Taste: sweet and light, slightly cold, non-toxic.

Organism: enters the spleen, stomach, lungs and large intestine.

Effects: Clearing dampness and heat, removing wind-dampness, facilitating urination, benefiting the lungs and draining pus, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and reinforcing the tendons and bones.

Attacks: rheumatism and body pain, damp-heat feet, damp-heat tendon contracture, damp-heat paralysis, edema, lung atrophy and carbuncle, coughing and vomiting of pus and blood, laryngeal paralysis, carbuncle and swelling, intestinal carbuncle and feverish gonorrhea.

Contraindications: Pregnant women and people with constipation are not allowed to use it; it is not suitable for people with slippery semen and excessive urination.

Menstruation is a physiological phenomenon that occurs in the development of women to maturity, mainly manifested in the endometrium by the influence of ovarian hormones to appear cyclical changes. The shedding of the lining of the uterus together with the flow of blood from the vagina is called menstruation.

If you don't pay attention to hygiene during menstruation, you will be susceptible to a variety of diseases from the outside world and the inner environment. Especially in adolescence, menstruation, the reproductive system is not yet fully mature, 1-2 years after the first menstruation, short-term amenorrhea or menstrual cycle disorders, sometimes due to environmental changes, emotional fluctuations, cold stimulation, or heavy labor caused by menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, excessive or low menstrual flow, so should pay attention to menstrual hygiene.

The main contents of menstrual hygiene are:

1. Pay attention to hygiene, prevent infection: attention should be paid to the cleanliness of the external genitalia, menstruation should not take a bath, you can take a shower, to prevent upward infection. The sanitary napkins used should be soft, clean and changed frequently.

2. Pay attention to keep warm, avoid cold stimulation: such as swimming, cold water bath, underwater field, etc., during menstruation, if the sudden and too strong cold stimulation, can cause menstrual blood or dysmenorrhea.

3. Keep your mind happy and avoid mental stimulation and mood swings.

4. Avoid overwork, do not eat cold, sour and spicy, alcohol and other stimulating foods, drink more boiled water, keep bowel movement, reduce pelvic congestion, pay attention to proper rest and maintain adequate sleep .

Ten inappropriate actions of women during menstruation

Improper actions 1, emotional

Menstruation should be kept in the same mood as usual, to prevent emotional fluctuations, do not get excited about things, it is extremely important to maintain a stable mood. Such as emotional excitement, depression and anger often make the gas stagnation and thus lead to late menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, etc..

According to the survey confirmed that: because all human activities are under the regulation of neurohumoral, so women's normal cycle of physiological changes, especially changes in the level of endocrine hormones, can directly or indirectly affect their mental state and learning efficiency.

For example, during menstruation, due to the sudden drop in the levels of estrogen and progesterone in the body, the small spiral arteries in the uterus rupture, and the uterus is peeled off, necrotic and detached, which can cause a series of uncomfortable reactions in the human body. Together with some psychological factors caused by such as dizziness, lightheadedness, fatigue and other symptoms, can lead to low efficiency and bad mood.

After entering the proliferative phase, the oocyte gradually grows and develops, secretes estrogen, and the uterus repairs and proliferates, just like a dead tree in the spring, the body's functional activities are gradually balanced, and people's spirits and learning and work efficiency also enter a good state.

Nearing the secretion period, after the eggs are matured and discharged, the level of progesterone and estrogen increases and reaches a certain ratio, the endometrium continues to thicken, the endometrium has an adequate blood supply, and the neuroendocrine activities are smooth, so that people's enthusiasm for work and efficiency are at a high level. However, by the time of premenstrual period, the amount of estrogen and progesterone begins to decline again, followed by the next menstrual period.

It can be seen that the different reactions that occur in women at different stages of the menstrual cycle are closely biologically linked to the organism. The reason for this is that the activities of the lower thalamus, the cerebral cortex, the ovaries, and the uterus are subject to and influence each other. Therefore, women of childbearing age should pay attention to the following two aspects.

1, rationalize the time

Given that most women are energetic, emotionally stable, and efficient at work and study for about 20 days during the proliferative and secretory phases of the menstrual cycle, they should make full use of this effective time to catch up on work and study, in order to reduce the load of work or study during the menstrual period.

2. Avoid the influence of unfavorable factors

Pay attention to hygiene and health care during menstruation, avoid strenuous exercise and too cold and too strong stimuli, take proper rest, self-relaxation, self-restraint, and minimize the mood fluctuations.

