Can I eat amaranth during menstruation?

Women will become much more sensitive during menstruation than usual. This is because the body's immunity decreases during menstruation. Women must pay attention to their diet during menstruation. A good diet is conducive to women's smooth menstruation, while a bad diet will aggravate menstrual symptoms and even cause disease. It can be seen that dietary care during menstruation is very important.

We recommend that female friends should have a light diet during menstruation and eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins. So can female friends eat amaranth during menstruation? Let’s take a look at the introduction about amaranth below.

Amaranth (scientific name: Amaranthus mangostanus L.) has oval or prismatic leaves, and is green or purple-red in color. The stems are rich in fiber and generally thicker in diameter. Amaranth is soft and smooth with a strong flavor. It tastes sweet and fragrant, and has the effect of moistening the intestines and clearing away heat. It is also called "Duck Kui" and "Crab Vegetable". In some places it is also known as "red mushroom tiger" and cloud coriander.

Effects

Amaranth can replenish qi, clear away heat, improve eyesight, promote miscarriage, and benefit the large and small intestines. It can also promote the growth of teeth and bones, maintain normal myocardial activity, and prevent muscle spasms. It also has the functions of promoting blood coagulation, increasing hemoglobin content and oxygen carrying capacity, and promoting hematopoiesis. It can also help lose weight, cleanse the body, promote detoxification and prevent constipation.

Medicinal value

Flavor

[Entry into Meridians]: Cool in nature, slightly sweet in flavor; enters the lung and large intestine meridians.

effect

【Indications】: Clears heat and removes dampness, cools blood and stops bleeding, and stops dysentery. It is mainly used to treat red and white dysentery, constipation, red eyes, sore throat, nosebleed and other symptoms. The details are as follows:

Son: Clears the liver and improves eyesight. Used for corneal opacity, red and swollen eyes.

Root: cools blood, detoxifies, and stops diarrhea. Used for bacterial dysentery, enteritis, red and metrorrhagia, and hemorrhoids.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Purple Amaranth is used to treat diarrhea caused by qi, while Red Amaranth is used to treat diarrhea caused by blood."

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Amaranthus chinensis benefits both the large and small intestines. It can treat initial dysentery and miscarriage."

"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "It can treat constipation, eliminate parasites, remove cold and heat, dredge blood vessels and remove blood stasis."

"Sui Xi Ju Food Recipe" says: "Amaranth connects the nine orifices. It actually nourishes the eyes and brightens the eyes, and the word amaranth comes from the character for seeing."

[Usage and Dosage]: 15-20 grams of seeds; 25-50 grams of roots.

【Excerpt】：《National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines》

Therapeutic value

The stems and leaves of Amaranth, a herbaceous plant of the Amaranthaceae family. The leaves are green, red, dark purple and other colors, and the red ones are better, and are called red amaranth or red amaranth. It is cultivated in all parts of China, harvested in spring and summer, with the roots removed and washed for use.

【Properties】: Sweet in taste, cold in nature. It can clear away heat and detoxify, promote diuresis and remove dampness, and facilitate bowel movements.

[Reference]: Contains a large amount of lysine, vitamin C, iron, calcium and other ingredients.

[Use]: Used for dysentery with blood in the stool or abdominal distension due to damp heat, stranguria due to heat, short and red urine, and constipation in weak people and the elderly.

[Usage]: Decoction, porridge, or juice.

【Note】: People with spleen deficiency, prone to diarrhea or loose stools should take this medicine with caution. "Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy" says: "Grind Amaranth and Purslane into fine powder, take equal parts, and take regularly by pregnant women to facilitate delivery." Li Shizhen also said that it can cause "miscarriage", so it is not suitable for pregnant women.

In the above article, we introduced that diet plays a very important role for women during menstruation. A good diet can help women get through the menstrual period smoothly, while a bad diet can lead to worsening of menstrual symptoms or even the occurrence of diseases. The amaranth mentioned above is rich in vitamins. Eating amaranth regularly can nourish blood and stop bleeding, so amaranth can be eaten during menstruation.