Can I eat white lentils during menstruation?

Women become more fragile during menstruation and are more prone to various symptoms. These symptoms bring a lot of pain to women. So how to relieve the pain caused by these symptoms during menstruation? We suggest that women can start with diet to relieve the uncomfortable symptoms of menstruation. So are there any principles of diet during menstruation that we can follow? Let's take a look at the introduction below.

Women during menstruation must avoid certain foods, and should not try foods they have never seen before. In addition, women during menstruation can eat more foods containing dietary fiber. So can you eat white lentils during menstruation?

White lentil is an agricultural crop that can be dried and fried for consumption. White lentils are sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature. They have the effects of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. White lentil, also known as white lentil, white lentil, southern lentil; Latin name Dolicho

, lablabL. The mature seeds of the annual twining herb lentil, an annual twining herb. Lentils are native to tropical regions such as India and Indonesia and were introduced to my country during the Han and Jin dynasties. In autumn and winter, the ripe fruits are harvested, dried in the sun, the seeds are removed, and then dried again. The seeds are flat oval or flat ovate, with a pale amaranth white or light yellow surface, smooth and slightly shiny, with a raised white half-moon-shaped caruncle on one edge. It has a slight odor, light taste, and a bean flavor when chewed.

Dietary value

White lentils have high nutritional value. Their mineral and vitamin content is higher than most root vegetables and melon vegetables, and they taste fresh and delicious. According to the "Food Composition Table" compiled by the Institute of Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences: every 100 grams of white lentils contains 2.8 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 5.4 grams of sugar, 35 kcal of calories, 1.4 grams of crude fiber, 116 milligrams of calcium, 1.5 milligrams of iron, 0.32 milligrams of carotene, 0.05 milligrams of thiamine, 0.07 milligrams of riboic acid, 0.7 milligrams of niacin, and 13 milligrams of ascorbic acid. White lentils are a good tonic and a refreshing drink in summer.

Medicinal value

The earliest written record of white hyacinth bean can be found in "Famous Doctors' Records" written by Tao Hongjing during the Southern Qi and Liang Dynasties. The Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shizhen of Ming Dynasty said: "Take hard-shelled white lentils, fry them with the skin on, and use them as medicine." "The hard-shelled white lentils have full seeds, white and slightly yellow, and a fishy smell. They are warm and neutral, and are the grain of the spleen. They are part of the human Taiyin Qi, and can clear the three burners, transform the clear and lower the turbid. Therefore, they are specially used to treat diseases of the middle palace, eliminate heat and dampness, and detoxify. The soft-shelled and black-magpie ones are slightly cool in nature, but can be eaten and regulate the spleen and stomach." The Chinese Pharmacopoeia compiled by the Pharmacopoeia Committee of the Ministry of Health also said: White lentils "strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and dampness. They are used for weak spleen and stomach, summer-damp diarrhea, and leucorrhea." In short, white lentil is a treasure. Its fruit (white lentil), peel (lentil skin), flowers and leaves can all be used as medicine. It is sweet and slightly moist in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of tonifying the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the middle and eliminating dampness, relieving heat and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, internal accumulation of heat and dampness, abdominal distension and pain, red and white vaginal discharge, etc., and can also detoxify alcohol.

Above we introduced what white lentils are. We know that white lentils are not only very nutritious but also have very high dietary value and medicinal value. Eating white lentils regularly can bring us health benefits. White lentils are rich in dietary fiber and calcium, so you can eat white lentils during menstruation.