LOCHIORRHEA, LOCHIORRHAGIA

Clinical Manifestations
  • Lochiorrhea or lochiorrhagia is an abnormally profuse discharge of lochia which lasts more than twenty days.
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
  • Chinese Patent Medicine:
    Yun Nan Bai Yao
    An Gong Zhi Xue Ke Li
Points
  • Ear: select from: Uterus, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Endocrine, Kidney, Spleen, Liver
Clinical Manifestations
  • Continuous pale, watery lochia
  • No foul odor
  • Persists for more than twenty days after childbirth
  • A sensation of sinking or prolapse in the abdomen
  • Fatigue
  • Exhaustion
  • Facial pallor
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Moderate and weak
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abundant red, thick, foul-smelling lochia
  • Persists for more than twenty days after childbirth
  • Hot flashes
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Nourish Yin
  • Stop bleeding
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Continuous irregular flow of lochia containing purple coots
  • Persists for more than twenty days after childbirth
  • Lower abdominal pain not improved by pressure
  • T: Dark red with purple spots on the edges
  • C: White
  • P: Wiry and choppy or Deep and full
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Transform Stasis
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Continuous, slightly yellow lochia
  • Persists for more than twenty days after childbirth
  • A pale or sallow complexion
  • Fatigue
  • Weakness
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Palpitations
  • Chest stuffiness
  • Tinnitus
  • T: Pink
  • C: Scant
  • P: Weak, thready and hollow
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Chong and Ren channels
  • Strengthen astringency
Herb Formulas
Points