Can exercise improve dysmenorrhea?
Taking part in proper sports activities can also improve the blood circulation in pelvic cavity, promote the smooth discharge of menstrual blood, relieve symptoms and treat people with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea.
Menstrual exercise should pay attention to the following points:
1. Control the amount of exercise, and don't engage in high-intensity and high-intensity sports, such as running and jumping. Not suitable for swimming in the water;
2. Avoid participating in sports that will increase intra-abdominal pressure and make the abdomen vibrate violently, such as push-ups, sit-ups, high jumps, long jumps, shooting, etc.
3. Pay attention to keep warm after exercise to avoid sweating and getting wind after exercise;
4. If you feel dizzy, disgusting and flustered during exercise, you should stop exercising immediately, and don't force it;
5. Dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia or menstrual disorder should be exercised under the guidance of a professional fitness coach during menstruation.
What should women pay attention to in dysmenorrhea diet?
Proper drinking: alcohol can warm yang and dredge veins, promote qi and dispel cold. It is advisable to drink yellow wine, Qu wine, fermented wine and red wine. It can dredge meridians, dilate blood vessels and relieve dysmenorrhea. If 100g safflower is soaked in 400 ml white wine for a week to make safflower wine, taking 10 ml every day (a small amount of brown sugar can be added) can have the effect of warming meridians and promoting blood circulation, and is suitable for patients with blood stasis and dysmenorrhea.
Supplementing foods rich in vitamin E: Vitamin E, also known as tocopherol, can maintain the normal function of reproductive organs and muscle metabolism. Foods with high content include cereal germ, wheat germ, egg yolk, beans, nuts, leafy vegetables and sesame oil. We should eat more of these foods.
Food conditioning of syndromes: According to the different syndromes of dysmenorrhea, food for warming, removing blood stasis and tonifying deficiency were given respectively. Those who are cold and afraid of cold should eat some foods that warm the meridians and dispel the cold, such as chestnuts, lychees, brown sugar, ginger, fennel and pepper. People with qi stagnation and blood stasis should eat more foods with ventilation and blood stasis, such as celery, shepherd's purse, spinach, leek, coriander, water spinach, ginger, carrots, oranges, dried tangerines, bergamot, bananas and apples. Those who are weak and lack of qi and blood should eat some products for invigorating qi, enriching blood and tonifying kidney, such as walnut kernel, litchi, longan, jujube, mulberry, medlar, yam and various beans.
You can eat more high-protein foods such as beans and fish, increase green leafy vegetables and fruits, drink more water, keep your stool unobstructed and reduce pelvic congestion.
Women should avoid salty food before menstruation: because salty food will increase the storage of salt and water in the body, progesterone will increase before menstruation, which is prone to edema and headache. If you start eating low-salt food before menstruation 10 day, the above symptoms will not appear.