Why do women often fall asleep at critical moments?

Every woman will experience some degree of drowsiness during menstruation. Both Chinese and Western medicine have conducted different studies on narcolepsy. The results show that women’s drowsiness during menstruation is a special manifestation of their physical constitution, which is related to their weight and other factors.

What factors are related to sleepiness during menstruation?

After research by Chinese and Western medicine, it was found that this is closely related to the physical constitution of women. For example, women who are fat and have edema, or women who usually eat little and have loose stools, will show symptoms of drowsiness.

Why do I feel sleepy during my period?

If this is the case, why do women with this body type experience sleepiness? Traditional Chinese medicine points out that this is mainly related to women’s spleen. Transportation and transformation refers to the body's digestion and absorption of food, as well as the metabolism of water. When there is a problem with the spleen, these processes become impaired. As a result, people will experience symptoms such as fatigue and sleepiness, especially women during menstruation, whose function declines severely and they are more likely to suffer from spleen damage.

How to regulate sleepiness during menstruation?

Since women experience sleepiness during menstruation, how can they regulate it correctly? Traditional Chinese medicine points out that acupoint massage is an excellent treatment method. You can first press the Fengchi and Fengfu points with the tips of your thumbs to help improve symptoms of sleepiness. Relax your wrist, then swing your forearm, moving your wrist and palm, and then use them to rub this acupuncture point. The technique should be as gentle as possible and not too stimulating. Then massage the Zusanli and Sanyinjiao points using the same method.

Using the above massage method, each acupoint can be massaged for three minutes, once a day. Until the symptoms of drowsiness gradually disappear.

What should women eat during their period?

In addition to acupoint massage, you can also use diet to regulate your body. The menstrual period is a special physiological period for women. Because the body's iron requirement increases during this period, it is necessary to choose iron-rich foods and cooking methods that are more conducive to iron absorption.

1. If you are prone to lower abdominal swelling, it is best to limit your salt intake.

2. In addition, it is best not to lose weight before menstruation, because deliberately suppressing appetite can easily cause low mood, anxiety and other emotions.

3. Supplementing B vitamins, especially vitamin B6, magnesium and zinc, can help relieve discomfort before and during menstruation.

4. Some women have an increased appetite before menstruation. This is usually caused by hormones. There is no need to restrain yourself too much. Taking some vitamin E can improve the situation slightly.

5. Some people will experience swelling in the lower abdomen or lower limbs before menstruation. At this time, you can eat more red bean and coix seed soup, because red beans are rich in iron and have diuretic function, and coix seed has a diuretic effect. If you think it is too troublesome to make it yourself, you can buy ready-made one, or just eat eight-treasure porridge.

Before your period, you should pay attention to:

However, all of the above foods are relatively hot in nature, and are not suitable for people with a hot constitution or those who suffer from skin allergies (urticaria), obesity, high blood pressure, or high blood lipids. These people can instead have spinach and pork liver soup, pork blood soup, ginger and fish soup, or drink some chicken essence at the end of each period, or during menstruation, just pay attention to a balanced diet, eat more foods rich in calcium and iron such as: black sesame, spinach, seaweed, kelp, grapes, apples, and avoid ice cream and green tea.

After three days, you can eat pork kidney fried with sesame oil to help the contraction of the uterus and drain the menstrual blood. If you think this is too troublesome, you can actually eat sesame oil chicken or brown sugar and ginger soup throughout your menstrual period to help the uterus contract and drain the menstrual blood.

The amount of menstrual blood will be heavier in the first 1-3 days, and sometimes blood clots will appear, accompanied by dull pain in the lower abdomen. At this time, you can eat fried pork liver with sesame oil and ginger. In addition to supplementing iron, sesame oil and ginger also have the function of activating blood circulation, which is conducive to the smooth discharge of menstrual blood and blood clots.

Female friends can usually eat some quail meat, add some glutinous rice and yam, make it into porridge, and take it every day, it will also have the effect of regulating the spleen. This dietary approach is not only beneficial for women’s menstrual sleepiness, but it can also replenish the blood lost during menstruation and help regulate the imbalance of yin.