Qianlei Li | Your Go-To Acupuncturist in Old Town Alexandria on Instagram: "Do you have heavy periods? 🩸 In Chinese Medicine, heavy periods are not the diagnosis—they’re a symptom, and the root cause can be very different from person to person. The first common cause is internal heat. Internal heat often comes from chronic stress, anxiety, frequent alcohol intake, spicy foods, or hormonal transitions like perimenopause. When there is too much heat in the body, it agitates the blood and pushes i