What to do when your legs hurt during menstruation

Menstruation is very important for every female friend. The arrival of menstruation will also bring physical pain and distress to many female friends. For example, some female friends experience leg pain during menstruation. Although leg pain is not a serious illness, it is very unbearable. So what should you do if you have leg pain during menstruation?

1. In winter, prepare some black tea, brown sugar, red dates, longan, astragalus, wolfberry, and rose. You can make some brown sugar ginger water, astragalus and wolfberry tea, longan and red dates tea, and rose tea by yourself. You can also drink some warm rice wine. During menstruation, you usually want to eat some chocolate and cake. It doesn’t matter, because eating sweets during menstruation will make it less likely to gain weight and can also help metabolize dirty blood.

2. The staple food should be light, and you should eat more foods that moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements, such as fresh vegetables, fruits, peanut kernels, walnut kernels, sesame kernels, lettuce oil, honey, etc. In the later stages of menstruation, you need to supplement with more foods containing protein and iron, potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium, such as meat, animal liver, eggs, milk, etc. In addition, red bean soup, longan soup, and eight-treasure porridge are all good daily choices. The fermented glutinous rice and boiled eggs that southerners like are also very good.

3. Try not to wash your hair during your menstrual period. If you have to wash your hair, try to wash it at noon and be sure to blow dry it immediately after washing. A hair dryer is indispensable. When drying your hair, pay special attention to the back of your neck. From there downwards, the Fengchi, Fengfu and other major wind points are likely to bring cold air and moisture into the body. Hair dryers also have other uses. For example, shoulder pain, stiff neck, etc. can be relieved by blowing with a hair dryer for a while. Avoid taking a bath during menstruation because the cervix is ​​more open and more easily contaminated, so if you want to take a bath, it is best to use a shower.

4. Prepare a hot water bottle and cover your abdomen at any time during your period. If you also have lower back pain, you can also place the hot water bottle on your lower back for a hot compress. At the same time, you can soak your feet in hot water to increase blood circulation.

5. Be sure to keep your bed warm and go to bed early. At the same time, you should also drink more water to help digestion and make bowel movements smooth.

6. Press Sanyinjiao for ten minutes every day. Sanyinjiao is the first choice acupoint for gynecology and can be said to be a panacea for gynecological diseases. The point is located on the inner side of the human calf, three fingers wide above the inner edge of the ankle, in the depression on the edge of the tibia just above the ankle tip. It is the meeting point of the three yin meridians of the liver, spleen and kidney. The name of this acupoint means that the qi and blood substances of the three yin meridians of the foot meet at this acupoint. There is damp heat provided by the spleen meridian, damp wind provided by the liver meridian, and cold air provided by the kidney meridian. Pressing and kneading it more can both promote circulation and contract, activate blood circulation and stop bleeding, nourish yin and eliminate dampness. It can automatically adjust according to individual needs.

The above is what I have said. What should female friends do if they have leg pain during menstruation, as well as some precautions that female friends should pay attention to during menstruation. Of course, prevention is better than cure, so during or before menstruation, you should pay more attention to your lifestyle and eating habits.