What should you eat during menstruation?

In fact, during menstruation, it is common to eat some bananas, sweet oranges, durians, ginseng fruits, guavas, kiwis and other fruits. You can eat three kinds of them in the morning, noon and evening every day. But if you are a woman with menstrual cramps, it is recommended to eat less apples. Women with good physical fitness can also eat fruits such as apples and pears. In addition, you can also supplement foods containing potassium and iron in an appropriate amount, such as: red dates and lotus seeds soup (note: the lotus seeds should be painstakingly cooked), ribs and corn soup, and sweet wine and egg soup.

Chicken stewed with potatoes

Ingredients: 1000 grams of chicken, 500 grams of potatoes (yellow skin),

Accessories: 15 grams of coriander

< p>Seasoning: 50 grams of beer, 15 grams of white sugar, 5 grams of salt, 15 grams of soy sauce, 2 grams of MSG, 2 grams of chicken essence, 5 grams of star anise, 3 grams of tangerine peel, 10 grams of green onions, 10 grams of ginger, and 50 grams of soybean oil.

Method: 1. Remove the feathers and internal organs from the chicken, clean it and chop it into pieces. Put the chicken pieces together in boiling water and blanch them, then rinse them with clean water and set aside.

2. Peel and clean the potatoes, cut them directly into hob pieces, heat the oil in a pan, fry the potatoes in the oil until golden brown, then take them out and drain the oil.

3. Heat up and add a little vegetable oil, add a little sugar and stir-fry until it turns maroon red, add chicken pieces and stir-fry. Add the prepared condiments, add an appropriate amount of water, and start simmering. After the water boils, simmer slowly over low heat. When the chicken is almost cooked, add potato cubes and sprinkle with some coriander.

Jiuniongyuanzi and egg custard

Ingredients

500 ml of water, a box of fermented rice flour (360g), a bag of glutinous rice flour dumplings (350g), eggs 2 pieces, some ginger slices, some brown sugar.

Method

2. Pour the prepared rice wine directly into the boiling water and continue to boil over low heat.

3. Beat an egg and put it into the boiling wine.

4. The last step is to add brown sugar according to personal taste and stir evenly.

Brown sugar, millet and jujube porridge

Ingredients

50 grams of millet, 5 jujubes, 5 wolfberries, appropriate amount of brown sugar

Method

1. Wash the millet, remove the cores of the red dates, clean them and cut them into small pieces.

2. Put the prepared ingredients together into the electric pressure cooker, add an appropriate amount of water and press the porridge setting.

3. Add brown sugar and wolfberry to the cooked porridge and stir evenly.

Boiled eggs with motherwort

Ingredients

150 grams of eggs and 30 grams of motherwort.

Method

1. First process the motherwort, clean it, pick out the impurities in the motherwort, cut it directly into sections, fish it out and drain the water.

2. Put motherwort into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and start to boil.

2. Put all the eggs into the motherwort water and start boiling them directly. You can eat them after they are cooked.

These are foods suitable for women during their menstrual period, and these delicacies can help women relieve some discomfort symptoms.

Things to note during menstruation:

1. Try not to wash your hair during menstruation. If you must wash your hair, try to wash it at noon. Be sure to blow dry your hair immediately after washing.

2. During the menstrual period, you should pay attention to keeping warm, that is, blow less air-conditioning and wear more clothes in the air-conditioned room.

3. Avoid drinking cold drinks: This is already very basic common sense. Do not violate it, and do not make fun of your own beauty. Drinking ice water will prevent the dirty blood from being discharged smoothly, and it will be harmful to the body if it remains in the body. Absolutely harmful. Try the following drinks to make your menstrual period more comfortable: longan and red date tea, health tea, ginseng, brown sugar and ginger water, astragalus and wolfberry tea, and rose tea (especially if you have menstrual pain, you can drink some rose tea).

4. Eat some sweets: Eat chocolates and cakes during menstruation, because eating sweets during menstruation is less likely to gain weight! It can also help metabolize dirty blood.

5. Reject fatigue: It is important to get adequate rest. Overexertion can lead to prolonged menstruation or excessive blood loss.

6. Don’t be too emotional: It is said that girls will naturally be in a bad mood during their menstrual period, but don’t indulge yourself in losing your temper, because losing your temper will disrupt your menstrual period and damage your liver. oh.

7. Avoid bathing in the tub: Because the uterine opening is relatively open during the menstrual period, it is also more susceptible to contamination, so it is best to take a shower.

8. Food should be eaten during the menstrual period: In the first few days of the menstrual period, you can eat more pork liver with sesame oil to help discharge waste blood. You can eat sesame oil kidney flowers in the next few days. In addition, scrambled eggs with sesame oil and nine-story pagoda are also good food during menstrual period. Red bean soup, longan soup, and eight-treasure porridge are all good snacks, as are the boiled eggs made with fermented rice wine. In the late period of the menstrual period, you can consider drinking a little Shenghua Decoction (drink during menstruation, not the Shenghua Decoction you drink during confinement, just ask the Chinese medicine pharmacy), which can completely drain the dirty blood from the body. If the visceral blood in the body is not drained cleanly, long-term accumulation can easily cause endometritis, liver disease, lupus erythematosus and other diseases.

