What should I eat during and after menstruation? During menstruation, the resistance drops and the mood fluctuates easily. Some people may have symptoms such as loss of appetite, backache and fatigue. Because of menstrual blood loss, especially menorrhagia, the main components of blood, such as plasma protein, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium, etc., will be lost during each menstrual period. Therefore, protein, minerals and blood-enriching food should be supplemented within 5 days after menstruation is clean1~. Choose foods and traditional Chinese medicines with the functions of beautifying, enriching blood and promoting blood circulation, such as milk, eggs, pigeon eggs, quail eggs, beef, mutton, pig pancreas, Euryale ferox, spinach, cherry, longan, litchi, carrot, apple, angelica, safflower, peach blossom, prepared rehmannia root, Polygonatum, etc. During menstruation, you should also add some foods that are beneficial to "water travel", such as mutton, chicken, red dates, tofu skin, apples, coix seed, milk, brown sugar, motherwort, angelica, longan and so on. When there are symptoms such as poor appetite and low back pain, you should choose nutritious, spleen-invigorating, appetizing and digestible foods, such as jujube, noodles and barley porridge. In order to keep the nutritional balance, we should eat fresh vegetables and fruits at the same time. Food is mainly fresh, which is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage. Menstrual diet should avoid menstruation as a normal physiological phenomenon of adult women, but during menstrual cramps, the body will also be affected to a certain extent, such as decreased resistance, easy mood swings, irritability, anxiety and so on. Because of menstrual blood loss, the body loses more iron, especially for people with menorrhagia. Therefore, in addition to avoiding overwork and maintaining a happy mental state during menstruation, we should also pay attention to the following taboos in diet. (1) Avoid cold, but keep it warm: Chinese medicine believes that blood heat is enough, and cold blood is blood stasis. If you eat cold during menstruation, it will hurt the spleen and stomach, hinder digestion, and easily damage the yang of the human body, which will easily lead to internal cold and cold coagulation, leading to poor blood circulation and even dysmenorrhea. Even in hot summer, it is not advisable to eat cold drinks such as ice cream during menstruation. A warm diet is conducive to a smooth blood supply. In winter, you can also eat some foods with warming effect, such as beef, chicken, longan and medlar. (2) Avoid being sour and spicy, and it should be light: Menstrual period often makes people feel very tired, weakened digestive function and loss of appetite. In order to maintain nutritional requirements, the diet should be fresh. Fresh food is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage and pollution. Menstrual diet should be light and easy to digest in food production, and eat less or no irritating foods such as fried, hot and sour, so as not to affect digestion and spicy stimulation and cause excessive menstrual blood. (3) Prevention of iron deficiency by combining vegetarian and vegetarian foods: Generally, women lose about 30-50ml of blood each time during menstruation, and each ml contains 0.5mg of iron, which means that iron15-50mg is lost each time during menstruation. Iron is one of the essential elements for human body. It not only participates in the synthesis of blood protein and many important enzymes, but also plays an important role in immunity, intelligence, aging and energy metabolism. Therefore, the menstrual period needs to supplement foods rich in iron, which are beneficial to digestion and absorption. Fish and various animals are rich in iron in liver, blood, lean meat, egg yolk and other foods. High biological activity, easy to be absorbed and utilized by human body. Iron in plants rich in soybeans and spinach is not easily absorbed by the stomach. Therefore, when making recipes, it is best to mix meat and vegetables, and eat more animal foods, especially animal blood, which is not only rich in iron, but also rich in high-quality protein. It is a cheap and good menstrual health food. It can be selectively eaten to meet the special needs of women for iron during menstruation. In short, menstrual period should follow the principle of balanced diet, combine the special physiological needs of menstrual period, reasonable diet, pay attention to diet taboos and ensure health.