Does the soup for menstruation really work?

Soup to promote menstruation is a folk saying, in Chinese medicine, it refers to the soups for treating gynecological menstrual diseases such as late menstruation, menorrhagia or amenorrhea, such as Danggui Dihuang Drink, Taohong Siwu Tang, or Danshi Cure Phlegm Formula. If the physician identifies the symptoms accurately and the patient follows the doctor’s instructions, better clinical results can be achieved.
Danggui Di Huang Drink can benefit the essence and nourish the blood, tonify the kidney and regulate menstruation, treating the late menstrual period, which belongs to the kidney deficiency syndrome. The manifestations of the late menstruation, the amount of small, dark color, the quality of clear and thin, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, dizziness and tinnitus and other symptoms.
Tao Hong Si Wu Tang can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis to regulate menstruation and treat menstrual bleeding, which belongs to blood stasis syndrome. The symptoms include scanty menstrual flow, purple color, blood clots, abdominal distension and pain, which will be alleviated after the blood clots are discharged.
Danxi Cure Phlegm Formula can remove phlegm and dampness, invigorate Blood and promote menstruation, treating amenorrhea, which belongs to the syndrome of phlegm-dampness obstruction. It manifests as menorrhagia for several months, with excessive amount, white color and thick texture, obesity, fullness in chest and epigastric region.
The adverse effects of the above formula are not clear, if you have symptoms, you should take the medicine under the guidance of a professional physician, do not take the medicine blindly, so as not to delay the condition or produce adverse effects.