During menstruation, we must pay attention to strengthening diet nutrition, and eat more foods rich in protein, vitamins and iron, as well as foods that are easy to digest and absorb, such as rice noodles, fish, eggs, meat, red dates, carrots and fresh vegetables.

1, before menstruation: supplement the nutrients needed by physiology through diet: B vitamins and vitamins A, C and E.

(1) Foods rich in B vitamins: wheat germ, pork, soybeans, peanuts, ham, black rice, animal liver, seaweed, kelp, milk, cereals, bananas, walnuts, etc.

(2) Foods rich in vitamin A: animal liver, milk and dairy products, eggs, carrots, broccoli, spinach, lettuce, oranges, apricots, sweet potatoes, etc.

(3) Foods rich in vitamin C: leeks, sweet peppers, celery, cauliflower, tomatoes, spinach, cabbage, potatoes, peas, oranges, grapefruit, grapes, strawberries, etc.

(4) Foods rich in vitamin E: wheat germ oil, corn oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, walnuts, melon seeds, kiwifruit, soybeans, spinach, rape, corn, nuts, etc.

2, during menstruation: you can appropriately supplement some foods that warm the body or slow down menstruation and relieve pain.

(1) Food for warming the body: Women with cold constitution can eat more dog meat, mutton, chestnuts, lychees, brown sugar, ginger and other foods.

(2) Foods to relieve dysmenorrhea: Women with dysmenorrhea can eat more foods, such as spinach, celery, parsley, yam, carrots, grapes, kelp and black fungus. Promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis and relieve dysmenorrhea.

(3) Others: If the menstrual period is accompanied by symptoms such as poor appetite and low back pain, the diet should be nutritious, spleen-invigorating and appetizing, and easy to digest, such as jujube, yam, noodles and barley porridge.

3. After menstruation: After menstruation, especially those with menorrhagia, protein, iron and minerals can be properly supplemented within 1-5 days after menstruation is clean.

(1) Foods rich in protein and minerals mainly include beans (including soybeans and black beans), milk (including milk and goat's milk), seafood, animal offal, meat (including pork, beef and mutton) and rice.

(2) Foods with high iron content: fish, lean meat, animal liver, animal blood, soybeans, spinach, etc. Rich in iron, it has strong biological activity and is easily absorbed and utilized by human body.