The saying "A man cannot live without ginger for a hundred days, and a woman cannot live without sugar for a hundred days" emphasizes the importance of ginger to men and sugar to women. The sugar here refers to brown sugar. Brown sugar has the health-care effects of nourishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, dispelling wind and cold, and activating blood circulation and removing blood clots. It is a rare health product for women's health.
Brown sugar usually refers to finished sugar with honey, that is, honey-rich sugar formed by concentrating the sugar cane juice through simple processing. Brown sugar crystals are fine and soft, with different colors, including red, yellow, purple, black and other colors. According to different crystal particles, it is divided into brown sugar, brown sugar powder, bowl sugar, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It can nourish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, and has the effects of relieving pain, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Because brown sugar has great blood-enhancing effects, my country has long had the custom of pregnant women eating brown sugar and women drinking brown sugar water during menstruation.
Women cannot live without brown sugar for a hundred days, mainly referring to the blood-enriching effect of brown sugar. It can be said that brown sugar replenishes blood is common sense, almost every woman knows it, but why brown sugar has the effect of replenishing blood, most women do not know. Brown sugar can replenish blood mainly because brown sugar is not highly refined and retains the nutrients of sugar cane juice, making brown sugar rich in minerals, especially a large amount of iron. In the past, the iron in Chinese people's diet mainly came from plant foods, and the absorption and utilization of iron was not good, which often caused severe anemia in women, especially pregnant women. Brown sugar is rich in iron, which can effectively replenish blood. purpose. Brown sugar is not only rich in iron, but also rich in various trace elements, including some trace elements that can stimulate the body's hematopoietic function, so brown sugar is a good blood supplement for women.
In fact, in addition to its blood-enhancing effect, brown sugar also has a good beauty effect. Japan produces a kind of "brown sugar" that is very popular. It is not only popular among women in the country, but is also sold abroad. In fact, this thing called "brown sugar" is brown sugar. Brown sugar can not only replenish blood for women, but also has a very good cosmetic effect. This is because brown sugar contains an ingredient called "molasses", which has a strong detoxification effect and can remove excess melanin from the dermis, making the skin Smooth and clean. In addition, brown sugar also contains carotene, riboflavin, niacin, amino acids, glucose and other ingredients, which have strong antioxidant effects and can effectively repair skin tissue cells and enable subcutaneous cells to grow rapidly after "removing" melanin. Consolidate and sustain whitening effects. Brown sugar is also rich in minerals, vitamins, and amino acids, which can promote skin metabolism and make the skin smoother.
Brown sugar can replenish blood and improve beauty, and is a true friend of women. Its health care effect protects women's health and is the "patron saint" of women. Brown sugar has the health-preserving effects of replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach. A cup of brown sugar water is of great significance to women. Brown sugar water can activate qi and blood, speed up blood circulation, make women's menstruation smooth, and make the body warmer; women drinking some brown sugar water 7 to 10 days after delivery can replenish energy, restore postpartum physical strength, and can effectively promote the contraction and recovery of the postpartum uterus. And promote milk secretion; add white fungus, wolfberry, red dates or red beans to brown sugar water and take it together to achieve a diuretic effect, help discharge uterine waste during menstruation, and relieve symptoms of abdominal distension and waist tightness; use brown sugar water to scrub and clean the skin in autumn and winter. It can effectively relieve dry and itchy feeling caused by cold and dryness.
Although brown sugar provides rare nutrients for women’s bodies with its good health care effects, there are also some taboos that women need to pay attention to. Although pregnant women have many benefits of eating brown sugar, they must also pay attention to the dosage. "Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that brown sugar is warm in nature and is different from sugar cane juice. Pregnant women should not eat too much. This is because pregnant women rarely exercise and excess sugar can easily be converted into fat, leading to obesity. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that internal heat due to yin deficiency, indigestion, and brown sugar consumption by diabetics will aggravate their symptoms. In addition, women are particularly reminded not to use brown sugar water to take medicines.
A woman’s health depends on herself, as the saying goes: women have “sugar” and their beauty will not age, and the sunset in life will still be “red”.