Scant menstruation

A smaller menstrual flow or shorter menstrual period than normal (in some cases reduced to spotting). Because the flow is disfluent, scant menstruation it often called ungratifying menstruation or inhibited menstruation, and scant inhibited menstruation. It is attributed to blood vacuity, blood cold and blood stasis, phlegm-damp, or kidney vacuity. Compare profuse menstruation. See entries listed below.