How to treat menstrual insomnia?

Many female friends often have trouble sleeping during their menstrual cycle, or their sleep quality is seriously reduced, which makes them feel more tired during the menstrual period, and sometimes their appetite will also decrease to a certain extent. In fact, as long as you pay attention to your diet and adjust your dietary structure reasonably, it will have a certain regulatory effect on recent insomnia. Let’s find out what to eat for insomnia during menstruation.

Foods that improve insomnia:

Vegetables and mushrooms: potatoes, celery, lilies, shiitake mushrooms, white fungus, seaweed, laver, kelp, etc.

Cereals and beans: millet, glutinous rice, oats, wheat, brown rice, etc.

Dried fruits: peanuts, walnuts, sunflower seeds, black sesame seeds, etc.

Others: bananas, honey, dairy products, etc.

Shrimp and loofah soup

Ingredients: 60 grams of shrimp, 200 grams of loofah.

Seasoning: minced garlic, salt, cooking wine, starch, pepper, and vegetable oil in appropriate amounts.

Method: 1. Wash the shrimps, remove the shrimp threads, put them in a bowl, marinate with cooking wine and starch, peel the loofah, wash it, and cut it into dice.

2. Put the pot on the fire, pour in vegetable oil and heat it, stir-fry the minced garlic, add the loofah and stir-fry until it changes color, pour in appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil, add the shrimps, wait until the shrimps turn red, add salt and pepper to taste, and thicken with water starch.

Cooking tips: Replace the loofah with lettuce. After the shrimps are cooked, add the lettuce and boil it to make shrimp and lettuce soup, which tastes just as delicious.

Milk porridge

Ingredients: 250 grams of milk, 50 grams of rice.

Seasoning: appropriate amount of white sugar.

Preparation method: First wash the rice, put it into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, cook it into porridge, then add milk and sugar, mix well and cook for a while.

Cooking tips: If you put too much soy sauce when cooking, add a little milk to the dish to make the color and taste better.

Milky oatmeal porridge

Ingredients: 100 grams of rice, 250 grams of milk, 30 grams of oatmeal.

Seasoning: appropriate amounts of sugar and broth.

Method: 1. Wash the rice and soak it in clean water for 30 minutes.

2. Put the pot on the fire, add the broth and bring to a boil, add the rice and bring to a boil, then turn to low heat and simmer into porridge.

3. Add milk to the porridge, bring to a boil over medium heat, add oatmeal and sugar and cook for 5 minutes.

Cooking tips: Oatmeal can improve blood circulation, promote wound healing, and prevent anemia. It is also a good calcium supplement.

Lotus Seed Porridge

Ingredients: 25 grams of lotus seeds, 100 grams of rice.

Seasoning: appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: 1. Wash the lotus seeds and rice separately and soak them for 1 hour.

2. Put the pot on the fire, add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil, add lotus seeds and rice and bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and continue to simmer, add rock sugar and cook until the porridge becomes thick.

During the menstrual period, it is best to do some moderate exercise, which is also helpful in alleviating the decline in sleep quality. However, you must remain moderate when exercising. Too intense exercise may cause menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea and other discomforts. At the same time, try not to stay up late for a long time during the menstrual period.