason, it can not perform its function due to intake of oilly and greasy or cold and raw foods or injure, its qi will disturb. For example, intake of oilly and greasy foods cause uncontrollable spleen qi and raw and cold foods cause weakened spleen qi.

2. Lung qi deficiency
Lung is vital in distributing qi to the entire body. As it receives the qi from spleen combining with the qi from the air, it nourishes the body and skin. If the lung qi is weaken, it can not perform its function and affect the function of liver in moving qi through its channels.

3. Sluggish liver
Liver can be damaged caused by prolonged drinking alcohol or toxin accumulated in the body or the inability of spleen and lung qi distribution. If for what ever reason, liver can not move the qi through its channel that affects the ovaries in responding to follicle production, leading to ovulation phase abdomen cramps and pain.

4. Stomach deficiency
If stomach is malfunction caused by intake of hot, spicy, cold and raw food, it can reduce its function in producing food qi and essence for the spleen. leading to domino effects.

III. Treatment
1. With Chinese herbs
a) Chai Hu (Buplerum)
The cool herb has been used in traditional Chinese medicine in treating menstrual disorder ( including cramps and pain), chest pain and bloating caused by liver qi stagnation and spleen and stomach deficiency.

b) Bai shao (White peony root)
Bai shao has been used in nourishing blood, regulating menses due to blood deficiency caused by liver qi deficiency and alleviating pain.

c) Zhi ke (Bitter Orange Peel)
It is one of best herb used to move qi and reduce distention with deficiency by nourishing kidney and spleen.

d) Chuan qiong (Lovage root )
This herb is special good in invigorating blood, promoting qi flow, treating irregular period and painful period by tonifying liver, gallbladder.

e) Xiang fu (Nut grass )
Xiang fu is one of the herbs used to sooth and regulate qi, especially for liver qi deficiency, reduce abdmen cramps and pain caused irregular menses.

2. With acupuncture
Suggested acpouncture points
a) BL18 (Ganshu)
b) CV12 (Zhonguan)
c) CV17 (Shan zhong)
d) LR3 (Taichong)
e) SP4 (Gongsun)
f) ST36 (Zusanli)
g) LI4 (Hegu)
h) Etc.

3 With Diet
a) Chicken
b)Tofu
c) Squash
4) Red and black date
5) Sweet potato
6) Garlic
7) Ginger
8. Etc.
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Menstrual Cycle: Treatments of Kidney Yang Deficiency Cause of Low BBT in Yin Phase of Menstrual Cycle

Since the balance of kidney yin and kidney yang is important in maintaining the kidney function in qi and fluid distribution, if it' function is disrupted, pathological changes take place and illness occurs. Kidney yang deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine, is defined as condition of deficiency of vital yang energy due to intake of cool and cold or/ and working in cold environment for a prolonged period of time.

The yin phrase is dominated by yin with subordinated yang, deficiency of yang may increase the risk of fluid accumulation and lower body temperature thus decreasing BBT temperature in this phase.

I. Symptoms
1. Cold limbs
2. Pale tongue with white coating, pallor, soreness and
3. Weakness
4. Tiredness
5. Dizziness
6. Impotence,
7. Infertility
8. Prolonged yin phase or a
9. Low BBT temperatures
10. Etc.

II. Causes
1. Colding effect
Working in a cold environment or/ and eating cool and cold foods for a prolonged period of time will cause depletion of yang qi in the body as a result of yang qi constantly needed to counter the effect of cold in or/and outside the body, leading to kidney yang deficiency.
2. Life style
Some people does not like to dress warm in the cold weather, exposed themselves in the cold winter will cause the depletion of yang in the body.
3. Excessive exercise
Exercise is yang in nature, moderate exercise helps to increase blood flow and distribute yang to the entire body, but rigid exercise causes over consumption of yang qi, leading to kidney yang deficiency.
4. Frequently sexual activity
Kidney Jing is vital for controlling the function of kidney in qi distribution. Since women are considered as yin in nature and sexual activity is the opposite. Frequently sexual activity drains the kidney jing and the yang in the body, leading to kidney jing and yang deficiency and the fall of BBT temperature.
5. Aging
Aging is a biological process that we can not stop. Although women is considered as dominate with yang subordinate, aging can cause depletion of yang qi slowly.

III. Treatments
1. Herbs
a) Lu rong (Deer Antler)
Lu rong works well in the liver and kidney channel by tonifying kidney and strengthening yang.

b) Du Zhong (eucommia bark)
Du Zhong is also a liver and kidney channel tonic herb, it helps to tonify liver and kidney, promote smooth flow of kidney qi and blood circulation to the entire body and reduce fluid accumulated in the body, thus enhancing yang.

c) Ba Ji Tian (Morinda Root)
It has been used to tonify kidney, strengthen yang, promote urinary secretion and expel cold.

d) Rou Chong Rong (Broomrape stem)
Rou Chong Rong used in traditional Chinese medicine for strengthen kidney yang by reducing the blockage of kidney-large intestine meridian, thus decreasing the risk of constipation caused by kidney yang deficiency.

