Are you prone to dysmenorrhea?

　　Dysmenorrhea It refers to women who experience pain in the lower abdomen or waist during and before menstruation, or even pain in the lumbosacral region. It occurs every time with the menstrual cycle. In severe cases, it may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, cold sweats, cold hands and feet, or even fainting, which will affect work and life. According to traditional Chinese medicine constitution, different physiques are prone to different diseases. disease , so what kind of girls are prone to dysmenorrhea?

　　One of the constitutions prone to dysmenorrhea - blood stasis constitution

　　Symptoms of people with blood stasis: dark complexion, dark lips, and purple veins under the tongue. skin It is relatively rough, and sometimes skin bruising occurs unconsciously. Eye There are a lot of red threads inside, and the gums bleed easily when brushing your teeth. Easily irritable, forgetful, and impatient. I have pain in my lower abdomen during menstruation, I don’t like to rub it, and my menstrual blood is dark with blood clots.

　　Dietary conditioning methods: Eat more hawthorn, vinegar, roses, kumquats and other foods that have the functions of promoting blood circulation, dispersing stagnation, promoting Qi, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and eat less greasy foods such as fatty meat.

　　Medicinal dietary guidance:

　　Hawthorn Brown Sugar Soup: Rinse 10 hawthorns, remove cores and break into pieces, put in a pot, add water and cook for about 20 minutes, mix with brown sugar and eat. It can activate blood circulation and disperse blood stasis.

　　Black bean and Chuanxiong porridge: Wrap 10g of Chuanxiong in gauze, boil with 25g of black beans and 50g of japonica rice, and add appropriate amount of brown sugar. Taking it warmly in divided doses can activate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote qi and relieve pain.

　　One of the constitutions prone to dysmenorrhea - Yang deficiency constitution

　　Symptoms of people with yang deficiency: weak muscles, cold hands and feet from time to time, coldness in the stomach, back, waist and knees, wearing more clothes than others, not liking air conditioning in summer, preferring silence, always feeling uncomfortable when eating or drinking cold things, easy to have loose stools, clear color and large amount of urine. Most of them are quiet and introverted. During menstruation, the lower abdomen may feel cold and painful, or the lower abdomen and genitals may feel empty, and the patient likes to rub and massage. The menstrual flow is light and the color is light.

　　Dietary conditioning method: You can usually eat more beef, mutton, leeks, ginger and other yang-warming foods, eat less raw and cold foods such as pears, watermelon, and water chestnuts, and drink less green tea.

　　Medicinal dietary guidance: Angelica, ginger and mutton soup: 20g of angelica, 30g of ginger, rinse, soak in water until soft, slice into pieces and set aside. Remove the fascia from 500g of mutton, put it into a pot of boiling water and blanch it slightly, remove the blood, take it out, and slice it into pieces for later use. Put angelica, ginger and mutton into a casserole, add water, cooking wine and salt, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, then simmer over low heat until the mutton is cooked and tender. This product is a famous prescription of Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty. It warms the body and nourishes blood, dispels cold and relieves pain. It is especially suitable for consumption in winter.