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Female Health Problems

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, female health problems are divided into four subcategories:

1. Menstruation

2. Leukorrhea

3. Pregnancy

4. Labour and Confinement

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Menstruation

Bleeding from the uterus, through shedding of the endometrium of the uterus, starting from a specific age (adolescent period), with regulated and periodic in nature.

Normal menstruation include normal cycle, normal menstrual cycle, normal menstrual bleed, normal menstrual blood colour, and normal menstrual quality.

Pregnancy

Normal physiological manifestation during pregnancy include:

amenorrhea, changes in pulse (slippery and forceful), morning sickness, enlargement of the uterus, enlargement of the breast, bulging of the lower abdoment.

Full term pregnancy is of 40 gestational weeks, or 280 days.

Best age for pregnancy is between 21-29 years old.

Leukorrhea

Physiological discharge, which is sticky but not thick, from the vagina of a healthy woman, to lubricate. It should be without colour and odour.

Discharge increases during period between menstruation, pre-menstrual period, and during pregnancy, due to increased hormone in the body.

Labour and Confinement

Pre-labour symptoms include: decend of the fetus, slight pain or tiredness of the waist and abdomen, heaviness of the lower abdomen, sensation to defecate, periodic contraction of the uterus.

During confinement/postpartum, the body condition is of deficiency/weak, and with blood stasis/reduced blood circulation.

Lactation is an important concern after delivering of baby. To promote breastmilk production, initial stimulation should be as early as possible after delivery, and Qi-Blood-Essence of the mother is very important for production of breastmilk.