Every woman goes through the physiological period, but many women may experience menstrual disorders, such as irregular cycles, abnormal blood flow, and dysmenorrhea. Bitter melon, as a vegetable that promotes blood circulation and regulates qi, can help regulate menstruation by guiding the body's meridians and promoting smooth blood flow.
1. The efficacy of bitter melon
Bitter melon is rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, sugar, calcium, iron, phosphorus, carotene, vitamins, and other nutrients. It also has high medicinal and medicinal value. Regular consumption of bitter melon can help maintain beauty and regulate menstruation.
Bitter melon has a mild and non-toxic nature. It has the effects of clearing heat, resolving phlegm, cooling blood, and detoxifying. It can be used in combination to treat diseases such as fever and thirst, phlegm cough, cold, hemorrhoids, blood in urine, abscesses, blocked milk ducts, and boils. Bitter melon contains a large amount of mucus and melon amino acids, which have a sweet and cool taste. They enter the liver and stomach meridians, clear heat and detoxify, cool blood and resolve phlegm, and whiten the skin.
Bitter melon is often used as a delicacy on the dining table. Famous dishes such as "Bitter Melon with Water Chestnut", "Dried Scallop with Bitter Melon", and "Braised Bitter Melon" are highly praised. Bitter melon is usually lightly peeled, sliced, and stir-fried. It can be cooked with meat or vegetables, and the resulting dish is fragrant, smooth, and delicious, suitable for both lunch and dinner. Bitter melon can also be used as the main ingredient to make dishes such as "Bitter Melon Egg Yolk", "Bitter Melon Stuffed with Fragrant Herbs", and "Tender Melon Squid". Bitter melon is suitable for women with menstrual disorders and physical fatigue.
2. Methods of using bitter melon to regulate menstruation
1. Use one bitter melon vine and one bowl of water to decoct and drink. Regular consumption can help regulate irregular menstruation.
2. Dry the bitter melon seeds, add one bowl of water to decoct, and then add a small amount of brown sugar and warm yellow wine. Drink it once in the morning and once in the evening. It is effective in regulating menstruation.
3. Take one mature bitter melon, dry it, and grind it into fine powder. Take 9 grams each time and mix with salt water to drink. It can treat excessive menstruation.
3. Different methods for different symptoms
1. Uterine bleeding
Burn the bitter melon vine and collect the remaining bitter melon frost. Grind it evenly and set it aside. Take 3-6 grams each time, mix it with salt soup or yellow wine, and drink it twice a day. It is effective for uterine bleeding or excessive bleeding. Bitter melon seeds or leaves can be stir-fried and ground into powder with salt water for the treatment of excessive menstruation.
2. Menstrual disorders
Dry the bitter melon seeds, decoct them with water, and add an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Drink it with warm yellow wine twice a day.
3. Excessive menstruation
Take one mature bitter melon, burn it to ashes, grind it into powder, and take 9 grams each time. Mix it with salt water to drink. If taken with yellow wine, it can promote lactation.
4. Dysmenorrhea
Take one dried bitter melon, decoct it with water, and drink it twice a day.
5. Beauty and skincare
Bitter melon juice is known as "beauty water". Cut the growing bitter melon vine, collect the liquid, and use a gauze to apply it on the face or skin. It can moisturize the skin and prevent wrinkles. Bitter melon can also be juiced directly and mixed with an appropriate amount of honey or glycerin for facial application, which also has excellent beauty effects.
