What to eat during menstruation

　　What should women eat during menstruation?

　　Chinese medicine believes female During menstruation, you should appropriately supplement some "menstrual water" foods, which are what we call warming foods in daily life. Like red foods, such as pork, red dates, apples, brown sugar, etc. In addition, chicken, longan, and tofu are also among the foods that women should eat more during menstruation.

　　Many women have problems such as loss of appetite and poor digestive function during menstruation, so it is best to choose easy-to-digest liquid foods during menstruation, such as porridge, soup, noodles, etc., are all good choices. The food is mainly fresh, so you can try to adapt it to your own taste.

　　1. Red Date and Ginger Syrup: Use dry ginger and jujube, add water and add brown sugar. Drinking it during menstruation can warm the menstrual flow and dispel cold. It is especially suitable for those with freckles and freckles. Dysmenorrhea of women.

　　2. Hawthorn, Guizhi, and Brown Sugar Soup: Use hawthorn, cinnamon twigs, and brown sugar to make a soup. This soup has the power of warming the meridians and unblocking the meridians, and is especially suitable for women with dysmenorrhea.

　　3. Ginger Juice and Coix Seed Porridge: Dried ginger, mugwort leaves, and coix seed cooked together into a porridge can dehumidify, warm menstruation, and remove blood stasis, which can help relieve dysmenorrhea.

　　4. Black fungus and red date soup: Boil red dates and black fungus with water and drink it to help relieve menstrual discomfort.

　　After menstruation is over, you should add more protein, minerals, and blood-enhancing foods. Therefore, we should pay more attention to diversification in our diet. like milk, egg , spinach, lean pork, pig's feet, carrots and other foods that you should eat as much as possible during the days after menstruation. At the same time, if possible, you can also go to a traditional Chinese medicine store to grab some Siwu Decoction or Siwu Ointment, which are very positive for menstrual health care.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women should eat more warm and tonic foods during menstruation. Of course, while warming and tonic, they should also pay attention to keeping their stools smooth.

　　What should not be eaten during menstruation?

　　If the blood is hot, it will flow; if the blood is cold, it will be stagnant. Blood stagnation is the root cause of insufficient menstrual blood, insufficient Yang Qi, and cold in the body. Therefore, women must not eat cold foods during menstruation, especially cold drinks, iced watermelon, beer, or foods that cause diarrhea. In addition, pears, water chestnuts, winter melon, and crabs are all cold foods and should not be eaten during menstruation.

　　Exciting foods will increase the burden on the digestive function of menstruating women and aggravate the problem of loss of appetite. Therefore, you should avoid sour, spicy and other irritating foods during menstruation. Here I would like to remind female friends to try not to drink strong tea during menstruation. coffee , drinking alcohol, soda drinks, etc., these are also not conducive to menstrual health care.

　　If women eat the right food during menstruation, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort, but if they eat inappropriate food during menstruation, it will make the entire body healthy It is greatly affected, so you must pay attention to a scientific diet every day, so as to be more beneficial to your health.

　　Finally, I would like to remind all female friends that they must pay attention to supplementing iron before and after menstruation. Menstrual cramps and excessive bleeding will cause more serious iron loss. Timely supplementation of iron can help prevent iron deficiency. anemia . In addition, you should also pay attention to hygiene when it comes to diet, and remember to overeat to avoid increasing discomfort during menstruation. (Special article for 99 Health Network (www.99.com.cn), please indicate the source if you need to reprint. )