Dry blood consumption disease

　　It is mostly caused by five kinds of fatigue, long-term consumption of fire, dry blood inside the body, blood stasis and obstruction, making it difficult for new blood to be born, and the body's fluid and blood cannot be nourished externally, leading to these symptoms. Due to the destruction of the endometrium by tuberculosis lesions, short scars may occur in the uterine cavity, even causing deformation and shrinkage of the uterine cavity, the whole uterus becomes smaller, and the amount of menstruation also decreases, leading to amenorrhea, which is called 'dry blood consumption' at this time.

　　It is often due to physical weakness and decreased body immunity, leading to the occurrence of various diseases. Such as easy to catch a cold or other respiratory infectious diseases, etc. In addition, due to amenorrhea or insufficient qi and blood, it cannot nourish the fetus, leading to infertility.

　　If the patient is infected with tuberculosis bacteria, it may cause invasion of the mucous membrane of the fallopian tube cavity, leading to adhesion and fallopian tube obstruction, causing infertility. In this case, even if pregnancy is fortunate after treatment, it often results in ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage.

　　Symptoms include amenorrhea, bone steam and heat, emaciation, loss of appetite, rough skin, dark face, etc. Treatment should be to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and clear the retained heat. In traditional Chinese medicine, it refers to symptoms such as amenorrhea, emaciation, dry skin, and dark complexion in women.

　　1. Actively treat diseases such as delayed menstruation and less menstrual blood volume to prevent the disease from progressing further and leading to amenorrhea.

　　2. Keep the mood pleasant, avoid excessive mental stress, and reduce mental stimulation.

　　3. Adjust the diet, pay attention to the intake of nutrients such as protein, avoid excessive dieting or weight loss, and cause malnutrition to trigger the disease.

　　4. Pay attention to the health care during the menstrual period and postpartum period, do not expose to the rain, wade through water, overwork, etc.

　　At the time of diagnosis, in addition to relying on clinical manifestations, auxiliary examinations are also needed. This disease includes hysterosalpingography, gynecological ultrasound, ovarian function test, and fallopian tube patency examination. The disease seriously affects the daily life of patients, so it should be actively prevented.

　　First, dietary therapy for dry blood consumption

　　1. Peach kernel and cow's blood soup:10 to 12 grams of peach kernel, 200 grams of fresh凝固ed cow's blood, a little salt. Cut the cow's blood into pieces, cook with peach kernel in an appropriate amount of water, add a little salt to taste when eating. It has the effects of breaking blood stasis, promoting blood circulation, and beautifying the skin and face. It is suitable for amenorrhea, blood dryness, constipation, and other symptoms.

　　2. Mung bean double red soup:50 to 100 grams of mung beans (black beans), 5 grams of safflower, 30 to 50 grams of brown sugar. Place the first two ingredients in a steaming bowl, add an appropriate amount of water, steam until the mung beans are fully cooked, remove the safflower, and add brown sugar to mix well. It has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidney, activating blood circulation and promoting menstruation, and beautifying the hair. It is suitable for amenorrhea with blood deficiency and qi stagnation.

　　3. Pigeon meat scallion and ginger porridge:150 grams of pigeon meat, 50 grams of minced pork, 100 grams of glutinous rice, a proper amount of scallion and ginger juice, pepper, cooking wine, sesame oil, salt, and monosodium glutamate. Remove the bones from the pigeon meat and cut into pieces, place in a bowl, add minced pork, scallion and ginger juice, cooking wine, and salt, mix well and set aside. Add 1000 milliliters of water to the glutinous rice, bring to a boil, then add the pigeon meat and cook into porridge. Add sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, and pepper to taste. It has the effects of nourishing the kidney and invigorating the body, removing wind and detoxifying, harmonizing the blood and beautifying the complexion. It is suitable for amenorrhea due to blood deficiency.

　　4. Stewed pigeon with bupleurum sinensis:30 grams of bupleurum sinensis, 1 pigeon, a little rice wine. Crush the bupleurum sinensis and place it in the cleaned abdomen of the pigeon, add an appropriate amount of water and a little rice wine, then steam in a pot until cooked, season and eat. It has the effects of nourishing the kidney and invigorating the body, dispersing nodules and promoting menstruation, and moistening the skin and beautifying the face. It is suitable for amenorrhea caused by physical weakness.

　　5. Raw rehmannia porridge:150 milliliters of raw rehmannia juice (or 150 milliliters of concentrated dried rehmannia decoction), 100 grams of rice. Boil the rice to make porridge, then add the rehmannia juice, stir well and eat.

　　6. Asparagus Porridge:60 grams of asparagus and 100 grams of rice. Boil the asparagus into a concentrated juice and remove the residue, then add the rice to cook porridge and eat it for breakfast.

　　7. Lily Porridge:50 grams of fresh lily, 100 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. First, cook the rice into porridge, then add the lily when it is almost cooked, and cook until done. After adding rock sugar, eat it. If fresh lily is not available, 30 grams of dried lily powder can be used to cook porridge with rice.

　　Second, what is good for dry blood consumption

　　1. Sweet and warm to relieve heat:Such as codonopsis, atractylodes, cabbage, lichee, chestnut, jujube, walnuts, lily, black sesame, bird's nest, bee milk, sorghum, fennel, dolichos, mustard greens, cherry, pomegranate, umeboshi, etc., suitable for Qi deficiency with fire.

　　2. Nourishing Yin and reducing fire:Such as turtle, kelp, seaweed, sea cucumber, spinach, pork blood, liver, brown sugar, black chicken, pumpkin, clam, silver ear, etc., commonly used for Yin deficiency with fire, five heart burning, night sweats, unable to sleep at night, etc.

　　3. Nourishing the organs and extinguishing fire:Such as black beans, yam, peanuts, milk, Job's tears, white fungus, pigeon eggs, quail, sparrow meat, eel, mutton, dog meat, leek, mulberry, etc., suitable for various deficiency fire symptoms caused by deficiency of the internal organs and the decline of Yang.

　　Third, what should not be eaten for dry blood consumption

　　Avoid eating or eat less:Dog meat (for patients with cerebrovascular disease), mutton (for patients with hepatitis), sparrow meat, hippocampus, sea dragon, elk meat, rice cakes, fried peanuts, fried soybeans, fried sunflower seeds, popcorn, lichee, longan meat, bael fruit, garlic, leek, mustard greens, chili, chive, ginger, amomum, cubeb, galangal, Sichuan pepper, cardamom, star anise, fennel, mint, white wine, cigarettes, red ginseng, cistanche, Cistanche deserticola, etc.

　　1. Actively treat diseases such as delayed menstruation and less menstrual blood volume to prevent the disease from progressing further and leading to amenorrhea.

　　2. Keep the mood pleasant, avoid excessive mental stress, and reduce mental stimulation.

　　3. Adjust the diet, pay attention to the intake of nutrients such as protein, avoid excessive dieting or weight loss, and cause malnutrition to trigger the disease.

　　4. Pay attention to the health care during the menstrual period and postpartum period, do not expose to the rain, wade through water, overwork, etc.