Improper action 2, too tired

The menstrual period should pay attention to the reasonable arrangement of work and rest time, to avoid strenuous exercise and physical labor, to do a combination of work and rest.

Why do you have menstrual cramps? It may be related to overwork, tension, cold and allergies during menstruation.

Factors related to dysmenorrhea are:

(1) Insufficient attention to hygiene during menstruation and pregnancy; early start of sexual life; high number of sexual partners, causing inflammation.

(2) Excessive abortion procedures or uterine operations that cause adhesion inflammation.

(3) contraceptive situation: dysmenorrhea and instrumental contraception between the existence of a certain relationship, especially intrauterine device - contraceptive ring placement, often can aggravate the degree of dysmenorrhea, which may be the placement of intrauterine device, the endometrial tissue prostaglandin (pg) production increased, resulting in increased dysmenorrhea. Contraceptive pills contain progesterone, which has the effect of relaxing the smooth muscle of the uterus, so it can alleviate the pain symptoms produced by spasms. Oral contraceptives will reduce the incidence of primary dysmenorrhea and the degree of dysmenorrhea.

(4) The effect of the menstrual cycle and the length of the menstrual period: the severity of dysmenorrhea is not affected by the length of the menstrual cycle, but because dysmenorrhea itself manifests the abdominal pain during menstruation, so if the menstrual period is long, the pain tends to last longer, which is the most prominent in patients with endometriosis.

(5) Other factors: It has been reported that obese people may be more prone to dysmenorrhea. It has also been reported that smokers tend to have more severe dysmenorrhea than non-smokers, and the degree of dysmenorrhea often increases with the amount of smoking, which may be due to the fact that smoking often causes vasoconstriction and leads to ischemia and pain.

Small recommended: dealing with dysmenorrhea banana milk with honey

Improper action 3, drink strong tea

Menstrual period should be appropriate to drink more water, should not drink strong tea. Because strong tea is high in caffeine, it can stimulate the nerves and cardiovascular, which can easily lead to menstrual cramps, prolonged menstrual period or excessive bleeding. At the same time, the tannins in tea in the intestinal tract and the combination of iron in food, precipitation will occur, affecting iron absorption, causing anemia. In addition, it is best not to drink alcohol, smoke or eat stimulating foods during menstruation.

Improper action 4, nutritional deficiencies

Because of the monthly loss of a certain amount of blood after menstruation, it is necessary to increase the nutrition, such as protein, vitamins, and iron, calcium and so on. Menstruation should eat a little more eggs, lean meat, fish, soy products and fresh vegetables, fruits and so on.

Women do not eat these things during menstruation

1. Cold class: both Chinese medicine in the cold food such as: pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ear, stone flower, ground ear. Most of these foods have the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, nourishing yin and reducing fire,

In the usual consumption, are beneficial to the human body, but in the menstrual period should try not to eat or eat less of these foods, otherwise it is easy to cause menstrual cramps, menstrual irregularities and other symptoms.

2. Spicy category: such as cinnamon, pepper, cloves, pepper and so on. This kind of food are spices, in the usual, dish, dish put some pepper and so on can make the dish taste become better. However, in the menstrual period of women should not eat these spicy and stimulating foods, otherwise it is easy to lead to dysmenorrhea, excessive menstrual bleeding and so on.

3. Foods that affect sexual function: water chestnuts, wild rice, winter melon, kale, ferns, rabbit, black fungus, cannabis nut.

Some women's menstrual cramps are more than tolerable, and if medication doesn't help, you must get checked by a doctor as soon as possible. It's very important to let your doctor know the severity of your menstrual cramps, and he or she will do diagnostic tests for you for endometriosis as appropriate.

4. Can a woman drink alcohol during her period? Doctors tell us that the maximum amount of menstrual blood produced is only 50-120g, and alcohol is not enough to have any effect on this.

In addition, there are many women who want to drink wine or warm wine during their menstrual period, which is also due to the fact that their body temperature drops by 0.3-0.4 degrees during their menstrual period, and they subconsciously want to warm up their bodies. So 1-2 glasses of wine is the right amount to drink during this period, not more.

Being a woman, no matter how much you like to drink, you should still protect yourself during your period.

5. Eat fried food

Fried food is also a major taboo for women who are menstruating. Because by the body of the endocrine luteinizing hormone influence, menstrual female sebum secretion increased, the skin greasy, at the same time the capillary expansion, the skin becomes sensitive. At this time to eat fried food, will increase the burden on the skin, easy to appear, acne, acne, folliculitis, and dark circles under the eyes. In addition, due to the menstrual fat and water metabolism slows down, eat fried food at this time, fat is also easy to hoard in the body.