2. Acupuncture
Suggested acupuncture points
GV4 (Mingmen), CV4 (Guanyang), CV6 (Qihai), KD3 (Taixi), KD7 (Fuliu) and UB 52(shizhi)

3. Foods
1. Leek
2. Onion
3. Nuts and seeds
4. Lobster
5. Chicken and lamb
6. Warm and hot foods
7. Etc.
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Menstrual Cycle: Treatments of Excessive Heat Cause of High BBT in Yin Phase of Menstrual Cycle

Excessive heat in traditional Chinese medicine, is defined as condition of kidney yin deficiency causes of the rise of liver heat due to insufficiency of moister distribution or/and excessive yang or not enough yin in the body caused by spleen's inability in absorbing food qi from the stomach or/and intake of hot and spicy.
Since the yin phrase is dominated by yin with subordinated yang, not enough fluid in the body can cause the rise of liver heat, thus increasing BBT temperature in this phase

I. Symptoms
1. Tongue is purple with redder tip with crack
2. Hot flashes and night sweats
3. Insomnia,
4. Sharp pain in the liver area
5. Scanty dark urine
II. Causes
1. Kidney yin deficiency
Kidney yin deficiency is normally caused spleen qi deficiency due to prolong period of eating of spicy and hot foods, working in hot environment, leading to yin deficiency and dryness in the body that afflict the BBT temperature.

2. Intake of oily and greasy foods
Oily and greasy foods are yang in nature, prolonged period intake of these kinds of food cause the excessive yang that distorts the kidney function in fluid distribution, leading to the raising of BBT temperature in the yin phase.

3. Liver qi Stagnation
Liver qi stagnation is caused deficiency of spleen in transporting the qi essence to the lung and liver.

4. Liver blood deficiency
Liver blood stagnation is normally caused by liver qi stagnation, leading to increasing of heat as qi has to push harder to move blood in the blood vessels.

III. Treatments
1. Herbs
a) Gastrodia Root (Tian ma)
The neutral herbs has been used for liver channel in liver calming liver and clearing liver heat.
b) Gambir Vine Stem (Gouteng)
It works well for symptoms of liver heat, ascends yang, headache, irritable, red eyes and dizziness.
c) Abolone Shell (Shijueming)
The cold herb has been used to drains liver fire, ascending yang – headache, dizziness, red eyes caused by liver heat and kidney yin deficiency.
d) Jasmine (Zhizi)
The cold herb is good in clearing heat, treating irritable, restlessness and insomnia.
e) Baikal Scullcap (Huangqin)
it has been used to clear liver yang rising, liver heat, treat headache, irritability, red eyes.

2. Acupuncture
Suggested acupuncture points
BL13 (Feishu), GB34 (Yanlingquan), LI2 (Erjian) LI3(Sanjian), LV2 (Xinjiang), LV3 (taichong), and LU5 (Chize)

3. Foods
a) Tofu
b) Pearl Barley
c) Papaya
d) Cucumber
e) Banana
f) Etc.
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Menstrual Cycle: Treatments of Kidney Yin Deficiency Cause of High BBT of Yin Phase of Menstrual Cycle

Kidney yin deficiency, in traditional Chinese medicine, is defined as condition in which the function of kidney no longer performs its function of distribution of qi and fluid to moister the body properly due to excessive yang or not enough yin in the body caused by spleen's inability in absorbing food qi and essence from the stomach or intake of hot and spicy food.
Since the yin phase is dominated by yin with subordinated yang, kidney yin deficiency can cause the rise of heat in this phase.

II. Symptoms
1. Constipation
It is caused by the inability of kidney in distributing fluid to the large intestine.

2. Dry mouth, skin and eyes
It is caused by blood heat moving upward due to liver qi stagnation that affects its function in distribution blood to the blood vessels.

3. Dark, scanty urination and urinary sensation
They are caused by not enough fluid in the body, leaving little for urinary secretion.

4. Hot flush
It can easily be explained by the convention medicine as a result of lack of estrogen.

5. Dizziness
Since kidney is main organ in charge of the production of bone marrow, deficiency of yin disturbs the process, leading to dizziness.

6. Hot palms and soles
Since kidney distributes fluid to the extremities in the body, excessive yang causes hot palms and sole.

7. Reddish tongue with little or no coating
All symptoms of above, generally lead to high BBT in the body during the yin phrase of the body.

