The Compendium of Materia Medica, written by Li Shizhen, states that brown sugar (brown sugar) "harmonizes the spleen and slows down the liver" and "nourishes and invigorates the blood, passes the stagnation as well as discharges the evil dew". According to Chinese medicine, brown sugar, which is warm in nature, plays the role of blood tonic by "warming and tonifying, warming and promoting, warming and dispersing". Brown sugar contains ergot alkaloids, which can promote uterine contraction and help discharge the blood, with the effect of warming the uterus. From ancient times has been brown sugar as the necessary supplies for the discharge of dew.

It can be seen that brown sugar water as the usual opinion of the food, detoxification and moisturizing, blood replenishment, whitening and so on is a lot of benefits. Not only can you drink a drink during menstruation, but you can also drink a little bit of it normally.