women may result in long-term anorexia related to gynecological problems. Luo Mingyu executive vice president of clinical Chinese medicine in Taiwan said that if the growth period of puberty, excessive dieting, anorexia caused by the situation, may lead to malnutrition, severe hair loss. Can also cause menstrual disorders or amenorrhea. In addition, if prepared pregnant women may also affect the chances of pregnancy.

MD Luoming Yu said, growth of girls and young women, excessive dieting, anorexia cause long-term results can lead to severe hair loss problem, because the main component of hair is a keratin protein, zinc and iron are essential trace elements in hair growth, if not a balanced diet, or eat only vegetables, fruits and flour and vegetables, will result in insufficient intake of protein and trace elements, so that the hair due to severe malnutrition.

In addition, doctors pointed out that the physiology of women is also vulnerable. Long-term anorexia, menstruation will not come, or even have to menarche, disorders or amenorrhea may also occur. In addition, the entry into reproductive life of women during pregnancy to prepare, but need to accumulate enough fat to complete the pregnancy. In general, women need fat accumulated before pregnancy accounted for only 22% of body weight may be pregnant, more than 28% have enough energy reserves to maintain a pregnant woman, and 3 months postpartum feeding the body nutritional needs.

female long-term dieting to lose weight, the phenomenon may lead to amenorrhea. MD, out-patient in a 25-year-old female patient not satisfied with the appearance of deliberately dieting to lose weight, do not eat fish meat, eggs, often with a small amount would eat snacks and sometimes even eat, and will self-induce vomiting after eating. Resulted in a general weakness, or even 3 months period do not come, also affected the dry and yellowish skin and pale, typical of nutrient imbalance, caused by the phenomenon of amenorrhea.

, MD, The 25-year-old patient is about 170 cm tall, the body was emaciated, weighing 45 kg. See the doctor that the long-term malaise, amenorrhea also have 3 months time, there are insomnia, restless behavior, body weight decreased 10 kg last year. Further inquiry, the patient was informed that about ten months ago, deliberately dieting to lose weight, want to change the appearance of the staple food every day just to eat 1 2 rice to eat, and do not eat fish meat, eggs, often with a small amount would eat snacks and sometimes even do not eat, or after eating, it will self-induce vomiting. Also seen in patients with dry skin and pale yellowish, depressed, tongue slightly purple, thin white tongue coating, wiry pulse.

, MD, for the patients, clinical differentiation analysis should belong to “stagnation and spleen deficiency” problem, should Shugan Qi, Spleen Jieyu direction of conditioning. Prescription to Jieyu spleen soup, side contains Bupleurum, Cyperus rotundus, turmeric, mint, Codonopsis, Chinese yam, Poria, Atractylodes, fried grain malt. After a few days after the conditioning phase, the patient markedly improved the spirit, loss of appetite involute, appetite gradually increased to a bowl of rice per day, plus another can eat eggs, milk, his condition improved significantly. After the basic side with the disease continues to add and subtract other drugs, after the patients had improved sleep, increased body weight about 54 kg of healthy weight, and finally the normal menstrual cycle.

Luoming Yu said that Chinese herbs anorexia, conditioning methods can mainly be from the liver qi stagnation, phlegm Resuscitation; and Liver Yin, Sheng Jin appetizer law; and nourish liver and kidney, nourishing blood method to proceed improvement. Can be as smooth air Dao Tan Tang, always fried, Guishen balls side, with the physical drug addition and subtraction.

Luoming Yu said, anorexia Recuperation way, including the liver qi stagnation, phlegm Resuscitation; suitable for liver qi stagnation, phlegm fans minded manner card. Patients commonly have a strong weight loss ideas, and self-limited diet food strictly. Although body weight was significantly lower, but still extremely worried about weight gain, but also more with the poor psychological adjustment is related to the tongue appears pink, moss thin greasy, slippery pulse, Shun Qi Dao Tan prescription available Decoction.

, MD, also Softening Yin, Sheng Jin appetizer law; applicable to deficiency of liver and stomach of the anorexia. No visible symptoms of appetite, hunger is not satisfied or not, or no appetite, weight loss, dry mouth, brash and dry and defecation, menstruation may be close-out, red tongue, little less tongue moist, pulse breakdown, can always add Xing Pi Decoction diet drugs. And nourish liver and kidney, nourishing blood law; is used for liver and kidney deficiency, lack of fine blood anorexia. Longer course of these patients may be associated with body weight loss, dry skin, dull and so on, pink tongue, little coating, pulse weak or thin astringent, used Guishen Pill. (Author: Zheng rain; excerpts from “Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News”)