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1
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Early Menstruation

A

7-9+ days early for more than 2 consecutive months.

Flow deep red, thick heavy
(Heat in blood)

Flow pale thin, heavy
(Qi deficiency)

2
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Flow Deep Red, Thick, Heavy

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Heat in Blood.
Heat = red
Thick = blood dried up by heat
Heat = move blood faster / come early

3
Q

Flow Pale, Thin Heavy

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Qi deficiency

Qi not holding blood.
Sp Qi not holding blood, or Yang Def.

4
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Delayed Menstruation

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7-9+ days late for more than 2 consecutive months.

Flow pale, thin, scant
(Blood deficiency)

Flow purple-dark, clots, scant
(Cold congealing blood)

Flow deep red, clots, scant
(Blood stasis)

5
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Flow pale, thin, scant

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Blood deficiency

6
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Flow purple-dark, clots, scant

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Cold congealing blood

Cold = pain. Better with heat

7
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Flow Deep, red, clots (scant)

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Blood Stasis

Pain

Scant or Heavy ( if the obstruction is released)

IUD/SURGERY/PHLEGM DAMP - CAUSE STAGNATION

8
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Irregular Menstruation

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7-9+ days early or late

Flow: purple-red clots, scant; mastalgia
(Liver Qi constraint/stagnation)

Flow: pale-red, thin uncertain amount
(Spleen and Kidney deficiency)

9
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Flow Purple-Red, clots, scant; mastalgia (breast pain)

A

Liver Qi stagnation

emotional component or irregular lifestyle
The liver channel goes to the chest - cause mastalgia
Liver stagnation makes blood stagnate. Can lead to blood stagnation (Deep red, clots, (scant or (heavy))

10
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Flow Pale-red, thin (watery), uncertain amount

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Spleen and Kidney deficiency

  • disorder of Chong and Ren
  • Spleen XU: early and heavy
  • Kidney and Blood Xu: late and scant
11
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Kidney and Blood Xu

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Menstruation late and scant

Pale - red, thin (watery), uncertain amount

12
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Spleen Xu

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Menstruation early and heavy

Pale - red, thin (watery), uncertain amount

13
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Mastalgia

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The liver channel goes to the chest

14
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Dysmenorrhea

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Painful periods

15
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Dysmenorrhea before menstruation

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EXCESS

  • Qi stagnation
  • Blood stagnation
16
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Dysmenorrhea after menstruation

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DEFICIENCY

  • Qi
  • Blood
  • Kidney

(usually mild, hollow, achy)

17
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Amenorrhea

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Menstrual Block

  • Blood stasis
  • Liver Qi “depression”/ “binding”/stagnation
  • Deficiency
  • Overwork
18
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Amenorrhea: Blood stasis

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Blood not moving can’t get to the uterus

19
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Amenorrhea: Liver Qi Stagnation

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Liver stores and regulates blood (the basis for menstruation). The liver regulates free coursing. If there is Liver/blood deficiency - stagnation and pain.

20
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Amenorrhea: Overwork

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All Qi and Blood going to activity, none left for reproduction

21
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Leukorrhea (Discharge)

Profuse, thin, white discharge with no odor

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Cold Damp

Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency with downward flow of cold-damp.

22
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Leukorrhea

Profuse, thick, yellow, discharge with odor

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Damp Heat

Downward flow of damp-heat due to long-term stasis of damp transforming into damp heat.

STI’S

23
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Leukorrhea

Clear, no odor, not profuse

Discharge or nocturnal emission

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KID QI DEF

Qi holds essence. If deficient leak out.