What foods are forbidden during menstruation?

Many female friends will feel various discomforts in their bodies during their menstrual period, such as back pain, stomach pain, and sometimes feeling weak all over. This may be related to not paying attention to diet during the menstrual period, engaging in strenuous activities, etc. Let us learn about some things that women should pay attention to in their diet during their menstrual period.

Raw and cold foods: These are what Chinese medicine calls cold foods, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ear, stone flower, and ground ear. Most of these foods have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and reducing fire. They are beneficial to the human body when consumed normally. However, you should try not to eat or eat less of these foods during menstruation, otherwise it will easily cause symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.

Spicy foods: such as cinnamon, prickly ash, cloves, pepper, etc. These foods are condiments. When cooking, adding some peppers to the dishes can make the dishes taste better. However, women during menstruation should not eat these spicy and irritating foods, otherwise it will easily cause symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and excessive menstrual bleeding.

Taboo diet during menstruation

Avoid eating cold and damp foods

Crabs, snails, etc. are cold foods, and pears, bananas, persimmons, watermelons, grapefruits, oranges, etc. are also cool. Most of these foods have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and reducing fire. They are beneficial to the human body when consumed normally, but eating them during menstruation can easily cause blood vessels to constrict, thereby causing blood stasis and causing dysmenorrhea. You should try not to eat or eat less of these foods. Cold drinks, raw cold dishes, mixed jellyfish, mixed jelly, etc. should also be avoided during menstruation because of their low temperature.

Avoid sour and astringent foods

Generally, acidic foods have astringent and firming properties. After consumption, they can easily cause blood vessels to contract, which is not conducive to the discharge of menstrual blood and causes dysmenorrhea. Therefore, women with dysmenorrhea symptoms should avoid eating sour and astringent foods during menstruation, such as rice vinegar and hot and sour dishes with vinegar as seasoning, pickles, as well as acidic fruits such as pomegranate, green plum, bayberry, carambola, cherry, lemon, etc.

Eat less high-sugar foods

Many female friends like to eat some desserts or chocolates during their menstrual period. In fact, the high sugar content in them may cause the blood sugar level in women to rise. After stopping eating these foods, the blood sugar level will drop rapidly again, which will cause emotional problems and may also cause dysmenorrhea.