How to regulate lower abdominal distension before menstruation

Menstruation is a necessary process for every girl, and it is also the most painful and weakest time for girls. Dysmenorrhea often occurs at this time, and once the pain comes, it feels like a life-threatening situation. Therefore, girls need to pay more attention to personal hygiene, and also take some menstrual care in daily life. They should also eat a light diet and eat blood-enriching foods.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dysmenorrhea is mostly caused by poor circulation of Qi and blood or Qi and blood deficiency. In the 3-5 days before menstruation, the diet should be light and easy to digest. Do not eat too much, especially avoid eating raw and cold foods, because raw and cold foods can stimulate the contraction of the uterus and fallopian tubes, thereby inducing or aggravating dysmenorrhea.

During menstruation, you should avoid all raw, cold, indigestible and irritating foods, such as chili peppers, raw onions, raw garlic, pepper, strong liquor, etc. You can eat some sour foods, such as sauerkraut, vinegar, etc. Sour foods can relieve pain.

1. Menstrual health care

Some women not only experience abdominal distension before their period, but this uncomfortable symptom is still not eliminated after their period. For these women, it is necessary to take good care of their health during menstruation. For example, if women do not pay attention to developing good hygiene habits during menstruation, it will lead to bacterial infection and serious gynecological diseases. In addition, special attention should be paid to prohibiting sexual intercourse during menstruation to avoid bacterial invasion.

At the same time, you should also pay attention to preventing colds during menstruation. The prevention methods are very simple, such as paying more attention to proper rest and ensuring adequate sleep. At the same time, you should also pay attention to strengthening nutrition. These are all effective ways to prevent lower abdominal discomfort during menstruation.

2. Psychological care

The reason why many women often experience abdominal distension during menstruation has a lot to do with bad mood. If you are angry or depressed during menstruation, you will experience abdominal distension. Therefore, experts remind women to regulate their negative emotions during menstruation, and family members and husbands should care about and understand women’s discomfort and fear. At the same time, women should also understand that the physiological reactions during menstruation, lower abdominal distension and mild back pain are all normal phenomena, and they should not worry blindly.

Some women also experience dysmenorrhea during menstruation. It is more important to ensure adequate rest at this time. In addition, Hague should pay attention to eating more warm food to promote the smooth flow of qi and blood.

3. Heat

If the lower abdominal distension is not obvious, women can use hot compresses to effectively relieve the symptoms of abdominal distension. Especially when there is local distension in the lower abdomen, the effect of hot compress is more obvious. The method is actually very simple. You just need to soak a towel in hot water before or during menstruation, wring it dry, and place it on the bloated area for hot compress. If conditions permit, you can also buy a hot pack and place it on your abdomen during menstruation, which can effectively relieve abdominal bloating.

In addition to hot compresses, women can also effectively relieve abdominal bloating by drinking hot drinks and hot tea during this period. For example, ginger and brown sugar tea, hawthorn soup, etc. can relieve abdominal bloating.

Through the above introduction and understanding, we can relieve menstrual discomfort according to the above methods. Girls are a relatively vulnerable group, so they need to work harder on health care and personal hygiene. Moreover, they should also do a good job of health care before the menstrual period and avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, so as to ensure that we have a healthy body.