9. Take care of yourself after the menstrual period: Eat Siwu Decoction! It is wrong to drink Siwu Decoction during menstruation. You must wait until all the dirty blood has been eliminated before drinking Siwu Decoction to replenish blood. Otherwise, it will be in vain.

When cooking Siwu soup, you can put some ribs or chicken, and it is best to add some rice wine.

10. Some people experience low back pain during menstruation. You can consider soaking your feet in hot water to increase blood circulation. It can also distract your attention and your waist may not hurt so much.

What kind of porridge is good to eat during menstruation? Menstruation is here and if you want to eat porridge, it is recommended to eat the following porridge.

◆ Hawthorn, Guizhi and Brown Sugar Soup

Ingredients: 15 grams of hawthorn meat, 5 grams of cinnamon twigs, and 30 grams of brown sugar.

Method: Put hawthorn meat and cinnamon twigs into a clay pot, add 2 bowls of water, fry over slow fire until it reaches 1 bowl, add brown sugar, mix well, and boil.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the meridians, unblocking the meridians, resolving blood stasis and relieving pain. It is suitable for women with cold dysmenorrhea and dull complexion.

◆ Leek juice and brown sugar drink

Ingredients: 300 grams of fresh leeks, 100 grams of brown sugar.

Method: Wash the fresh leeks, drain the water, chop them into small pieces and mash them to extract the juice. Put the brown sugar into an aluminum pot, add a little water and boil until the sugar dissolves, then add it to the leek juice and you can drink it.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the menstruation and replenishing qi. It is suitable for dysmenorrhea due to Qi and blood deficiency, and can make the skin rosy and smooth.

◆ Rose Tea

Materials and Methods: Rose flowers picked in summer or autumn should have purple-red semi-open buds, not loose petals, and a fragrant smell. They can be brewed instead of tea. .

Efficacy: It has the effects of promoting qi, activating blood circulation and moisturizing the skin. It is suitable for irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea.

◆ Ginger Juice and Coix Seed Porridge

Ingredients: 10 grams of dried ginger, 10 grams of moxa leaves, and 30 grams of coix seed.

Method: Decoct the first two flavors in water to extract the juice, cook the coix kernels into porridge until cooked, add ginger and mugwort juice and cook until cooked.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the menstruation, removing blood stasis, dispersing cold, dehumidifying and moisturizing. It is suitable for dysmenorrhea due to cold-dampness stagnation.

Dietary precautions for women during menstruation:

1. The diet one week before menstruation should be light, easy to digest, and rich in nutrients. You can eat more high-protein foods such as beans and fish, and increase green leafy vegetables and fruits. You should also drink more water to keep the stool smooth and reduce pelvic congestion.

2. In the early stages of menstruation, women often feel low back pain and have no desire to eat. At this time, they may wish to eat more appetizing and easy-to-digest foods, such as dates, noodles, barley porridge, etc. Zhang Ying, Department of Gynecology, Mianyang People's Hospital

3. During the menstrual period, you should eat nutritious and easy-to-digest foods to facilitate the supplement of nutrients. Drink more water and eat more vegetables to keep the stool smooth. This can also Reduce pelvic congestion.

4. Part of the blood will be lost during menstruation. Therefore, in the late menstruation period, you need to supplement foods containing protein and iron, potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium, such as meat, animal liver, eggs, milk, etc.

What women should not eat during menstruation:

1. Women should avoid salty food before menstruation. Because salty food will increase the salt and water storage in the body, progesterone will increase before menstruation, which can easily cause edema, headaches and other phenomena. If you start eating low-salt foods 10 days before menstruation, the above symptoms will not occur.

2. Many women who like to drink carbonated drinks will experience fatigue and lack of energy during menstruation, which is a sign of iron deficiency. Because soda and other drinks mostly contain phosphates, they react chemically with the iron in the body, making it difficult to absorb the iron. In addition, drinking too much soda will reduce the digestive capacity and bactericidal effect of gastric acid due to the neutralization of sodium bicarbonate and gastric juice in the soda, and affect appetite.

3. Do not eat spicy foods and chili peppers before menstruation, and eat less fatty meat, animal oil and sweets.

4. Spicy and cold foods are irritating and can easily cause pelvic vasoconstriction, resulting in low menstrual blood volume or even sudden cessation. In addition, irritating substances such as tobacco and alcohol will also have a certain impact on menstruation. If you do not pay attention to avoid these adverse stimulations, dysmenorrhea or menstrual disorders will occur in the long run.