Can I eat peas during menstruation?

Women will become different during their menstrual period. Many women usually do not have any symptoms and appear very normal, but they are prone to various symptoms during their menstrual period, which causes great pain to the body. Although these symptoms will disappear with the menstrual period, is there any way to relieve the pain caused by menstruation? Can we regulate these symptoms of menstruation through diet?

The various symptoms that occur during menstruation are actually closely related to our normal diet. It’s just that because we usually have strong immunity and good digestion, the symptoms will not show up if we eat randomly.

Pea (Pisum sativum L.), also known as Pea, Field Pea and Garden Pea in English, is an annual climbing herb sown in spring or biennial in autumn. It is named for its climbing stems. The round ones are also called honey beans or honey beans, and the flat ones have many nicknames, such as green beans, snow peas, Xiaohan beans, Huai beans, Ma beans, green beans, retained beans, golden beans, Huihui beans, wheat peas, wheat beans, Bi beans, Ma Lei, Guo beans, etc. It is a long-day cold season legume, and the cotyledons remain in the soil when the seeds germinate in the field. Pea belongs to the Leguminosae family, Fabaceae family, genus Pisum, and has chromosome 2n=14.

Peas originated thousands of years ago in western Asia, the Mediterranean region and Ethiopia, western Asia Minor, and all of Transcaucasia. Iran and Turkmenistan are its secondary centers of origin. There is also a wild species of the genus Pisum, the Mediterranean pea (Pisumelatius L.), distributed in Central Asia, the Near East and North Africa. This species can hybridize with the currently cultivated pea and may be the original type of modern pea. The distribution of wild species also proves the credibility of the center of origin of pea.

As human food and animal feed, peas are now the world's fourth largest soybean crop. The world's dry pea planting area is 6.2143 million hectares, with a total output of 9.5582 million tons; the world's green pea planting area is 2.2413 million hectares, with a total output of 16.9750 million tons. In the same year, my country's dry pea planting area was 940,000 hectares, with a total output of 1.19 million tons; the green pea planting area was 1.2959 million hectares, with a total output of 10.2743 million tons.

my country's dry pea cultivation area and total output account for 15.13% and 12.45% of the world's total, while green pea cultivation area and total output account for 57.82% and 60.53% of the world's total. my country is the world's second largest pea producer after Canada, and plays a vital role in the world's pea production.

Peas are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. They enter the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the effects of replenishing the middle qi, stopping diarrhea, regulating the body's defense system, promoting urination, eliminating carbuncles and swellings, and relieving lacteal poison. It has certain therapeutic effects on symptoms such as athlete's foot, carbuncle, milk stagnation, spleen and stomach discomfort, hiccups and vomiting, abdominal distension and pain, thirst and diarrhea.

Harmonize the spleen and stomach

It is used for spleen deficiency and weak qi, or vomiting and diarrhea and disharmony between the spleen and stomach.

Promotes bowel function

Peas are rich in crude fiber, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, keep bowel movements smooth, and play a role in cleansing the large intestine. Snow peas and bean sprouts are rich in dietary fiber, which can prevent constipation and have a bowel-cleansing effect.

Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory

Peas are different from ordinary vegetables. The substances they contain, such as gibberellin, gibberellin and phytolectin, have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and can enhance metabolism.

Skin care and health

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that peas have the effect of "removing facial dark spots and making the face shiny". Modern research has found that peas are rich in provitamin A, which can be converted into vitamin A in the body and has the effect of moisturizing the skin. Because it is generally taken from food, it does not produce toxic side effects. Bathing with pea powder can remove dirt and make your complexion bright.

Milk blockage

Lack of milk secretion after delivery; irritability, heat and thirst.

Cancer prevention and treatment

Pea pods and young leaves of bean sprouts are rich in vitamin C and enzymes that can break down nitrosamines in the body. They can break down nitrosamines and have anti-cancer and cancer prevention effects.

Suitable for

It is suitable for patients with insufficient Qi due to prolapse of the anus, chronic diarrhea, prolapse of the uterus, etc., 50 grams each time. Lactating women can also increase milk supply by eating more peas.

Eating too many peas will cause abdominal bloating and gas production. Patients with urinary stones, skin diseases and chronic pancreatitis should not eat peas. In addition, patients with diabetes and indigestion should also eat peas with caution.

In the above article, we introduced that female friends usually do not have any symptoms, but they will have various symptoms during the menstrual period. This is because our immune function decreases during the menstrual period, and our digestive ability is not as strong as usual. The peas mentioned above are very nutritious, so you can eat peas during the menstrual period.