Hawthorn can make menstruation smooth

"When it comes to hawthorn, the first thing people think of is that it can aid digestion. In fact, hawthorn has many other benefits besides helping with food. It can also help women regulate their menstruation, allowing women to have smooth periods during those days." said the Popular Health Network.

Treatment of dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is a good food therapy for patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea.

Patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea often experience lower abdominal pain on the 1st or 2nd day of menstruation or 1-2 days before menstruation. When the menstrual blood flows smoothly, the pain gradually decreases or disappears, and the menstrual blood is dark in color and accompanied by blood clots.

Patients can take 1000 grams of fresh hawthorn with core, wash it, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until the hawthorn is cooked, add 250 grams of brown sugar, and simmer for another 10 minutes until it becomes a thin paste.

practice

Start taking it 3-5 days before menstruation, eat 30 ml of hawthorn paste every morning and evening, and stop taking it 3 days after menstruation. This is one course of treatment, and it will be effective after taking 3 courses in a row. This method is also suitable for those with irregular menstruation and blood stasis as diagnosed by traditional Chinese medicine. This can help women regulate dysmenorrhea and relieve them from the pain during those days.