Can I eat coarse salt during menstruation?

Salt is an indispensable condiment in life, but nowadays people are more concerned about their bodies and advocate eating less salt. The so-called coarse salt is large-grained salt that has not been refined or processed. Coarse salt has a sweating effect. It can excrete waste and excess water from the body, promote skin metabolism, soften dirt, replenish salt and minerals, and is a very good health product.

Recently, someone asked whether it is possible to eat coarse salt during menstruation. Menstruation is a special period for women and the most sensitive period in women’s lives. Many women take good care of themselves during menstruation, and they also need careful care in diet. Some people suggest that coarse salt is more appropriate for care, while others suggest that coarse salt can be eaten directly during menstruation.

So can you eat coarse salt during menstruation?

Experts say that the warm stimulation of fried salt can dilate capillaries, accelerate blood circulation, improve local metabolism, and have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Safflower and Curcuma zedoaria have strong effects in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and are more effective for patients with dysmenorrhea who often have blood clots in their menstrual blood and suffer from cold stagnation in the uterus.

Chinese medicine fried salt ironing therapy can be started one week before the menstruation, with each ironing lasting about 30 minutes, 2 to 3 times a day. Chinese medicinal salt can be fried repeatedly or heated in a microwave, but it is best to stir-fry it in an iron pan. When repeatedly heated, if the smell of the Chinese medicine has been significantly reduced or disappeared, new medicine should be added. Coarse salt should be replaced when the particles become finer after repeated use.

Uterine cold is the most common cause of dysmenorrhea in women. In addition to congenital physical weakness, eating too much raw and cold food, and getting a cold abdomen can also easily cause uterine malnutrition and trigger dysmenorrhea. The most suitable method for self-treatment of uterine cold type dysmenorrhea at home is the Chinese medicine fried salt ironing therapy.

Prepare about 500 grams of coarse salt grains (coarse sea salt can be used), add 15-30 grams of safflower and 15-30 grams of Curcuma, put it into an iron pan and dry-fry for about 10 minutes. After the sea salt turns yellow and hot, scoop up the Chinese medicinal salt, put it into a pocket made of thick cotton cloth, and tie it. Placing the cloth bag on the Shenque point in the center of the abdomen and the uterus points on both sides of the abdomen has the effect of dredging the meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, warming the meridians and dispersing cold.

From the above content, it is not difficult to see that coarse salt cannot be eaten casually. However, if you have uterine cold and dysmenorrhea, you can heat the coarse salt and apply hot compress. This can relieve some menstrual pain. If you do not have dysmenorrhea, it can also dredge the meridians, which is very beneficial to the human body. In short, coarse salt is good for women's menstrual health and is also a good medicine.