During menstruation, the body will have some symptoms of discomfort. Some people have obvious ischemia. They need to replenish blood in time. Insufficient Qi and blood will cause the face to appear pale and bloodless. You need to eat something with For foods that can replenish blood, drinking some porridge is a good choice. So what kind of porridge should be consumed during menstruation to beautify and replenish blood? What kind of porridge is good for blood replenishment and beauty during menstruation?

1. What porridge to drink during menstruation

(1) Ginger Juice and Coix Seed Porridge

Ingredients: 10g dried ginger, 10g mugwort leaves, 30g coix seed, and 100g rice.

Method: Put cold water in a pot, wash the barley and rice and put them into the pot, bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce to low heat and cook until slightly rotten. Use another small pot to cook porridge. Wash the dried ginger and mugwort leaves and put them into the small pot. Add a little cold water. Bring to a boil and then simmer over low heat. When the color of the juice in the small pot becomes darker and the smell becomes stronger, turn off the heat and remove the residue of dried ginger and mugwort leaves. Add the prepared ginger juice to the barley porridge and simmer for another 20 minutes.

Efficacy: Ginger and barley are both good friends of girls. This porridge can moisturize the skin and has the effect of warming the menstruation and removing blood stasis. It is especially suitable for women with dysmenorrhea due to cold-dampness and stasis! It is very simple to judge whether you have cold-dampness stagnation type. If you have more blood clots or congestion during each menstrual period, that's it.

(2) Black sesame and red date porridge

Ingredients: 20g black sesame, 25g dried red dates, 10g rock sugar, 150g rice.

Method: Add black sesame seeds into the pot, stir-fry over low heat until fragrant, grind into powder and set aside. Wash the rice, soak it in cold water for half an hour, take it out and drain it. Wash and remove the pits from the red dates. Add 1500 ml of cold water to the pot, add rice and red dates, and bring to a boil over high heat. Then switch to low heat and cook until the rice porridge is cooked. Mix black sesame seeds and rock sugar, cook for a while, and it's ready to eat.

Efficacy: Black sesame seeds can make fair skin and hair shiny, while red dates are a holy food for nourishing blood.

This porridge is rich in vitamin E, which can prevent the damage of lipid peroxide to the body and offset the accumulation of harmful free radicals in cells. While preventing inflammation during menstrual period, it can also effectively whiten the skin.

(3) Red bean and lily porridge

Ingredients: 50g red beans, 50g lily, 100g rice.

Method: Soak the rice one night in advance and set aside. Wash the rice and wash the lily. Add water to the pot, put the red beans, put on the fire, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook until slightly mushy. Add the rice and cook over low heat until the red beans and rice are cooked. Add lily and cook for another 2 minutes.

Efficacy: Red beans have the effect of strengthening the spleen, diuresis and eliminating edema, while lily is rich in a variety of alkaloids, which can relieve dryness and moisten dryness. It is suitable for expelling excess water from the body. At the same time, the rich nutrients can also replenish weakness. It also has miraculous effects on the body, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs.

2. Precautions during menstruation

1. It is not advisable to do foot massage during menstruation

It is best for women to avoid foot massage during menstruation. The main function of massage is to ensure the circulation of qi and blood, clear the meridians, and thus promote the normal physiological operation of the human body. Its function is the same as food or medicine that promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, and will also cause an increase in women's menstrual flow.

2. It is not advisable to sing karaoke during menstruation

During menstruation, the content of sex hormones in women’s bodies changes, causing vocal cord capillaries to become congested, and the blood vessel walls to become more fragile than usual. At this time When singing, the vocal cords are overtired or the pharynx moves excessively, and the capillaries in the vocal cords are prone to rupture, causing vocal cord bleeding and hoarseness.

3. It is not advisable to wear tight pants during menstruation

Wearing tight pants during menstruation can easily lead to poor menstrual blood flow, and this type of pants is easy to take off. This leads to sudden changes in pelvic and abdominal pressure, resulting in reflux of menstrual blood, which is very harmful to health.

4. It is not advisable to smoke during menstruation

Women’s pubertal development and secondary sexual characteristics depend on estrogen secreted by the ovaries, and the estrogen synthesis process requires the action of aromatase. , and the nicotine in cigarettes has a specific inhibitory effect on the aromatase in the ovaries, which can easily reduce the production of estrogen. Women who lack estrogen not only tend to have rough skin and early wrinkles, but also develop the uterus, fallopian tubes and breasts. It will also be affected, resulting in infrequent menstruation or amenorrhea, and in severe cases, it may lead to infertility or fetal malformations; long-term smoking will also advance menopause and make postmenopausal osteoporosis symptoms more serious.