Diet taboos for women’s menstrual health care

　　1. Foods that should not be eaten during menstruation

　　In fact, it’s not just about eating ice. Foods with cooler properties, such as ice, eggplant, loofah, cucumber, winter melon, crab, snails, kelp, bamboo shoots, oranges, pears, grapefruits, watermelons, etc., as well as sour foods, such as sour plums, immature sour fruits, or some spicy foods, such as fried foods, chili peppers, peppers, mustard, etc., should also be avoided during menstruation to avoid causing poor blood flow.

　　2. Foods you should eat more during menstruation

　　During menstruation, you should eat more green onions, fungus, peanuts, walnuts, jujubes, longans, and roses. If you accidentally eat cold food during your menstrual period, or you can't help but eat ice, you can drink more brown sugar and boiled ginger to balance the blood circulation in the body and promote smooth blood flow.

　　life tips

　　In addition to ice products not suitable for consumption during menstruation, female During menstruation, special attention should be paid to keeping warm, avoiding cold, wading in water, rain, exposure to the sun, and cold baths. Sexual intercourse, bathing, and swimming should be prohibited, and the vulva, underwear, and sanitary napkins should be kept clean.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine is against women eating ice during menstruation, but Western medicine believes that there are no contraindications. Menstrual blood is Uterus The peeling of the endometrium causes menstrual blood to be discharged through the contraction of the uterus. When eating ice, the temperature of the gastrointestinal tract drops, which affects the contraction of the uterus and makes it difficult to discharge menstrual blood, thus forming blood clots. In order to discharge the blood clots, the uterus has to increase its contraction strength. This is the reason why eating ice may cause menstrual pain.

　　Western medicine does not exclude any food. Even people who are postpartum can eat ice. Although eating ice may cause uterine contractions and cause menstrual pain, these blood clots can be excreted through the body's internal mechanisms, so women do not need to worry too much. However, if you have excessive menstrual pain due to eating ice, you should go to the obstetrics and gynecology department to check whether there are other problems. disease possible.