1) Drink of Brown Sugar and Tea
Ingredients: Moderate tea-leaves and brown sugar.
Process: Infuse a bowl of strong tea and remove the residue. Add the brown sugar until it is melted. Take it once a day. It is applicable for early menstruation with large quantity.
2) Selecting acupoints for moxibustion:
Danzhong, Guanyuanshu (BL 26), womb, Neiguan (PC6), and Yongquan (KI 1). The Zhiguanyuan and womb are for not less than 20 minutes. Neiguan and Yongquan, each for 10 minutes. It is applicable for irregular menstruation of blood asthenia type. Main symptoms: Delayed menstruation with scanty, light-colored and thin menses, dizziness, insomnia, pale complexion, lassitude, light-colored tongue and weak pulse.
3) Selecting acupoints for moxibustion:
Baliao, Guilai (ST29) and Sanyinjiao (SP6). Take ginger-isolated moxibustion or moxibustion with warmed needles: Moxibusted the lower abdomen with three-socket moxibustion box; Guilai and Baliao are moxibusted with three-socket moxibustion box; Sanyinjiao is moxibusted with one-socket moxibustion box. Guilai is not less than 10 minutes; Baliao is not less than 15 minutes and Sanyinjiao is for 10 minutes. It is applicable for irregular menstruation of kidney asthenia type. Main symptoms: Delayed menarche, delayed menstruation with scanty, dark and thin menses, aching and pain the loins and back, normal or light-colored tongue and deep pulse.
4) Selecting acupoints for moxibustion:
Guanyuan, Baliao, Sanyinjiao, Zusanli. Take ginger-isolated moxibustion or moxibustion with warmed needles: Moxibusted the lower abdomen with three-socket moxibustion box and place 3 or 2 moxa-rolls on to a higher fire. Guanyuan and Baliao are for 20 minutes, Zusanli and Sanyinjiao are for 10 minutes separately. It is applicable for irregular menstruation of blood-cold type. Main symptoms: Delayed menstruation with scanty and dark menses and with blood clot, lower abdominal cold pain that can be alleviated with warms, cold limbs, clear urine and loose stool, light-colored tongue with thin and whitish fur and deep and tense or deep-slow and weak pulse. It is better to warm meridians to disperse cold to regulate the menstruation.
5) Selecting acupoints for moxibustion:
Guanyuan, Mingmen, Jianjing, Taichong. Guanyuan, Mingmen are moxibusted with three-socket moxibustion box or take ginger-isolated moxibustion; Jianjing and Taichong are moxibusted with one -socket moxibustion box or moxa-roll. Guanyuan and Mingmen are for 20 minutes, Jianjing and Taichong are for 10 minutes separately. It is applicable for irregular menstruation of qi stagnation type. Main symptoms: Delayed menstruation with scanty menses and black clot, unsmooth menstruation, lower abdominal distension and pain, breast distension and hypochondriac pain, depression, normal or dark tongue and taut and unsmooth pulse. It is better to regulate qi and activate blood.
