Chinese medicine points out that women are very uncomfortable during menstruation. Taking proper black sugar water and ginger can improve menstrual pain. Wu Mingzhu, a Chinese medicine doctor, pointed out that brown sugar is a red crystal extracted directly from sugarcane juice, which retains almost all the nutrients in sugarcane juice and is rich in minerals and vitamins, such as calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium and folic acid. For example,15g brown sugar contains 70 mg of calcium and 7 mg of iron.
Drinking boiled water with brown sugar, commonly known as brown sugar water, can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve pain, help uterus contract and recover, and promote lochia to be discharged as soon as possible; Moreover, the high concentration of glucose in brown sugar water has diuretic effect, which can help empty bladder urine and avoid urinary system infection.
In addition, drinking hot black sugar water can warm the body, increase energy, activate qi and blood, speed up blood circulation, dredge channels and activate collaterals, or add some ginger juice to cook, replenish qi and blood, and nourish the liver.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the uterus just passes through the liver meridian, so drinking hot brown sugar will have a better effect on dredging the meridians. If people who are afraid of eating sweets are prone to get fat, they can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis as long as they eat them before menstruation 1 day to the third day of menstruation.
However, it should be noted that although eating brown sugar has some benefits, it still consumes calories, so Chinese medicine does not recommend eating it outside the daily sugar intake. A better method is to use brown sugar instead of other refined sugar; If you need to add sugar to taste, such as homemade sweet soup or brewing coffee and tea, you can make good use of brown sugar for another taste.