Can I eat angelica during menstruation?

Angelica is actually a nourishing Chinese medicine. For women, it can help us regulate menstruation and relieve pain, and treat some menstrual disorders and other problems. So many times people like to put angelica in some food when cooking, but if a woman is in her menstrual period, can she eat angelica? So let’s take a closer look at what health care and help eating angelica on the seventeenth day of menstruation can bring.

In fact, women can also eat angelica during menstruation, but angelica is generally not used directly. It is added to soups or other foods. Only in this way can it play a good nourishing and health-care role. Therefore, women can use angelica during menstruation.

Effects of Angelica:

Nourish blood and promote blood circulation, regulate menstruation and relieve pain, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements. It is used for chlorosis due to blood deficiency, dizziness and palpitations, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain due to deficiency and cold, dry intestines and constipation, rheumatic pain, injuries from falls, carbuncles and ulcers.

Effects of Angelica:

Effects on uterine smooth muscle

Effect on isolated uterus: Fu Hua et al. reported in 1954 that Minxian, Gansu contained two components that could excite and inhibit uterine smooth muscle, and had a bidirectional effect. The inhibitory components are mainly volatile oils, and the excitatory components are non-volatile substances that are soluble in water or alcohol but insoluble in ether. In the same year, Wu Baojie et al. also reported that angelica has different effects on the isolated uterus and the in vivo uterus, and the decoction or ethanol extract has a dominant inhibitory effect on the isolated uterus (for the in vivo uterus, it mainly has an excitatory effect). The following year, Pi Xiping's experiment showed that alcohol extract and water extract had an inhibitory effect when first used, but had a stimulating effect when given again after flushing and recovery. Further studies have shown that angelica volatile oil has a direct inhibitory effect on the isolated uterus of rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats, dogs and other animals during non-pregnancy, early pregnancy, late pregnancy, and postpartum, causing the rhythmic contraction to gradually decrease until it disappears and the uterus is in a relaxed state. It also counteracts uterine contractions caused by vasopressin, histamine, adrenaline and acetylcholine. Angelica fluid extract is mainly stimulant, and large doses sometimes have an inhibitory effect.

After these introductions, we found that angelica is definitely a health-care Chinese herbal medicine for women. Especially for the treatment of some problems during women’s menstrual period, angelica can play a very good role. Of course, when we consume these medicinal materials, we must also follow the doctor’s advice.