What to do if you take a cold shower during your period

Women must pay attention to multi-faceted conditioning and health care during menstruation. They should not take cold showers during menstruation because the stimulation of cold water may cause menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea, and even bacteria may enter the body through the vagina and induce some gynecological diseases. They should pay attention to keeping their body warm, maintain a cheerful and optimistic attitude, and get enough rest.

Disadvantages of taking a cold shower during menstruation

People say that taking cold showers is good for health, so more and more female friends are joining this group and keep doing it all year round. But they don’t know that taking a cold shower can cause some gynecological diseases to take advantage of women!

When taking a cold shower, the water temperature is low and your body will feel cold, which will cause a stress response, such as increased heart rate, muscle contraction, nervous tension, etc. Not only will it not eliminate your fatigue, it may also easily cause a cold. You should try to avoid taking cold showers.

For female friends, especially during menstruation, lactation and pregnancy, the stimulation of cold water will cause irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea. In addition, many bacteria will enter the vagina and cause gynecological diseases such as vaginitis. Severe cases will have a certain impact on women's future pregnancy and physical health. In particular, female friends with poor physical constitution should not take cold showers. Otherwise, their poor resistance will be stimulated by the cold and may cause colds, fevers and other diseases.

Warm reminder: You can persist in washing your face with cold water for a long time to promote blood circulation, prevent colds, and make your skin more shiny and elastic.

Common knowledge about menstruation 1. You should harmonize Qi and blood in time before menstruation. You should not eat too hot food. You can take some iron maple vine, ribs, yam (to strengthen the spleen and stomach), angelica, lotus root (to supplement iron), kelp (to resolve phlegm, promote diuresis, and relieve constipation and detoxification). 2. During menstruation, Yin blood flows out and Yang Qi is strong. At this time, you should not eat things that heat up Yang Qi, such as red dates and donkey-hide gelatin. 3. After menstruation, you should nourish Yin and blood. After menstruation, you should nourish Yin and blood to replenish the Qi and blood lost before. [2] You can cook some nourishing soups, such as black-bone chicken with wolfberry and red dates soup, or eat pork chops, yam, lotus root. Of course, it is best to take Chinese medicine that nourishes Yin, Qi and blood. At the same time, you can also eat more "black" foods during this period, such as black fungus, black beans, black fish, and loach. 4. Some foods with cool properties, such as ice cream, winter melon, eggplant, loofah, cucumber, winter melon, crab, snail, kelp, bamboo shoots, orange, pear, grapefruit, watermelon, etc., and sour foods, such as sour plums, unripe sour fruits, or some spicy foods, such as fried foods, chili, pepper, mustard, etc., should also be avoided during menstruation to avoid blood flow problems. 5. Foods you should eat more during your menstrual period: You should eat more green onions, peanuts, walnuts, dates, longans, and roses. If you accidentally eat cold food during your menstrual period, or can't help eating ice, you can drink more brown sugar boiled with ginger to balance the blood circulation in your body and promote blood flow.