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Can women eat bird's nest during menstruation?

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Asked on:Apr 10, 2026 04:24 PM

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  • Bingham Bingham

    Apr 10, 2026

      Friends often ask: Can I eat bird's nest during menstruation? Or ask female Can you eat bird's nest during menstruation? Let me tell you from my personal experience that you can eat it.

      The main ingredients of bird's nest are water-soluble proteins, minerals and various amino acids. Due to excessive blood loss during menstruation, it is most suitable to eat bird's nest to supplement protein and other nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bird's nest is mild in nature and sweet in taste, "tonifying and capable of clearing" and "clearing and descending". It has the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing, replenishing qi and nourishing the skin.

      For many women, menstruation usually lasts for 7-9 days, and sometimes even longer. During this period, there may be some metrorrhagia, which Chinese medicine says is caused by a deficiency of both qi and blood. For such women, bird's nest can be used as food supplement. If menstruation is delayed and the amount is small, stomach ache , women who are afraid of cold and have diarrhea should avoid eating raw and cold food. They can often stew bird's nest, red dates and lotus seed soup to replenish blood. in the case of Menorrhagia , people with dry mouth, insomnia, and headaches should eat less spicy and irritating foods. On weekdays, you can eat bird's nest with fungus, lily, mung beans and other cooling foods to improve your physical condition.

      "Red Mansion" Dream Chapter 55 of "Wang Xifeng" writes that when Wang Xifeng "was endowed with insufficient Qi and blood, and was young and didn't know how to take care of himself, his mental strength was even worse, and he suffered from redness syndrome", he "only ate bird's nest porridge and two plates of exquisite side dishes." Therefore, eating bird's nest will not have any negative impact on the menstrual cycle. Young women with irregular menstruation, or menopausal women with excessive sweating, should eat it regularly.

      How to eat bird's nest, and what are the therapeutic effects of bird's nest?

      1. Millet ginger sugar bird's nest porridge—— Dysmenorrhea girl

      Function: Combining bird's nest with millet that nourishes the stomach and warms the body and ginger sugar that repels cold and replenishes qi and blood can regulate menstruation and relieve dysmenorrhea.

      Healthy recipe: Cook porridge with millet and bird's nest, then add ginger sugar and eat together. Do not eat for 1 to 3 days during menstruation, and insist on eating a bowl every morning from the 4th day, which has a good effect on relieving dysmenorrhea.

      2. Tremella, Snow Pear and Bird's Nest Sugar Water - Yi cold girl

      Function: Nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs, improves body immunity, not only prevents various lung diseases and respiratory tract diseases disease , even more moisturizing skin The magic recipe.

      Health care recipe: Cut the snow pear into cubes and boil the soaked white fungus into sugar water. Add rock sugar and stewed bird's nest to eat together.

      3. Milk and bird’s nest – girls who are prone to fatigue and insomnia

      Function: Insomnia is the biggest enemy of girls’ beauty. It can also cause problems such as lack of energy and fatigue. The sialic acid component contained in bird’s nest can soothe the brain. nerve The system replenishes the body with the nutrients it needs for repair at night.

      Health care recipes: Eat bird's nest before going to bed. The best choice is the simple and convenient milk bird's nest. Prepare a cup of warm milk and mix the pre-stewed bird's nest with the milk. It can bring a good night's sleep and improve the cold hands and feet in winter. If you are a girl with a weak stomach (drinking milk can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort), use honey or coconut milk instead of milk with bird's nest.

      4. Bird’s nest and walnut dew – expectant mothers

      Function: Eating bird's nest during pregnancy can help expectant mothers avoid getting sick during pregnancy, and the baby's skin and brain development will also be at the starting line. Therefore, the vast majority of pregnant mothers in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and other places now insist on eating bird's nest so that their babies will have good health from birth. healthy 's physique.

      Health care recipe: Grind the walnuts into a paste, put it into a pot with an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil, then add the stewed bird's nest and seasonings, and simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes.

      99 warm reminder from enthusiastic doctors Bird's nest is rich in nutrients and is especially suitable for female friends to eat. However, people who are allergic to protein or to the residual fluff of bird's nest should not eat it.