What food is suitable for menstruation?
During menstruation, women can eat some vegetables rich in vitamin B6, vitamin E, zinc and calcium, such as broccoli, carrots, spinach, pumpkins and soybeans. These vegetables are very helpful to relieve tension and eliminate menstrual discomfort.
1, broccoli, carrots
Before and after menstruation, due to the influence of hormone secretion and physical discomfort, women often have some bad emotional changes. Vitamin B6 can help to synthesize neurotransmitters, improve mood and maintain emotional stability. Broccoli, carrots and other foods are rich in vitamin B6. Women can provide a lot of vitamin B6 for the body through a reasonable diet, which helps to stabilize their mood.
2. Spinach
Some women will have chest discomfort and breast pain during menstruation. Spinach is rich in vitamin E, which can reduce the production of prostaglandin, a substance that can cause a series of premenstrual pain. Eating spinach can effectively supplement vitamin E and help relieve pain.
3. Pumpkin
Due to endocrine reasons, women are prone to acne during menstruation. Menstrual women can eat some pumpkins. Pumpkins are rich in zinc, which can reduce skin oil secretion and reduce the chance of infection.
4. Soybeans
Some women are always hungry and have a strong desire for food. Eating more calcium-containing foods such as soybeans before menstruation can reduce hunger, because estrogen secretion increases at this time, preventing calcium from dissolving in the blood.
Can I take Chinese medicine during menstruation?
Chinese medicine believes that girls should use Chinese medicine with caution during menstruation, and try to use drugs with cold-dispelling, nourishing and blood-activating effects as little as possible. Three kinds of Chinese medicines used cautiously by women during menstruation are:
1, cold medicine
Menstruation is coming, eating is forbidden and taking medicine is forbidden. If you accidentally take cold medicine, it will lead to irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and even amenorrhea. Most cold medicines have a laxative effect. If the diarrhea is serious, it can cause reflective pelvic congestion and increase menstrual flow, thus causing symptoms of blood loss. Avoid taking cold medicines during menstruation, such as Coptidis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Gentianae, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, and Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae.
2, tonic
"Ginseng kills people without fault" is more likely to make people take it lightly. If the menstrual period is normal, just pay attention to the adjustment of diet and daily life. If tonics, such as donkey-hide gelatin, are abused during menstruation, it will cause symptoms such as less menstrual flow and irregular menstruation, and even heat-induced blood stasis; If you take deer antler and other products that help fire and blood, it is also easy to cause blood heat, resulting in blood heat rash, menorrhagia or prolonged menstruation.
3. Drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis are easy to consume blood, such as frankincense, myrrh, peach kernel, safflower, Achyranthes bidentata, hematoxylin, Rhizoma Sparganii, zedoary, Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga, leech, pangolin scales, dragon's blood, etc. Although drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can make blood flow smoother, blood vessels will also dilate, which will easily increase menstrual flow, so drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis must be taken under the guidance of a doctor.