Can women wash their hair during menstruation?

The older generation always warns the younger generation: Women should not wash their hair during menstruation, otherwise they will suffer from headaches or gynecological diseases when they get older. It has been passed down from generation to generation that women cannot wash their hair during menstruation and this has become a truth. Can women wash their hair during menstruation? Let’s see how doctors answer.

Doctor's answer

Many people say that you cannot wash your hair during menstruation because they believe that washing your hair during menstruation will cause hormonal imbalance, resulting in incomplete menstrual blood discharge. The accumulated blood remaining in the uterus is very harmful to the body and can even cause cancer in severe cases. In fact, this statement is wrong. Hormonal (endocrine) disorders are not caused by menstrual conditions, but are related to physiological, psychological, environmental and genetic factors. Cancer is related to a person's living environment and living habits. If one does not pay attention to his living habits during menstruation, it may lead to blood stasis, which may cause lesions over time, but not necessarily cancer.

During menstruation, women's resistance decreases. If their bodies are exposed to cold, their qi and blood will stagnate, which may also lead to menstrual disorders or dysmenorrhea. Therefore, it makes sense that women should not be exposed to wind and cold, wade in the rain, wash their feet or take cold baths with cold water, or eat raw or cold food during menstruation. But bathing and washing your hair with warm water has no effect on your health. However, in order to avoid menstrual discomfort, women must pay attention to nutritional supplements during menstruation. Eating some blood-enriching foods during menstruation is good for the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes

Brown sugar has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, dispelling wind and cold, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Drinking some brown sugar water during menstruation can warm the body, activate qi and blood, speed up blood circulation, and make menstruation smoother. Lotus root is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, and is also rich in plant protein, vitamins and starch. It can invigorate qi and nourish blood, and can also cool blood and disperse blood. However, lotus root is cold in nature, so people with cold hands and feet and poor complexion should not eat too much during menstruation. In addition to these foods, you can also do a good job of health care and take some Tiezhiyuan tablets. As a blood tonic product for women, it specially adds ferrous lactate and combines it with donkey-hide gelatin. It can help effectively regulate qi and blood, replenish iron and nourish blood. It is especially effective for women with dysmenorrhea, as it can relieve pain.

In addition to daily issues such as washing your hair during menstruation, you should pay special attention to

1. Not paying attention to hygiene during menstruation or having sexual intercourse, taking a bath, or swimming can lead to inflammation of the reproductive system;

2. Excessive fatigue during menstruation can lead to menstrual disorders and even functional uterine bleeding;

3. Excessive strenuous exercise can cause dysmenorrhea;

4. Eating spicy food or drinking excessively during menstruation can cause menorrhagia and irregular menstruation;

5. Excessive consumption of cold food during menstruation can cause dysmenorrhea and oligomenorrhea;

6. Emotional damage during menstruation can cause excessive menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and even amenorrhea.

After all, women’s menstrual period is a special period. We should treat it with a normal mind and not be too cautious. It is okay to wash your hair during menstruation, but in order to avoid discomfort during menstruation, it is best not to wash it. In addition, you should also pay attention to other daily health care measures.