Menstruation Disorders – Dysmenorrhea – Kidney Yang Deficiency of Tonic Herbs in TCM Perspective

All women experience menstrual disorder sometimes during their child bearing years, before menopause. While Western medicine has never seen that irregular menstruation is a problem of women's reproductive systems, traditional Chinese medicine looks at this problem seriously, if untreated, it will disharmonize the women ecosystem, leading to nervous tension and other health problems, including infertility. Kidney yang deficiency is defined as a condition of the insufficiency of kidney in expelling extra fluid in the body in urinary secret through bladder, causing fluid retention. Chinese herbs used to treat kidney yang deficiency include:

1. Lu rong
Lu rong is also known as deer antler, deer antler velvet, it is a great herb that helps to reduce the blockage of the meridian liver and kidney. Since yang qi deficiency is also caused blood deficiency, improving the body yang by strengthening the liver's function in blood formation and kidney's function in fluid distribution, it reduces the yang deficiency in the body.

2. Du Zhong
It is also known ecommia bark, it is one the most used herb to enhance the function of meridian kidney-liver by promoting the qi and blood formation. Since the liver is a organ in charge of blood storing and blood formation and kidney is in charge of fluid regulation, it increases blood flow to the entire body and reduces fluid accumulated in the body, thus enhancing yang.

3. Ba Ji Tian
Ba ji tian is also known as Chinese morinda root, sweet and warm in nature. It is also one the herbs used to strengthen the liver and kidney qi and blood yang by enhancing the liver in blood formation and kidney in urinary secret, thus reducing the yang deficiency causes of abdominal distention, including cramps and pain during menstrual cycle.

4. Rou Chong Rong
Rou Chong Rong used in traditional Chinese medicine for reducing the blockage of kidney-large intestine meridian, theby increasing the kidney function in increasing blood circulation to warm the uterus, assisting urinary secret and digestive system in moving waste, resulting in lessening the fluid retention and dysmenorrhea.

5. Bu Gu Zhi
Bu gu zhi is also known as psoralea fruit and used in traditional Chinese medicine in treating blockage of meridian kidney-Spleen. It tonifies the yang qi by increasing the kidney function in assisting the function of lung qi and the function of spleen in qi distribution.