Improper move 5, still sex

To be honest, this is really a challenge to willpower, especially in the last day or two of the period.

Case in point: A female patient has been married for more than 3 years and has been embarrassed about one thing. Her husband is a man with a strong libido, and she has a short menstrual cycle (usually 24 days 1 cycle), and sometimes her period lasts as long as 6 to 8 days. Because of the menstrual period can not have sex, her husband has quite a complaint. There were times when I really wanted him to make an exception, but I was afraid that something would go wrong. To be honest, I still don't know why I can't have sex during my menstrual period, so I'm looking for an explanation from the doctor.

Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine professor pointed out that the woman raised is a very common problem, especially in some of the newly married young couples, this kind of uneasiness will appear more often. It is necessary to provide them with guidance on sexual hygiene during menstruation.

Menstruation is a unique physiological phenomenon of women, to the menstrual period, all parts of the body will appear some changes, the most prominent change is: the cerebral cortex excitability is reduced, the whole body resistance is worse than usual; genital endometrium shedding bleeding, the mouth of the uterus is open, the alkaline menstrual blood neutralized the acidic environment of the vagina, the vagina acidity is reduced, so that the natural barriers to weaken the function.

If you have sex during menstruation, there will be the following adverse consequences:

One is that due to the excitement of both parties, penile penetration will make the female genitals congested, resulting in increased menstrual flow and prolonged menstruation;

Two is that at this time of sexual intercourse, the male genitals may bring the bacteria into the vagina, the menstrual blood is a good training base for bacteria and other microorganisms, the bacteria are very easy to breed, along the Many tiny wounds and ruptured small blood vessels within the endometrium spread, infecting the endometrium, and may even involve the fallopian tubes and pelvic organs, thus bringing unnecessary trouble to the woman;

Thirdly, menstrual secretions enter the man's urethra, which may also cause urethritis;

Fourthly, coitus during the period of menstruation, as spermatozoa meet with the overflowing blood cells in the endometrial rupture area and even into the blood, can induce the production of anti-sperm antibodies, which can lead to immune infertility and sterility.

Fifth, coitus during menstruation, due to uterine contractions during sexual impulses, can also squeeze endometrial debris into the pelvis, causing endometriosis, leading to infertility.

So, for the sake of both parties' health and reproductive health, sexual intercourse during menstruation should be prohibited regardless of the circumstances.

Improper action 6, cold

Pay attention to warmth during menstruation to avoid catching a cold, do not get wet, wading or swimming, do not sit in the damp, cool place and air conditioning, fan air ducts. Don't take a bath or wash your feet with cool water, either, to avoid causing menstrual disorders.

Women's menstrual period also can not pound the waist and back

In daily life, often encountered a lot of women, before and after menstruation, often have back pain, so the use of pounding the waist and back and other methods to alleviate the waist and back pain, in fact, this pounding the back of the practice is not desirable, and the results are often counterproductive.

Women during menstruation, due to pelvic congestion, will make people feel slightly uncomfortable, such as lumbar pain, calves or lower abdominal swelling, breast pain, increased frequency of urination and defecation, diarrhea, constipation and so on. Some women also suffer from general symptoms such as tiredness, drowsiness, facial swelling, emotional instability and short temper, which are normal physiological phenomena during menstruation and generally do not require treatment.

However, at this time, if the artificial random force pounding the back, often exacerbate the back pain. This is because pounding on the back of the waist, will make the pelvis more congested and blood flow accelerated, resulting in excessive menstruation, menstrual period prolongation, but to make the back pain more serious. At the same time, due to women in the menstrual period of the whole body and local resistance is reduced, is not conducive to the menstrual period of endometrial stripping of trauma repair and healing, but also easy to cause infection and suffer from acute and chronic gynecological diseases.

This shows that women do not whack waist during menstruation, otherwise it is not conducive to menstrual physical and mental health.

Improper action 7, sitz bath

Some people usually like sitz bath, but in the menstrual period, because the cervix is slightly open, sitz bath or tub bath is very easy to make the contaminated water into the uterine cavity, which leads to inflammation of the reproductive organs.

No swimming within three days before or after menstruation

Also remember to avoid menstruation, it is best to swim after three days of menstruation. Even if you don't have gynecological problems and are not in your period, you should always pay attention when swimming and strengthen your awareness of self health protection.

