Menstrual blood is the blood discharged from the uterus and is transformed by Qi and blood. "Huangdi Nei Jing Su Wen Tiao Lun" says, "Those with qi and blood like to be warm and dislike cold. If the cold makes it difficult to weep, the warm will disappear." It can be seen that during menstruation, a girl's important task is to regulate the qi. Blood, qi and blood likes warmth and hates cold. If qi and blood are warmed, they can flow out smoothly. However, if cold evil invades, qi and blood will stagnate and menstruation will be abnormal.

In order to prevent the invasion of cold evil and stagnation of Qi and blood, girls should pay attention to eating more warm foods during menstruation and avoid eating cold products. Mutton, brown sugar, red dates, longan and other foods have a warming and tonic effect and are beneficial to the discharge of menstrual blood. Girls can choose more of them. As for cold foods such as water chestnuts, pears, and watermelons, you should avoid eating them during menstruation to prevent damage to the body's yang energy and produce cold evil.

During menstruation, women’s bodies lose blood, which can easily lead to insufficient Qi and blood in the body. Therefore, foods that benefit the liver, kidneys, and qi and blood can be appropriately supplemented, such as yams, eggs, milk, cherries, etc. In addition, the heart is dominated by red and the kidneys are dominated by black, so red and black foods can also nourish the heart and kidneys and nourish qi and blood, such as jujubes, carrots, red beans, black-bone chicken, black fungus, etc.

In order to make it easier for girls to master the healthy and delicious dietary therapy for dysmenorrhea, today the editor will introduce to you a new melon and fruit therapy.

[Orange Cake Tea]

Ingredients: 30 to 50 grams of orange cake.

Preparation method: Chop the orange cake, put it into a cup, brew it with boiling water, and drink it as tea. 1 to 2 doses per day.

Efficacy: Regulates qi and harmonizes the stomach, moistens the lungs and promotes body fluids.

Usage: Qi stagnation and blood stasis, Qi stasis type dysmenorrhea.

[Peach kernel rock sugar tea]

Ingredients: 10 grams of peach kernel, 20 grams of rock sugar.

Preparation method: Peel and sharpen the peach kernels, mash them with rock sugar, put them into a cup, brew them with boiling water, and drink them as tea. 1-2 doses daily.

Efficacy: Break blood and remove blood stasis, clear away heat and moisturize intestines.

Usage: dysmenorrhea due to blood heat and blood stasis.

[Lychee Core Cyperus Cyperus Powder]

Ingredients: Lychee core and Cyperus Cyperus powder are divided into equal parts.

Preparation method: Grind the lychee core and Cyperus cyperus into fine powder, mix well and set aside. Take 6 grams each time, once in the morning and once in the evening with warm rice wine.

Efficacy: Regulating qi, dispersing cold, regulating menstruation and relieving pain.

Usage: Lower abdominal pain before menstruation.

[Ginger, Date, and Zanthoxylum bungeanum Soup]

Ingredients: 20 grams of ginger, 10 jujubes, and 10 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Preparation method: decoct in water and take. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses.

Efficacy: Warming the meridians, dispersing cold, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Usage: Cold-damp stagnant dysmenorrhea.

【Fried Motherwort】

Ingredients: 500 grams of motherwort tender stems and leaves, appropriate amounts of refined salt, monosodium glutamate, chopped green onion, and oil.

Preparation method:

① Remove the impurities and wash the young stems and leaves of motherwort, blanch them in a pot of boiling water, remove them, wash them to remove the bitterness and cut them into sections.

② Heat the oil in a pan, stir-fry the chopped green onion, stir-fry the motherwort, add refined salt and stir-fry until the flavor is absorbed, add MSG, remove from the pan and serve.

Efficacy: Motherwort is cool in nature and pungent in taste. It has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation and diuresis. It can be used to treat irregular menstruation, edema, hematuria, hematochezia, dysentery, and hemorrhoids.

Usage: Qi stagnation and blood stasis, blood stasis type dysmenorrhea.

[Stir-fried shrimp with fungus]

Ingredients: 250g shrimp, 30g black fungus, 50g cabbage, 100g winter bamboo shoots, 3g refined salt, 20g soy sauce, 10g rice wine , 10 grams of sugar, 5 grams of MSG, 10 grams of green onions, 1 egg, 20 grams of starch, 50 grams of fresh soup, 5 grams of sesame oil, 500 grams of oil (actual consumption: 100 grams).

Preparation method:

① Wash the black fungus, soak in warm water for 2 hours, take it out and set aside.

② Wash and drain the shrimps, put them into a bowl, add refined salt, monosodium glutamate, egg white, and dry starch, mix well and sizing.

③ Slice the winter bamboo shoots, wash the cabbage sum, drain and set aside.

④ Heat the pot. When the oil is 50% heated, add the shrimps to the pot and spread them with a spoon until cooked. Pour the oil into a colander and filter out the remaining oil.

⑤ Add a little oil to the hot pot, add the green onions, stir-fry the fungus, bamboo shoots and cabbage for a while, cook the rice wine, add soy sauce, soup, refined salt, sugar and MSG, then add the shrimps and stir-fry Mix evenly, thicken with wet starch, turn over a few times, remove from pot and plate.

Efficacy: Shrimp strengthens yang and nourishes the kidneys, strengthens the spleen and warms the stomach; fungus replenishes qi and activates blood circulation; winter bamboo shoots replenish qi and resolve phlegm; cabbage disperses blood and reduces swelling. Combined and eaten, it can warm the meridians and remove dampness, regulate qi and remove blood stasis.

Usage: Cold-damp stagnant dysmenorrhea.

Editor’s tip: To go through menstruation smoothly, an important issue that girls need to pay attention to is to keep a happy mood. Excessive psychological pressure, excessive emotion, or strong mental stimulation may affect the organs, thereby affecting the circulation of qi and blood, leading to dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, etc. Therefore, only by being in a happy mood can you go through your menstrual period safely.

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