Can I eat brown sugar during menstruation?

Menstruation is a physiological function unique to women and requires special care. Try not to eat cold foods as described in traditional Chinese medicine during menstruation, as eating them will cause dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, etc. Also, avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, as eating them will cause heavy menstrual flow. You must pay attention to your diet during menstruation. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, eat a light diet, and eat less fatty and greasy foods.

Brown sugar is indeed a good thing in the eyes of ordinary people. Women should drink brown sugar millet porridge and eat eggs during the confinement period. If your stomach is cold, you should drink brown sugar water. If you have a cold, which is what people call a cold, you can also boil brown sugar and onions in water and drink it. Here is an introduction on whether you can eat brown sugar during menstruation.

Brown sugar is also one of the essential condiments in people's daily diet. It is extracted from sugarcane and beets and made mechanically or by hand. The grains are large, with obvious crystal faces, and the colors include reddish brown, reddish red, blue-brown, yellow-brown, etc. It has a strong sweet and burnt bitter taste when eaten, and contains a lot of water and reducing sugars. The lighter the color, the better the quality. It can be eaten or used as a seasoning.

Nutritional Value

1. Women who suffer from dysmenorrhea due to cold or physical weakness or after childbirth drink some brown sugar water, which has the effect of nourishing blood and activating blood circulation. When suffering from abdominal pain due to cold, brown sugar ginger soup is often used to dispel the cold;

2. Brown sugar has an excellent healing and nourishing effect on the elderly and the weak, especially those who have just recovered from a serious illness;

3. Brown sugar can play a certain therapeutic role in vascular sclerosis and is not likely to induce dental diseases such as caries.

Edible Effect

Brown sugar is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and enters the spleen meridian;

It has the effects of invigorating Qi, relieving stomach discomfort, digesting food, replenishing blood and removing blood stasis;

It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, and dispersing cold.

The elderly and those with yin deficiency and internal heat should not eat too much brown sugar, and diabetic patients should avoid eating it.

Abdominal pain during menstruation is generally related to uterine cold. Women who experience abdominal pain during menstruation usually have a small amount of menstrual flow. You can drink brown sugar water a few days before your period. You can also eat brown sugar during menstruation because brown sugar is hot and can remove the cold from the body. Eating brown sugar during menstruation can also effectively replenish the ischemia caused by excessive menstrual blood flow.