Can I eat Patchouli during menstruation?

We all know that women’s menstrual period is a very critical period, and it is also the period when women’s bodies are the weakest. During the menstrual period, women will experience physical discomfort and mental irritability. As a woman, you must pay special attention to providing your body with adequate nutrition, so you need to pay more attention to your diet. Therefore, women need to understand some knowledge about food supplements.

During menstruation, there are many things that women should avoid. Inappropriate food can cause stimulation to the female uterus, thereby increasing menstrual flow. Therefore, women should pay special attention to their diet during menstruation. Whether or not it is possible to eat Patchouli during menstruation has caused a lot of controversy among people.

Functions of Chinese medicine:

(1) Relieving heat and dampness: It is used to treat fever, chest tightness, abdominal distension, vomiting and diarrhea caused by exogenous heat and dampness. It is often used with Perilla frutescens, ... Magnolia officinalis, etc. Fresh Patchouli has a strong effect in relieving heat. (2) Soothing the stomach and stopping vomiting: used for nausea and vomiting caused by excessive dampness and turbidity. Combined with Pinellia and ginger, it can treat vomiting due to stomach cold. (3) Aromatic detoxification: It is used for symptoms such as loss of appetite, thick and greasy tongue coating, and diarrhea caused by spleen dampness and stomach turbidity. It is often combined with Amomum villosum and Costusroot.

Dosage of Chinese medicine:

5 to 10 grams. Double the amount of fresh products and add them later.

[Functions and indications - The effects of Patchouli] It relieves qi, harmonizes the stomach, eliminates filth and removes dampness.

Treat colds, heat and dampness, chills and fever, headaches, chest and abdominal distension, vomiting and diarrhea, malaria, dysentery, and bad breath.

[Dos and Don'ts] ① "Bencao Jingshu": Yin deficiency and excessive fire, weak stomach and nausea, stomach heat and nausea, excessive fire and extreme heat in the middle burner, febrile disease, nausea and bloating caused by evil in the Yangming stomach, all of these methods are prohibited. ② "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": Its stem can consume qi, so those who use it should be careful.

Patchouli

Also known as: Patchouli (Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan), Patchouli du The whole dried herb is about 60 to 90 cm long. The stem is square columnar with ridges at the four corners, about 3 to 10 mm in diameter, yellow-green or gray-yellow in surface, with sparse hairs or almost no hairs; it is light and brittle, with white pith in the center of the cross section. The old stems are hard, woody and hollow in cross section.

It can be seen from this that Patchouli is a Chinese medicine with relatively mild properties, so women can consume appropriate amounts of Patchouli to regulate their bodies during menstruation. However, if your body shows symptoms such as vomiting as mentioned above, you must not eat Patchouli to avoid any adverse symptoms. Women during menstruation should also pay attention to the dosage when consuming it to avoid unnecessary trouble.