Traditional Chinese Medicine: Don’t drink green tea during menstruation

　　Regularly drinking some green tea in daily life is very beneficial to the body, but it is not suitable to drink green tea during menstruation, because women during menstruation often have constipation due to menstrual periods. Drinking green tea at this time is particularly likely to aggravate constipation, so it is best for women to stay away from green tea during menstruation.

　　Green tea plays a very important role in human health. However, no matter how good the food is, there are certain dietary taboos. For women during menstruation, drinking green tea is not only not beneficial to health, but may also cause certain troubles to the body.

　　Women during menstruation face a large amount of blood loss. At the same time, iron, an important element for the body's synthesis of hemoglobin, is also lost along with the blood. According to research, in addition to the body's normal iron loss, women also lose an additional 18-21 mg of iron during each menstrual period. Therefore, we often encourage women to add more iron-rich foods at this time, such as black fungus, pork liver, etc., to avoid causing iron deficiency anemia. However, if you drink green tea during menstruation, these efforts will be in vain. Because green tea contains a lot of tannic acid, it will combine with iron molecules in food to form a large amount of precipitates, which will hinder the absorption of iron molecules by the intestinal mucosa. Research shows that the stronger the green tea, the greater the hindrance to iron absorption, especially when drinking tea after a meal.

　　Women and people with anemia should drink less strong tea even in normal times.

　　Women often have symptoms of constipation during menstruation. According to research, this is related to progesterone secretion. The high amount of tannic acid in green tea can also aggravate constipation symptoms, because tannic acid has an astringent effect and can slow down intestinal peristalsis, causing stool to remain in the intestines.

　　During women's menstruation, due to changes in neuroendocrine regulatory functions, they are often accompanied by varying degrees of mental stress, headache, bloating and pain. To avoid these reactions, you should control your emotions and don't let your spirits get too high. However, substances such as theobromine and theobromine in tea have an exciting effect and can aggravate menstrual reactions such as dysmenorrhea, headaches, and backache.

　　For women who are accustomed to drinking tea, if they suddenly stop drinking tea during menstruation and are not used to it, they can also try gargling with tea, which can not only satisfy their tea addiction, but also make the mouth fresh and comfortable, eliminate bad breath, and protect teeth.

　　Chinese people have had the habit of drinking tea since a long time ago, especially green tea, which is particularly popular. Women usually drink some tea, which is very beneficial to the body. However, drinking tea is not suitable for some special times. Women should pay attention to these special time periods.