Can I eat angelica during menopause?

After women enter menopause, their tempers will become bad, they will have mild depression, and they may even stop menstruating. In order to alleviate these symptoms, menopausal women should pay special attention to their diet, and should be more particular about what to eat and what not to eat. Angelica plays an indispensable role in the treatment of gynecological diseases. So can menopausal women eat Angelica to regulate their qi and blood? Let’s learn about it together.

1. Angelica sinensis is warm in nature. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effects of nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, promoting tissue regeneration, and moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It can be used as an auxiliary treatment for blood deficiency syndrome, and is also suitable for irregular menstruation and blood deficiency and dry intestines. It is very suitable for menopausal women. However, it is not suitable for people with menorrhagia, yin deficiency, internal heat, or loose diarrhea.

2. The main effect of angelica is to nourish blood and regulate menstruation. It also has the effect of moisturizing the skin. It plays an extremely important role in protecting women's health. White peony root, "Tang Materia Medica" says it "benefits women's blood". Modern Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish blood and soften the liver, and has a good effect on irregular menstruation.

3. When women enter menopause, they will experience physical and mental fatigue, irritability and insomnia, dry skin, dull hair, menstrual disorders and other symptoms, which will affect their life and work. Therefore, in addition to adding estrogen-rich foods such as soybeans, tofu, black rice, sweet potatoes, pine nuts, etc. to their diet, menopausal women can also drink Chinese medicine such as angelica, kudzu root, licorice, saffron, etc., or add them to food, which can not only alleviate menopausal symptoms, but also have the effect of beautifying the skin.

4. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the common menopausal symptoms of insomnia, dry skin, hair loss and cramps are caused by local blood nutrition deficiency due to "blood deficiency", or insufficient hormone secretion and aging caused by kidney deficiency. To relieve these symptoms, you can use Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Chuanxiong.

5. Patients who are weak after illness or childbirth, have palpitations, shortness of breath, anemia, and menopausal syndrome can use Guiqi Pigeon Meat Soup: 20 grams of angelica, 50 grams of astragalus, 20 grams of yam, 20 grams of jujube, and two baby pigeons. Clean the pigeon and cut it into large pieces; wash the angelica, jujube, and astragalus; wash and smash the ginger; pour appropriate amount of water, boil the pigeon meat, discard the foam, then add angelica, jujube, astragalus, ginger, pepper, and cooking wine, and simmer over low heat; when cooked, remove the ginger and add appropriate amount of salt and chopped green onion.