Can I eat watermelon during my period?

Female friends will have their menstrual period once a month. There is a big difference between menstruation and normal times because the body's immune and digestive functions are not as good as before and are much lower during menstruation. Therefore, it is best to avoid certain foods during menstruation. The diet should be light and do not eat things that are too sweet or too salty. In addition, overly greasy food should not be consumed.

You can eat more fruits rich in vitamins during your menstrual period, but not all fruits can be eaten during your menstrual period. We recommend that female friends avoid eating cold fruits during their menstrual period.

Watermelon (scientific name: Citrullus lanatus, English: Watermelon), known as the "king of melons", is native to Africa. It was introduced to Xinjiang during the Tang Dynasty and to China during the Five Dynasties. It belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and has multiple seeds (watermelon seeds were found in the stomach of Mrs. Xin Zhui unearthed from the Mawangdui Tomb in Changsha, which may overturn previous conclusions).

Watermelon is cultivated in both northern and southern China. It is a dicotyledonous flowering plant with a vine-like shape and feathery leaves. The fruit it produces is a gourd, a fleshy fruit unique to the Cucurbitaceae family, a pseudocarp developed from an inferior ovary with three carpels and a parietal placenta. The main edible part of watermelon is the well-developed placenta. The fruit has a smooth green or yellow skin, and the flesh is juicy red or yellow, rarely white. Watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and promoting diuresis and relieving restlessness. It helps to treat chest and diaphragm congestion, fullness and discomfort, difficulty urinating, sores in the mouth and nose, summer heat, heatstroke, and detoxification of alcohol. The skin can also be used for cooking and medicine.

The smallest watermelon in the world is produced in South America. Its scientific name is "Pepquino". It is a high-end fruit with high nutritional value. It looks no different from ordinary watermelons, 3 cm long and 2 cm in diameter. The skin is smooth and tender, and the flesh is green inside.

Watermelon can be called the "king of summer". It is refreshing and thirst-quenching, and tastes sweet and juicy. It is a great fruit for summer. In addition to being fat-free and cholesterol-free, watermelon contains a large amount of glucose, malic acid, fructose, protein amino acids, lycopene and rich vitamin C. It is a highly nutritious, pure and safe food. The sugar content of pork flesh is generally 5-12%, including glucose, fructose and sucrose. Sweetness increases with the increase of sucrose in the late stage of maturity. The sugar, protein and trace salt contained in watermelon can lower blood lipids and soften blood vessels, and it is also effective in treating cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure. The watermelon frost made from watermelon peel and seed shell can treat mouth ulcers, oral thrush, tooth thrush, and acute pharyngitis. Watermelon peel, flesh and seeds are all edible and medicinal.

Watermelon pulp: protein, glucose, sucrose, fructose, malic acid, citrulline, glutamic acid, arginine, phosphate, lycine, propionic acid, ethylene glycol, betaine, adenine, sucrose, carotene, carotene, lycopene, hexahydrolycopene, vitamins A, B, C, and volatile components contain various aldehydes. The citrulline and arginine contained in watermelon pulp can increase the formation of urea in the rat liver, leading to a diuretic effect. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, relieving thirst, promoting urination, and detoxifying alcohol. It is used to treat all fever symptoms, summer heat and thirst, difficulty urinating, sore throat, oral inflammation, and drunkenness.

Watermelon seeds: contain fatty oil, protein, vitamin B2, starch, pentosan, propionic acid, urea, sucrose, etc. It has the effects of clearing and moistening the lungs, harmonizing the stomach, quenching thirst, aiding digestion, and can treat vomiting blood and chronic cough. The seed husk is used to treat intestinal bleeding and bloody dysentery. The seeds contain a soap-like ingredient that lowers blood pressure and can relieve acute cystitis.

Seed kernel (embryo): It has the functions of clearing the lungs, moistening the intestines, harmonizing the stomach, and quenching thirst. It is an important medicine for treating congestion in the intestines, stomach, and spleen.

Watermelon rind: Traditional Chinese medicine calls watermelon rind "watermelon green coat". It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, purging fire and relieving restlessness, and lowering blood pressure. It has certain therapeutic effects on patients with anemia, dry throat, cleft lip, as well as cystitis, ascites, and nephritis. In addition, because watermelon peel is rich in vitamins C and E, you can use it to rub the skin, or mash it into a paste and apply it on the skin, then wash it off with water after 10 to 15 minutes. It has the effects of nourishing, rejuvenating, beautifying the skin and preventing and treating prickly heat. Fresh watermelon rind can be used as a side dish after being pickled in salt.

In the above article, we introduced that female friends should pay attention to their diet during menstruation, because during menstruation, female friends' immunity and digestive ability are not as strong as before, so eating indiscriminately can easily bring out various symptoms. The watermelon mentioned above is cold in nature, so it is best not to eat it during menstruation.