In addition, the menstrual diet should not be too cold, so it is recommended to eat less cold drinks, such as pears, pomelos, watermelons, bananas, cantaloupes, carambolas, crabs, snails, ice cream or fruits in the refrigerator. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coldness dominates the intake and stagnation of cold, and eating cold products during menstruation can easily lead to poor menstrual discharge, causing dysmenorrhea, oligomenorrhea and even amenorrhea.
In addition, don't eat too warm food during menstrual period, such as longan, durian, pomegranate, litchi, cherry, beef and mutton, shrimp, sea cucumber and pepper. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that heat inflammation is easy to promote blood circulation, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and overeating warm food during menstruation will increase menstrual flow or prolong menstruation. Therefore, the menstrual diet should be careful not to be too cold or too hot.