Women cannot avoid emotional fluctuations, irritability, and anxiety during their menstrual period. In addition to maintaining genital hygiene, regulating emotions, balancing work and rest, and avoiding sexual activities, attention should be paid to dietary supplementation according to the three stages of the menstrual cycle.
Pre-menstrual period
Women often experience discomfort such as depression, anxiety, nervousness, insomnia, irritability, and fatigue, which are related to the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone in the body. Foods that can nourish Qi, regulate the liver, and adjust negative emotions should be chosen, such as cabbage, grapefruit, lean pork, celery, glutinous rice, duck eggs, white atractylodes, Chinese yam, barley, lily, loofah, winter melon, kelp, sea cucumber, carrot, white radish, walnut kernels, black fungus, mushrooms, etc.
During menstrual period
Women should consume foods that are beneficial for harmonizing Qi and blood, such as lamb, chicken, red dates, tofu skin, apple, coix seed, milk, brown sugar, motherwort, angelica, longan, and other warm-tonic foods. If there are symptoms such as poor appetite and lower back pain, it is advisable to choose foods that invigorate the spleen, improve digestion, and are easy to digest, such as jujube, noodles, and coix seed porridge.
Post-menstrual period
Women may experience excessive blood loss, so it is advisable to eat foods that nourish and replenish blood, such as milk, eggs, pigeon eggs, quail eggs, beef, lamb, pork pancreas, coix seed, spinach, cherries, longan meat, lychee meat, carrots, apples, angelica, safflower, peach blossom, cooked Rehmannia root, and polygonatum.
Whether it is before or after menstruation, attention must be paid to diet. It is important to eat light and avoid cold and spicy foods. It is recommended to consume foods that nourish blood and Qi appropriately.
