Can I eat cinnamon during menstruation?

Cinnamon is a condiment we often consume. If you use this condiment to cook, it can make the dishes more refreshing, so cinnamon has become an indispensable condiment for people and is deeply loved by people. But some people think that cinnamon cannot be eaten during menstruation, but this idea is wrong. Eating cinnamon during menstruation can relieve our pain. So can you eat cinnamon during menstruation? Let’s find out below.

Eating cinnamon during menstruation can relieve menstrual discomfort. If we add some brown sugar when eating it, it can relieve stomach pain. Therefore, eating cinnamon during menstruation can help our body.

More than after the autumnal equinox, the bark or branch bark of trees cultivated for 5 to 6 years is peeled off, dried in the sun for 1 to 2 days, rolled into a cylinder, and dried in the shade. This is called oil-tube cinnamon (Guanggui); the bark of trees cultivated for more than 10 years is peeled off, the two ends are cut into bevels, and the trees are clamped in wooden concave and convex boards to dry. This is called standing-edge cinnamon; the bark of the old trunk is peeled in a ring shape 30 cm above the ground, and placed in wooden clamps to dry until 90% dry. The tree is taken out, stacked vertically and horizontally, and pressed for about 1 month to dry. This is called board cinnamon; the edge strips left over from the cinnamon processing process, after the outer cork is shaved off, are called cinnamon heart; the pieces are called cinnamon pieces.

1. The cinnamon bark stem is slightly rolled inward on both sides to form a shallow groove, commonly known as "Qi Bian Gui"; the stem and branch bark are rolled into a tube, commonly known as "Youtong Gui", 30 to 50 cm long, 2 to 10 cm wide or tube diameter, and 2 to 8 mm thick. The outer surface is gray-brown, slightly rough, with raised pores; the inner surface is brown-red, smooth, and shows oil marks when scratched by fingernails. The texture is solid and brittle, the fracture surface is granular, and there is a light yellow tangential line (stone cell ring) near the outer layer. The aroma is strong and unique, and the taste is sweet and spicy. The best ones are those with a delicate appearance, thick and heavy skin, not broken, oily, strong aroma, strong sweetness and slight spiciness, and less residue when chewed.

2. Southern cinnamon is the dry bark and branch bark of the plant Cinnamon bark with large leaves. Its medicinal properties are similar to cinnamon bark. It is particularly fragrant when chewed and does not disintegrate into residue. It is generally considered to be of good quality.

Edible Effect

Cinnamon is spicy, sweet, and hot in nature. It enters the kidney, heart, spleen, and liver meridians. It has a strong spicy flavor that descends and ascends at the same time, and can move and defend.

It has the effects of warming the kidney and supporting yang, guiding fire back to its origin, dispelling cold and relieving pain, warming the meridians and unblocking blood vessels;

It is mainly used to treat kidney yang deficiency, fear of cold and cold limbs, sore waist and weak back, impotence and spermatorrhea, uterine cold and infertility, difficulty urinating or frequent urination, enuresis, shortness of breath and rapid wheezing, edema and oliguria; cold pain in the abdomen, poor appetite and loose stools; decline of the fire in the gate of life, the fire not returning to its origin, heat on the upper body and cold on the lower body, red face and cold feet, dizziness, tinnitus, and erosion of the mouth and tongue; low back pain due to deficiency and cold, arthralgia due to cold and dampness, cold hernia, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, abdominal pain due to postpartum blood stasis, yin sores and pus that do not ulcerate, or ulcers that do not heal.

This is the end of the explanation about whether you can eat cinnamon during menstruation. Cinnamon is a hot thing in nature. It is best to eat it in winter and not in summer, especially for pregnant women. If eaten improperly, it may damage our fetal qi. Therefore, there are some groups of people who cannot eat cinnamon, and we need to avoid it.