Future Health Frontiers Q&A Women’s Health Menstrual Health

What are the causes of early menstruation? How to treat early menstruation?

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Asked on:Apr 11, 2026 11:24 AM

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  • Eve Eve

    Apr 11, 2026

      Early menstruation refers to female Menstruation occurs about 7 days earlier every month, or even twice a month, which is also called premature menstruation. People with weak qi and blood usually have symptoms such as excessive blood volume but light red color, thin texture, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitations, and an empty feeling in the lower abdomen, dull complexion, pale tongue, weak pulse, etc., which brings great inconvenience to female friends in their daily lives. So what are the causes of early menstruation in women? How should women manage early menstruation? If you want to know more, you may wish to continue reading below.

      6 reasons why women have early menstruation

      1. Emotional reasons

      Long-term mental depression, sulking, or major mental stimulation and psychological trauma can lead to early menstruation. This is because menstruation is stimulated by hormones secreted by the ovaries Uterus The hormones secreted by the ovaries are controlled by the hormones released by the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. Therefore, whether it is abnormal function of the ovaries, pituitary gland, or hypothalamus, menstruation will be advanced.

      2. Impact of birth control ring

      Some women may experience early menstruation after wearing an IUD.

      3. Drug effects

      Some drugs can cause endocrine disorders in women after taking them, such as some contraceptive pills, radiotherapy and chemotherapy drugs, and mental health treatments. disease After stopping taking medications, etc., menstruation will generally return to normal.

      4. Blood heat

      People with strong yang energy in the human body, who are depressed, who eat spicy recipes and supplements, or who have been ill for a long time and lose a lot of blood are prone to blood heat. If the blood gets hot, it will flow in vain, and the flow speed will be much faster, thus leading to early menstruation.

      5. Qi deficiency

      Doctors say that people who are overworked or have improper eating habits are most likely to damage their temper, just like me. Because the spleen is the "manager" of blood, once the "manager" is in a weak position, the "managed" will inevitably want to rebel, so menstruation is early. If there is no fire in the pulse syndrome, then the reason for early and late menstruation is because the heart and spleen are weak, so it cannot come on time.

      6. Physical illness

      Gynecology Inflammation, thyroid disease, uterine fibroids, and brain tumors can disrupt women's menstrual cycles and cause early menstruation. If a woman has nerve Endocrine dysfunction, mainly due to unstable or defective function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, leads to early menstruation.

      How to treat early menstruation?

      1. Food therapy

      You can use 1 black-bone chicken, 9 grams each of angelica root, astragalus root, and poria cocos. Wash the chicken first and set it aside. Then put the medicine into the belly of the chicken and sew it up with thread. Put it in a casserole and cook it thoroughly, remove the medicine residue, season it, drink the soup and eat the meat, and eat it in 2 times. Take 1 dose daily in advance of menstruation and 3 to 5 doses per menstrual cycle.

      2. Acupoint application method

      The specific method of applying the acupoint method is to take 10 grams of castor bean kernels, mash them into mud, apply it on the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head, and replace it when it is dry.

      3. Navel application method

      The specific method of applying the umbilicus is to take 10 grams each of paeonol bark, cork bark, and artemisia annua, and 12 grams each of rehmannia glutinosa and rehmannia glutinosa, grind them into powder, mix a small amount of vinegar into a thick paste, and apply it on the umbilical hole, fix it with tape, and change it once a day.

      4. Smoke method

      The specific method of smoking is to use moxa sticks to smoke the white points for 20 minutes each time, twice a day. It is best to smoke the white points before menstruation, one minute outside the inner corner of the toe nail. If moxa sticks are not available, cigarettes can be used instead.

      5. Needle picking method

      The acupuncture method for treating premature menstruation is to randomly select a point between the Yangguan point and the Yaoshu point of the Du meridian, and use a sterilized needle to prick the epidermis 0.2-0.3 cm to a depth of about 0.1-0.15 cm. Pick 3 needles from top to bottom with an interval of 0.1 cm. When picking, it is better to feel a pinprick or bleeding. After picking, disinfect the needle hole and cover it with gauze.