Many women will have symptoms of dysmenorrhea during menstruation. The degree of dysmenorrhea varies from person to person. Some people only have mild dysmenorrhea, but others are very serious and will affect normal activities. It needs timely relief. Diet can help relieve dysmenorrhea. So what are the recipes to relieve dysmenorrhea? What are some effective recipes for relieving menstrual cramps?

1. Recipes for relieving dysmenorrhea

Dietary therapy 1: Stewed pork belly with peppers

Method: Grind 2 grams of aconite and 2 grams of Sichuan pepper into powder. Wash 150 grams of pork belly, add powdered medicine, 30 grams of japonica rice and an appropriate amount of green onions, put it into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook over low heat until the pork belly is thoroughly cooked.

Usage: Eat with meals.

Efficacy: Warming the meridians, dispersing cold and relieving pain.

Dietary therapy two: Boiled eggs with motherwort

Method: Take 2 eggs, 30 grams of motherwort, 15 grams of Yuanhu, put them into a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water and cook them together. Remove the eggs after they are cooked. Boil the shells for a while longer.

Usage: Remove the dregs of the medicine, eat eggs and drink soup. Start taking it 1-2 days before menstruation, 1 dose per day, for 5-7 days.

Effects: promoting qi, nourishing blood, activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and relieving pain.

Diet therapy three: ginger mugwort and eggs

Method: Cut 9 grams of mugwort leaves, smash 15 grams of ginger, put it into the pot with 2 eggs, add 300 ml of water and cook together. Peel the eggs, return to the original sauce and cook for 5 minutes.

Usage: Drink soup and eat eggs while hot, once a day, 5 days as a course of treatment. Take it 3 days before menstruation.

Efficacy: Warming the meridians, dispersing cold and relieving pain.

Food therapy four: Astragalus stewed black-bone chicken

Method: Cut 100 grams of astragalus into sections and put it into the belly of the black-bone chicken (about 1000 grams). Put the chicken in a casserole and add an appropriate amount of water. After boiling, switch to simmer and wait until the chicken is cooked, then add salt to taste.

Usage: The above is a 5-day dosage. Consume 3 days before menstruation.

Efficacy: Replenishing qi, nourishing blood, regulating menstruation.

Dietary therapy five: Angelica sinensis tea

Method: Take 6 grams of Angelica sinensis and 2 grams of Chuanxiong rhizome. Boiling water is used to brew tea.

Usage: Substitute for tea.

Efficacy: Enriching and activating blood, suitable for those with abdominal pain during menstruation and weak constitution.

2. Methods to relieve dysmenorrhea

1. In order to relieve dysmenorrhea, patients with dysmenorrhea should have a diversified diet: women should not be partial to eclipses and should eat vegetables and fruits that can regulate qi and activate blood circulation. Maintain a balanced diet and eat less sweet or salty foods, as they can make you bloated and sluggish. Eat more vegetables, fruits, chicken, and fish, and eat as many meals as possible.

2. Eat more foods rich in vitamin E: After dysmenorrhea occurs, the pain can be relieved by supplementing foods rich in vitamin E, drinking alcohol appropriately, and adjusting the food for symptoms. Vitamin E can maintain the normal function of reproductive organs and muscle metabolism. Foods with high content include cereal germ, wheat germ, egg yolk, beans, hard fruits, leafy vegetables, peanut oil, sesame oil, etc. Dysmenorrhea patients should eat more of this type of vitamin E. food.

3. Drink yogurt and milk: Yogurt or milk contains a large amount of calcium, which can stabilize nerves and promote the balance of electrical ions in the body. During women's menstrual period, excessive contraction of uterine muscles can cause pain. Therefore, drinking more yogurt or milk can effectively reduce menstrual pain.

4. Rub your belly to relieve it: In addition, you can also massage it to relieve it. People with dysmenorrhea should lie on their backs and rub the lower abdomen in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction with the palm of their hands for about 10 minutes at a frequency of 100-200 times/minute. Then use your index finger or middle finger to massage Qihai and Guanyuan points for about 5 minutes each. After 20 minutes of treatment, a warm feeling can be produced locally and the pain can be relieved.

5. Hot compress therapy: Generally when we have dysmenorrhea, we will find a hot water bottle filled with hot water and put it on the painful stomach. This can relieve dysmenorrhea, or we can lie on the bed and use a heating blanket under the body, etc. Heating method to relieve dysmenorrhea! Experts point out that using thermal blankets and hot water bottles to treat dysmenorrhea has been used for generations and the effect is very good. Now you can use it to warm your baby and promote blood circulation in the abdomen; it can effectively relieve or reduce abdominal pain and lumbosacral soreness in women during menstruation.

6. Eat more vegetarian foods: Studies have found that low-fat diets such as vegetables and beans can change the binding globulin that regulates sex hormones in the body, thereby reducing the synthesis of substances that cause dysmenorrhea. Soybeans, in particular, are rich in a type of phytoestrogens, which have the most significant effect on inhibiting dysmenorrhea. In addition, some vitamins suitable for taking during menstruation can also help reduce menstrual cramps.

7. Drink hot brown sugar water: Hot brown sugar water can promote blood circulation. Therefore, drinking hot brown sugar water during menstruation can warm the body, increase energy, activate qi and blood, make menstruation smoother, and effectively relieve menstrual cramps.

8. Regularly participate in exercise: Moderate exercise can effectively relieve dysmenorrhea. Especially on the eve of menstruation, if you do some slow walking or other moderate exercise, the symptoms of discomfort during menstruation will be greatly relieved. Yoga can relax people's body and mind, so women can also practice some yoga exercises to relieve menstrual cramps. The simplest is to kneel down with your knees bent, then sit on your heels, put your forehead on the ground, and stretch your arms by your sides. Stay in this position until the discomfort subsides.

9. Premenstrual foot soaking: In addition to relieving fatigue and clearing the meridians, foot soaking can also help women prevent cold dysmenorrhea. You may not know that it is useful for preventing dysmenorrhea, menstrual headaches and other menstrual discomforts. Said, foot bath is also a good choice. Take 30 grams of mugwort leaves, 100 grams of ginger, and 100 ml of white wine. Wash the mugwort leaves and ginger, cut the ginger into thick slices, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil for 30 minutes, remove the residue and extract the juice, put it into a foot bather, pour in white wine, fumigate first and then soak your feet. The temperature of the fumigation water should be around 90°C. When the water temperature drops to around 40°C, soak your feet in the water. While soaking the feet, massage the Yongquan point on the soles of the feet, toes, and heels. Once a night, 20 to 30 minutes each time. Start soaking your feet 7 days before menstruation until the end of menstruation. This prescription has the effect of warming the menstruation and dispersing cold, activating blood circulation and relieving pain. It is suitable for those with lower abdominal pain during menstruation and before and after menstruation, pain affecting the lumbosacral region, aversion to cold and cold limbs, nausea and dizziness, and dark purple menstruation.