What kind of soup is better for menstruation?

Women's bodies are weak during menstruation. Due to excessive bleeding and the trouble of dysmenorrhea, the body will lack qi and blood. At this time, it is necessary to take some nutritional supplements for conditioning. Some blood and qi tonic soups are good, such as red dates and longan soup, and fish soup. They all have a nourishing effect. They can not only provide the body with energy, but also supplement nutrition. They are especially suitable for drinking during menstruation.

Insufficient menstruation is generally caused by deficiency of Qi and blood, or Qi stagnation and blood stasis, which leads to irregular menstruation. Correspondingly, you should eat some blood-activating and blood-nourishing foods, such as red dates, peanuts, brown sugar, astragalus, spinach, raisins, etc., which can replenish and nourish blood; motherwort, safflower, licorice, sandalwood, green tea, etc., which can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. [Recommended dietary recipe] Red dates and peanut soup. Soak the peanuts and red dates for 1 hour. For those with poor stomachs, you can remove the shells and pits of the red dates after soaking (because the red date skin is hard and can hurt the stomach wall). Then put peanuts and red dates into water and boil them over high heat. Then add motherwort and simmer over low heat for more than half an hour. Add brown sugar to taste. It can nourish blood, replenish blood, invigorate qi, activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, and increase body resistance. The accumulation of dampness and heat in the body often leads to problems such as excessive menstruation. In this regard, you can consume some hemostatic and blood-cooling foods, such as black plum, black fungus, lotus root, Houttuynia cordata, white radish, etc.

[Recommended diet recipe] Black fungus and lotus root soup: Wash the lotus root, white radish, Eclipta prostrata and fungus. Soak the fungus aside first, slice the lotus root, cut the white radish into pieces, and cut the Houttuynia cordata into small pieces. Then put several ingredients into water and cook them together. After the water boils, simmer on low heat for more than half an hour. You can add appropriate amount of brown sugar for seasoning. It can stop bleeding and consolidate menstruation, and is suitable for conditions such as menorrhagia, anemia and physical weakness.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dysmenorrhea is mostly caused by external factors such as the six evils, internal injuries of the seven emotions, irregular lifestyle, and improper diet. There are roughly two types: abdominal cold or qi stagnation and blood stasis. Ingredients that warm the meridians, dispel cold and remove blood stasis include: dried ginger, safflower, ginseng, cinnamon twig, hawthorn, coix seed, rose, jasmine, etc.

[Recommended diet therapy] Ginger, jujube and brown sugar water: 30g dried ginger, 5g cinnamon twig, and 30g jujube, wash and mince the dried ginger, remove the core of the jujube, and soak them in advance. If you have a bad spleen and stomach, you can peel the jujube, then add 30g brown sugar and cook it. After the water boils, simmer for more than 15 minutes. Wenjingsan is suitable for the treatment of cold-induced dysmenorrhea, etc.

[Recommended dietary therapy] Flower tea: Use roses, jasmine, or roselle to make tea with boiling water. You can add appropriate amount of sugar for seasoning. It can regulate qi and promote blood circulation. It is suitable for symptoms such as irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea, and improve women's skin color.

Precautions: During normal times and before menstruation, you should pay attention to your mental conditioning, relieve your worries, avoid mental tension, and eliminate fear. You should keep warm during menstruation to prevent the invasion of cold evil. If the abdominal pain happens to occur during the menstrual period, and the menstruation is abnormal, the face turns pale, or even faints, and an ectopic pregnancy is suspected, you should go to a regular large hospital for diagnosis and treatment immediately. It is not advisable to have sex during menstruation, otherwise bacteria will be brought into the vagina and cause infection, increased menstrual bleeding or abdominal pain during menstruation.