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Chinese Herbs for Amenorrhea (No Periods)

What is Amenorrhea?

Amenorrhea is a menstrual cycle disorder characterized by the absence of any menstrual periods (no periods). Amenorrhea is a fairly common disorder, affecting between 2% and 5% of women in North America. It is normal for women who are pregnant or who are going through menopause. It can indicate health complications.

Most women get their periods every 28 days (plus seven days is a lengthened cycle and less by 7 days is a shortened cycle) or so. Of course, there will be some fluctuation in your monthly cycles, especially if you have just begun to menstruate. For instance, some women only get their periods every 35 days or so. Your period is caused by the release of a variety of hormones in your body, including estrogen and progesterone. A delicate balance of just the right levels of hormones are needed to start the domino effect that ends in your monthly menstrual period. Sometimes, women don’t have enough hormones to produce a period, and as a result, develops what we call amenorrhea.

Types of Amenorrhea
Amenorrhea is classified into two types: 

Primary Amenorrhea: When a girl hasn’t gotten her period by age 16 we call that “primary amenorrhea”. On average, most girls hit puberty around age 11 or 12. This is a result of the increase in hormones which stimulate her body in such a way that she will have a period. Girls with primary amenorrhea don’t have enough of these hormones in their bodies to produce a period. Primary amenorrhea is common among girls who are very thin or highly athletic, because they do not have enough fat to help produce sex hormones.

Secondary Amenorrhea: Women with secondary amenorrhea have had at least one normal period. Then, for some reason, their periods stopped. In order to have secondary amenorrhea, your periods must have stopped for at least three months. There is usually some kind of reproductive problem or hormonal complication.

Causes of Amenorrhea

Your menstrual cycle is actually quite responsive to environmental stressors. Little things like nutrition and stress even things some women do regularly such as flying can actually wreak havoc on your period. If you have amenorrhea, it is likely that something has caused your hormone levels to fall out of sync. As a result, your body is no longer experiencing a menstrual period.

Factors that can contribute to hormonal problems include: 
Improper nutrition 
strenuous exercise 
rapid weight loss or gain 
eating disorders, anorexia, or bulimia 
stress 
problems with your pituitary gland, hypothalamus, or ovaries Medical conditions such as anemia, tuberculosis, nephritis and heart disease can lead to amenorrhea.

Amenorrhea Symptoms

The most obvious sign of amenorrhea is the absence of your monthly period, but sometimes amenorrhea is also accompanied by other, less-obvious symptoms.

These include: 
change in sexual drive 
secretions from the breasts reduction in size of breasts 
deeper voice 
the appearance of facial hair
If you notice any of these symptoms of amenorrhea, it is important that you contact your health care provider for a check up.

Complications of Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea isn’t something you want to mess around with. If you have noticed that your periods have stopped it is important to find out why, so that you can try to restore them. Amenorrhea is often associated with infertility, and can cause long-term problems when it comes to conception. Women who have amenorrhea don’t always produce mature, healthy eggs for fertilization, making it difficult for them to become pregnant.

Amenorrhea can indicate reproductive health problems including but not limited to the following: 
polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), in which tiny cysts form over the ovaries 
uterine fibroids:  a condition where wart-like growths form inside or on the outside wall of the uterus 
hirsutism when the pituitary gland produces too much of one hormone.

Amenorrhea Treatment

Treatment varies depending upon the causes of the amenorrhea.

Western Allopathic Treatment :
Hormonal supplements, like the birth control pill or patch, or hormone replacement therapy. These supplements aid in regulating your hormones, helping to trigger regular menstrual periods. Dietary changes, including an increase in fat and calories in order to stimulate estrogen production. Counseling for eating disorders. Using stress reduction techniques to help regulate your period. Surgery to remove cysts or fibroids

Natural Chinese Herbal Formulas Address Amenorrhea based of the theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Etiology and Pathology of Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea thought to be a complex pattern in TCM. The patterns we might see in an individual woman can be divided into conditions of excess or conditions of deficiency. In deficiency cases the ‘essence’ and ‘blood’ are insufficient, the ‘Sea of Blood’ is empty and no blood can be discharged as menses. In “Excess” cases there are obstructions in the “channels”.

Deficiency Patterns include:
“Liver” and “Kidney” qi deficiencies
Qi and/or “Blood” deficiencies
Depletion of Yin
Dryness of “Blood”

Excess Patterns include:
Stagnation of Qi
Obstruction by “phlegm”
Dampness

There are many Chinese herbal formulas to address amenorrhea. When the condition is determined to be due to a deficiency the formula should serve to supplement and free the menstruation but if the condition is determined to be due to an excess the herbs should clear the excess to free the menstruation. When amenorrhea is the result of other illnesses, first we treat the primary illness or simultaneously we will address the primary illness and this secondary condition at the same time.

Common Chinese Herbal formulas to address Amenorrhea:

It is manditory that each woman has a proper diagnosis to determine the effective herbal formula.

Liver and Kidney Deficiency use “Kidney-Returning Pill” (gui shen wa) with modification
Yin and Blood Dryness use “Yin-Boosting Variant Tea” (jia jian yi yan jian) with modifications as needed.
Qi and Blood Deficiency use “Ginseng Consrtuction-Nourishing Decoction” (ren shen yang rong tang wan) with appropriate modification based on the symptoms of the woman.
Stagnation of Qi and Blood conditions can be addressed with “House of Blood Stasis-Expelling Decoction (xue fu zhu yu tang)
Or “Channel-Warming Decoction (Wen jing tang)