Improper action 8, wear tight pants

Many women will choose to wear tight underwear during menstruation, they believe that this not only can eliminate the embarrassment of the side leakage, but also to a certain extent to alleviate the abdominal pain, in fact, it is not scientific, the best choice of women in the period of a slightly loose underwear.

Foreign medical research shows that a large proportion of gynecological diseases are caused by wearing tight underwear. Endometriosis is a disease with a high incidence at present, one of the causes of the disease is the backflow of menstrual blood into the abdominal cavity caused by endometriosis, the most common problems of patients are dysmenorrhea and infertility.

If women often wear tight underwear, especially during menstruation, it is easy to make the menstrual blood flow out of the poor, but also in the removal of wearing the pelvic and abdominal pressure sudden change, it is easy to cause menstrual blood reflux, and ultimately back pain, abdominal pain symptoms during menstruation, and even lead to infertility.

Women in the menstrual period, there will be a large amount of menstrual blood flow, if the perineum at this time the breathability is not good, the humid environment may cause some microbial breeding, some mycobacterial vaginal inflammation is so produced, if the treatment is not timely, but also may be infected with upstream to the pelvis. Moreover, the female perineum has a large number of follicular glands distribution, tight underwear is easy to make the secretion of sweat glands blocked, which is especially obvious in the menstrual period. If cleaning is not enough, bacteria multiply, there will be inflammation of the follicular glands, and a few may also lead to pubic lax connective tissue inflammation, vestibular gland abscess and other diseases.

Special tips: long-term tight waist, will squeeze the waist fat, so that the waist to become gourd-shaped, hindering blood circulation in the waist, easy to lead to chronic lumbar muscle strain, will also make the gastrointestinal pressure and affect the supply of blood and oxygen and normal peristalsis, resulting in a loss of appetite, dyspepsia. So don't mistake your health for slimness.

Since the waist and abdomen will sweat a lot during menstruation, it is also easy to produce bacterial infections, so it is best to choose breathable cotton underwear, and it should be done every day.

Improper action 9, humming

Women in the menstrual period respiratory mucous membrane congestion, vocal cords are also congested, and even swelling. If you hum or speak loudly, your vocal cords are easily fatigued.

Improper 10, x-ray examination

Women of childbearing age before menstruation, in the ovulation stage, at this time for x-ray examination, can make the egg cell or fertilized egg damage, causing embryonic dysplasia, resulting in the birth of congenital anomalies, deformities, mental retardation, limb defects.

Not even during menstruation

I'm afraid few dentists will ask you if you're on your period before dialing your teeth, but you must know for yourself that you can't dial your teeth during menstruation! Otherwise, not only will you bleed more during the procedure, but you will also have a bloody taste in your mouth for a long time after the procedure, which will affect your appetite and lead to malnutrition during your menstrual period. This is because during menstruation, the endometrium releases more tissue-activating substances that activate the fibrinolytic zymogen in the blood to fibrinolytic enzymes with anticoagulant effects, and at the same time the number of platelets in the body is also reduced, so the body's ability to coagulate is reduced and the hemostatic time is prolonged.

Small tips: it is recommended to do during menstruation

1, menstruation must ensure enough sleep, do not do very fatigue exercise.

2, menstruation is more restless, sleep is not good, so sleep before a glass of milk, have a calming effect.

3, menstruation should pay special attention to the rest of the eyes, traditional Chinese medicine says: long vision hurt blood. So the time to read books should be reduced, do not go in the dim light to read books, eye skin is very thin, capillary expansion, resulting in bruises.

4, dysmenorrhea can use a hot water bag, hand treasure to give it some heat, general dysmenorrhea is because of the pain of not pass, give it temperature to relieve pain.

5, you can make some soup to drink, mainly beauty soup, such as winter melon soup, spinach soup, chicken soup slightly with a little angelica and so on are good.

6, during the menstrual period, you can wear a little light makeup during the day, with liquid foundation, to cover the darkened skin color.

7, perm during menstruation does not matter, is to change the shape of the hair, there is no blood vessels in the hair. But do not perm during pregnancy, do not use the instrument to do beauty, you can do simple skin care, do a little face wash.

8, if the dark circles under the eyes is obvious, you can use the tea bag that you have drunk, apply it to the eyes, so that the effect of dark circles is very good.

9, menstruation must pay attention to clean the skin, to use warm water to clean the skin, and then wash with cool water to promote blood circulation, appropriate to the skin to apply some nutritional creams.

10, the skin's oil secretion is too much, oily skin containing acidic, with potatoes to appease, can calm and balance the skin's endocrine. Oily skin usually can also paste potato chips.