Can I eat hairtail during menstruation?

For female friends, there is a very important period, that is the menstrual period. During the menstrual period, female friends become more sensitive, so female friends must take good care of themselves during the menstrual period. Female friends must know what to eat and what not to eat during the menstrual period. Only by understanding these can it be beneficial to self-care during the menstrual period. So can female friends eat hairtail during the menstrual period?

If you want to know whether hairtail is suitable for women during menstruation, we must understand what hairtail is, what nutritional components hairtail has, and its health-preserving effects and functions. Let’s take a look at the introduction to hairtail below.

Hairtails belong to the family Hairtails, order Perciformes, class Osteichthyes, subphylum Vertebrata, phylum Chordata. It is also called knife fish, skirt fish, fat fish, oil fish, tooth fish, etc. It is ferocious in nature. The body of the hairtail fish is flat and silver-gray in color. The dorsal and pectoral fins are light gray with very small spots. The tail is black. The hairtail fish has a pointed head and a large mouth, which gradually becomes darker towards the tail.

It tapers gradually, with a height twice the length of the head and a total length of about 1 meter. It is ferocious and mainly feeds on shrimps and squids. It is mainly distributed in the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and is distributed in China's Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Bohai Sea and all the way to the South China Sea. It is known as one of China's four major seafoods along with large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker and squid.

Medicinal value

【Medicine name】Hairtail

【Latin plant, animal and mineral name】Trichiurus haumela (Forskal)

【Meridian】Stomach meridian

【Effects】Tonify deficiency; detoxify; stop bleeding; nourish the liver;

【Indications】Physical weakness after illness; insufficient milk after childbirth; sores, furuncles, carbuncles, and swellings; bleeding due to trauma

[Harvesting and Storage] It can be caught all year round. After catching, remove the internal organs, wash it and use it fresh.

【Nature and flavor】Sweet; neutral

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: decoct or stew the fish meat, 150-250g; or steam and consume the oil; or burn and grind into powder. For external use: Apply appropriate amount of fish scales to the affected area.

【Source】《Chinese Materia Medica》

"Food Chinese Medicine and Convenient Prescriptions": Hairtail, nourishes yin, nourishes the liver, and stops bleeding. Steaming food can improve symptoms of acute and chronic enteritis.

"Medicinal Properties" says: Eating too much hairtail will cause scabies.

"Sui Xi Ju Diet" says: Hairtail can cause scabies and wind, so patients should avoid eating it.

It has the effects of nourishing the spleen, replenishing qi, warming the stomach, nourishing the liver, moisturizing the skin, replenishing qi, nourishing blood, and bodybuilding.

Active ingredients: Every 100 grams of hairtail meat contains 19 grams of protein and 7.4 grams of fat, and no other special nutrients. The scales of hairtail also contain a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, fibrous substances (in hard protein), 6-thioguanine and other effective ingredients.

[Properties] Sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature. It can nourish the spleen and replenish qi, replenish blood and replenish deficiency.

Health function: Hairtail is a high-fat fish, containing protein, fat, vitamins B1, B2, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine and other ingredients. .

Hairtail is rich in fat, protein, vitamin A, unsaturated fatty acids, phosphorus, calcium, iron, iodine and other nutrients. Hairtail is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of warming the stomach, moisturizing the skin, replenishing qi, nourishing blood, bodybuilding, as well as strengthening the heart and kidneys, relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation, reducing inflammation and resolving phlegm, clearing the brain and stopping diarrhea, eliminating fatigue, and refreshing the spirit.

Hairtail is rich in various mineral elements and vitamins necessary for the human body. It is an ideal nourishing food for the elderly, children, and pregnant women. It is especially suitable for people with shortness of breath, fatigue, long-term illness, dizziness due to blood deficiency, thinness due to poor appetite, malnutrition, and dry skin. In addition, eating hairtail fish is beneficial to the development of fetal brain tissue for pregnant women; eating more hairtail fish is beneficial to improving intelligence for children; eating more hairtail fish can delay brain atrophy and prevent Alzheimer's disease for the elderly; eating more hairtail fish can make women's skin smooth and moisturized, their hair long and black, and their face more beautiful.

In the above article, we introduced that female friends need to pay attention to their diet during menstruation. Female friends should know what they can and cannot eat during menstruation. The hairtail mentioned above is very nutritious. Hairtail has the effect of stopping bleeding and detoxification, so hairtail is suitable for consumption during menstruation.