Women should beware of improper diet during menstruation

　　female When doing skin-beautifying diet and maintenance, the recipes must be arranged according to its own physiology. women and male One of the most obvious differences is that there is "menstruation". When women are taking care of their skin and beauty, they must arrange recipes based on their own physiology. One of the most obvious differences between women and men is their menstruation. The onset and cessation of menstruation is a bit like the waxing and waning of the moon, the rise and fall of the tides and other natural rhythms. It is a physiological law of female sexual function. Each menstruation is from the day when blood is seen to the day when bleeding stops. The normal time is 3-7 days. Under normal circumstances, a woman will discharge about 30-50 ml of menstrual blood during one menstruation. From this point of view, women’s diet and health care for beauty and health must take into account the physiological changes during the menstrual cycle and the discharge of 30-50 ml of blood. One of the principles of women's beauty and health diet is the "cyclical diet" that coincides with the changes in the menstrual cycle.

　　Many women will experience some uncomfortable symptoms a few days before menstruation (premenstrual period), such as depression, worry, emotional stress, loss of vision, irritability, restlessness, fatigue, etc. It is generally believed that this is related to the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone in the body. At this time, women should choose foods and medicines that are not only good for skin and beauty, but also can replenish qi, soothe the liver, and regulate bad emotions, such as cabbage, grapefruit, lean pork, celery, japonica rice, duck eggs, fried atractylodes, yam, barley, lily, golden sponge gourd, winter melon, kelp, sea cucumber, carrot, white radish, walnut kernel, black fungus, mushrooms, etc.

　　During menstruation, symptoms such as poor appetite, backache, and fatigue may appear. At this time, it is advisable to choose foods and medicines that are not only beneficial to skin and beauty, but also beneficial to the "three elements of menstrual water." Foods and medicines that should be used include: mutton, chicken, red dates, tofu skin, apples, coix kernels, beef, milk, egg , brown sugar, motherwort, angelica root, rehmannia glutinosa, peach blossom, etc.

　　The ancient Zhao Zhibi said: "In the course of water, heat is often used instead of cold. Cold will stop the blood and cause turbidity and filth, with stranguria and fullness of the mass, resulting in disgrace." Therefore, during menstruation, many foods that have good skin-beautifying effects should also be avoided, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone fungus, stone flowers, water chestnuts, wax gourd, kale, black fungus, rabbit meat, hemp seeds, etc. ?

　　As mentioned above, during menstruation, some blood is lost. The main components of blood are plasma protein, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium and other inorganic salts. This means that a portion of protein and inorganic salts will be lost during each menstruation. Therefore, in principle, within 1 to 5 days after menstruation (after the menstrual period), protein, minerals and other nutrients should be supplemented and some blood-tonifying drugs should be used. During this period, the foods and medicines that can be used to benefit the skin and beautify the body as well as nourish and activate blood include: milk, eggs, pigeon eggs, quail eggs, beef, mutton, pig pancreas, gorgon fruit, spinach, cherry, longan meat, lychee meat, carrot, apple, angelica, safflower, peach blossom, rehmannia glutinosa, etc.