Brown sugar can be directly mixed with water.
Benefits of drinking brown sugar water:
1. Brown sugar is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and enters the liver and spleen meridian. It has the effects of replenishing qi, helping the spleen to transform food, nourishing blood and removing blood stasis, and also has the effect of dispersing cold and relieving pain. Therefore, for women who suffer from dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, dark red menstruation and cold abdominal pain caused by cold and blood stasis, drinking some brown sugar water can often play a therapeutic and relieving role. ?
2. The glucose contained in brown sugar releases energy quickly and has high absorption and utilization rate, which can quickly replenish physical strength. Children with problems such as insufficient Qi, loss of appetite, and malnutrition can drink brown sugar water in moderation on weekdays. People who suffer from abdominal pain due to cold and are prone to colds during menstruation can also use brown sugar ginger soup to dispel cold.
Extended information:
People who should not drink brown sugar water:
1. Although brown sugar is good, people with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not consume it.
2. People with yin deficiency and excessive fire have common symptoms such as irritability, hypersexuality, dry mouth, hot hands and feet, hot flashes and night sweats, red tongue with less coating, etc. They always feel that there is fire in the body, which is more common in Menopausal syndrome, hyperthyroidism, hypertension, diabetes, etc. If such women drink brown sugar during their menstrual period, it is easy to cause protracted or prolonged menstruation.
3. Brown sugar is sweet and should not be eaten by people who are obese or have heavy phlegm and dampness.
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