Can I drink hawthorn tea during menstruation?

Hawthorn is a fruit we often eat. The biggest effect of hawthorn is that it can promote digestion, prevent constipation, and has a good effect on regulating the stomach and intestines. However, for women during menstruation, try to eat less hawthorn, because hawthorn is a cold fruit. Excessive consumption is very unfavorable for menstrual regulation and can easily lead to symptoms such as irregular menstruation. Therefore, try not to eat hawthorn during menstruation.

Can I drink hawthorn water during my period?

You can drink hawthorn water during menstruation, but only in moderation. It is not advisable to drink too much. Drinking too much will have a certain impact on your menstrual period.

Hawthorn water is bright red in color and has a sweet and sour taste. It is very beneficial for improving the appetite of babies and has high nutritional and medical value. Every 100 grams of fresh hawthorn pulp contains 89 mg of vitamin C (the third among fruits after fresh dates and kiwis) and 85 mg of calcium, which ranks among the top among fresh fruits. It is therefore particularly suitable for the calcium needs of children and pregnant women. In addition, it also contains carotene, carbohydrates, iron, niacin and other nutrients. It can also promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase appetite and help digestion. When making it, wash the hawthorn slices and brew them with boiling water. Hawthorn slices soaked in water can dilate blood vessels, which has the effect of lowering blood pressure and promoting cholesterol excretion.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is an excellent food therapy for patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea. 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. Start taking it 3 to 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.

Do's and Don'ts of Diet During Menstruation

1. Avoid eating raw or cold food, and prefer eating warm or hot food. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood flows when it is hot and stagnates when it is cold. Eating raw or cold food during menstruation can damage the spleen and stomach and hinder digestion. It can also easily damage the body's yang energy and cause internal cold. Stagnation of cold air can cause blood to stagnate, resulting in too little menstrual blood, or even dysmenorrhea. Even in the hot summer season, it is not advisable to eat ice cream and other cold drinks during menstruation. Warm food is good for blood circulation.

2. Avoid spicy and sour food, prefer light food. Menstruation often makes people feel very tired, their digestive function weakens, and their appetite is poor. To maintain nutritional needs, the diet should be fresh. Fresh food is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage and less pollution. During menstruation, the diet should be light and easy to digest. Eat less or no fried, spicy and other irritating foods to avoid affecting digestion and causing excessive menstrual bleeding due to spicy stimulation.

3. Combine meat and vegetables to prevent iron deficiency. During menstruation, women generally lose about 30 to 50 milliliters of blood each time, and each milliliter contains 0.5 milligrams of iron, which means that 15 to 50 milligrams of iron are lost during each menstruation. Iron is one of the essential elements for the human body. It not only participates in the synthesis of blood proteins and various important enzymes, but also plays an important role in immunity, intelligence, aging, energy metabolism and other aspects. Therefore, it is very necessary to supplement with iron-rich foods that are easy to digest and absorb during menstruation.