III. Causes
1. Intake of hot and spicy food
As we mentioned many time in this series, hot and spicy foods are yang and hot in nature, prolonged period intake of these types of food increase the body's dryness that depress the function in absorbing the yin from the food sources.

2. Occupation
Women who wok in the warm or hot environment for a prolonged period of time will see the increasing body temperature due to the body yin needs constantly to flight off the hot temperature.

3. Spleen qi deficiency
There is always a chance that the inability of spleen in food qi distribution causes of kidney yin deficiency.

4. Aging
Since women is considered as yin in nature, aging causes slowly depletion of kidney essence and kidney yin in the body, according to TCM.

5. Over exercising
Since exercise is yang consumed activity, over exercising causes depletion of the yang in the body

IV. Treatments
1. Herbs
a) Amur Cork Tree Bark (Huang bai)
The cold herb has been used to drain damp heat and kidney fire for releasing night sweat, afternoon fever and relieving toxicity.

b) Red peony (Chi sao)
The cool herbs has been used to clears heat, cool blood and blotchy skin.

c) Gypsum (Shi gao)
The cold herb has been used to clear heat, drain fire,high fever with no chill and excessive thirst.

d) Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhi mu)
The cold herb has been used to nourish yin, moisten dryness and treat night sweat, steaming caused by kidney heat patterns.

e) Reed root (Lu gen)
the cold herb has been used to clear heat, generate fluids, prevent the re occurrence of high fever and treat irritability and thirst.

2. Acupuncture
SP10 (Xuehai), LI11 (quchi), UB17 (Geshu)

3. Foods
1. Black bean
2. Kidney bean
3. Blueberries
4. Blackberries
5. Flax
6. Pumpkins
7. Sunflower
8. Sea food
9. Etc.
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Menstrual Cycle: Treatments of Excess - Heat Cause of Shortened Yin Phase of Menstrual Cycle

Excessive heat in the yin phrase is defined as a condition in which the body temperature of the women is higher than normal. It can be caused either by deficiency of yin or excessive yang in the body, leading to shortened yin phase.

I. Symptoms of excess heat pattern
1. Lower abdomen pain
Lower abdominal pain may be caused by liver function in blood formation and spleen in transporting the blood to the abnormal region, since heat accumulated in the lower abdominal region, it causes abnormal function of spleen, leading to blood stagnation in the abdomen cramps and pain.

2. Red tongue
Since kidney is responsible in regulating the fluid metabolism, eating hot and spicy food may cause kidney yin deficiency, leading to distorting the kidney function in moistening and lowering the fluids levels in the body, resulting in red tongue.

3. Dark urine
Since spleen is important in transporting fluid in the body, heat causes abnormal function of spleen, thus decreasing the function of kidney in urinary secretion, leading to dark urine.

4. Etc.


II. Causes
1. Intake of spicy foods
Intake of spicy and hot foods may increase the body temperature that depletes the internal yin and causes liver's heat to rise and affects the normal function of nervous system in information transmitting between themselves and gland, leading stress, anxiety and emotional and physical stress.

2. Kidney yin deficiency
Kidney yin deficiency causes abnormal function of kidney in regulating the fluids the body tissues, leading to abnormal water retention in the body.

3. Infection or inflammation
Infection or inflammation caused by invasion of bacteria and virus due to weakening immune system in guarding our body from foreign substances, causing heat pattern in the body that affects the kidney yin, leading to its inability to support the normal function of uterus, thus increasing the risk of uterus contraction.

4. Spleen qi deficiency
If spleen qi is deficiency, it causes the inability of kidney function in fluid distribution, leading to generating of heat.

5. Etc.

III. Treatments
1. Herb
a) Chinese angelica roots (Dong qui)
It is one of most effective blood tonic herb. Whenever there are qi deficiency, it also causes blood deficiency.

b) Gypsum (Shigao)
It is one of the good herb used in clearing heat, draining fire and excessive thirst.

c) Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu)
clear heat, drain fire – high fever in lung and stomach, irritability, thirst -nourish yin, moisten Anemarrhena Rhizome has been used in TCM to clear heat, drain fire and dryness for liver and kidney due to yin deficiency.

d) Trichosanthes root (Tianhuafen)
Trichosanthes root has the ability to drain lung heat, moisten lung dryness and drains heat by generating fluids.

e) Reed root (Lugen)
Reed root is also used to clear heat, generate fluids and treat high fever, irritability and thirst.

f) Etc.

2. Acupuncture
Suggested acupuncture points
a) SP10 (Xue hai)
b) LI11 (Qu chi)
c) UB17 (Ge shu)
d) Etc.

3. Foods
a) Cucumber
b) Apple
c) Barley
d) Chicken egg white
e) Avoid intake of hot and spy foods
f) Etc.

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