Can I eat kumquats during my period?

Kumquat, also known as kumquat, has a long history of cultivation and is golden and lustrous in color. It is rich in vitamin C, and the vitamin C it contains is much more than that of ordinary oranges, as well as some trace elements necessary for the human body. It has extremely rich nutritional value, tastes sweet and sour, and has a smooth texture, making it very suitable for people to eat.

The nutritional content of kumquat ranks among the best among all kinds of fruits, and it has always been one of the most popular fruits among consumers. Generally, women who have their period cannot eat many fruits. So can you eat kumquats during your period? The following article will explain it to you in detail!

Edible kumquat benefits:

Regulate Qi, relieve depression, resolve phlegm, quench thirst, help digestion, and sober up. Kumquat can enhance the body's resistance to cold, prevent and treat colds and lower blood lipids. It is suitable for people who suffer from chest tightness, loss of appetite, or fullness due to food indigestion, drunkenness and thirst. It is suitable for people with acute and chronic bronchitis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, hypertension, and rectal sclerosis. People with weak spleen and qi deficiency should not eat too much, and diabetics should avoid eating it. People who suffer from mouth and tongue pain, or swollen and painful gums should avoid eating it.

Kumquat is not only beautiful, its fruit is rich in vitamin C, kumquat glycosides and other ingredients, which play a certain role in maintaining cardiovascular function and preventing diseases such as vascular sclerosis and hypertension. As a food therapy and health product, candied kumquat can stimulate appetite, drinking kumquat juice can promote salivation and quench thirst, and adding radish juice or pear juice to drink can cure cough. Kumquat has sweet and warm properties, and can regulate qi, relieve depression, and resolve phlegm. Its medicinal uses include: treating chronic bronchitis by stewing kumquat with rock sugar in water. To treat indigestion, boil kumquat, scorched malt and scorched hawthorn in water and drink it. To treat chronic hepatitis, you can boil kumquat and Scutellaria barbata into a thick juice and add sugar to drink. For cold pain in the stomach, you can boil kumquat and Evodia rutaecarpa in water and drink it. Boiling kumquat, patchouli and ginger together can treat nausea caused by cold. Drinking the decoction of kumquat and codonopsis instead of tea can help stabilize the pregnancy.

Women who are menstruating can eat kumquats, but don’t eat too much. Eat them in moderation, otherwise it will have adverse effects on the body. Remember not to drink milk within one hour before and after eating kumquats, because the protein will coagulate when it encounters fruit acid and become difficult to digest, so we must pay attention to this.