Can I eat red bean paste during menstruation?

Diet is very important for us humans, especially for women during menstruation. A good diet can relieve the uncomfortable symptoms caused by menstruation, while a bad diet will aggravate the symptoms of menstruation and even lead to the occurrence of some diseases. So what can and cannot women eat during menstruation? Many women have found that they can actually eat some sweets during menstruation. Does this make sense?

Red bean paste is a kind of sweet food. We often use red bean paste as filling for steamed buns, Yuanxiao, moon cakes, etc. Red bean paste is not only delicious but also has health benefits. However, red bean paste contains too much sugar, which can easily lead to increased blood sugar in female friends and is not conducive to menstrual care.

The official name of red bean in "Compendium of Materia Medica" is "adzuki bean", which is a food and medicine. Red beans have high medicinal and good health-care effects. They can clear away heat and detoxify, strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, ventilate and relieve restlessness. They can treat urinary problems, spleen deficiency edema, beriberi, etc. They have been the focus of people since ancient times. Li Shizhen called red beans "valley of the heart". Red beans can also clear the small intestine, promote urination, reduce swelling and discharge pus, eliminate heat and detoxify, treat diarrhea, dysentery and athlete's foot, quench thirst and relieve alcohol, and promote lactation and miscarriage. In traditional Chinese medicine, red beans have an improving effect on edema caused by the kidneys, heart, beriberi, etc. This is mainly due to the efficacy of the saponin compounds it contains. In addition to being a diuretic and preventing constipation, it also has detoxifying and emetic effects.

Red bean paste is one of the main fillings and is used in many delicious foods, such as moon cakes, Yuanxiao, rice dumplings, buns, etc.

The production process of bean paste is complicated. You can choose bean paste products sold on the market and add osmanthus, rose, mint, raisins, etc. to make bean paste fillings with different flavors.

1. Red beans contain more saponins, which can stimulate the intestines, so they have a good diuretic effect, can relieve alcohol and detoxify, and are beneficial for heart disease, kidney disease, and edema;

2. Red beans contain more dietary fiber, which has good effects on moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, regulating blood sugar, detoxifying and fighting cancer, preventing stones, and bodybuilding and weight loss;

3. Red beans are rich in folic acid. Postpartum women and nursing mothers can eat more red beans to promote lactation.

Red bean paste therapeutic effects:

Sweet and sour, neutral, non-toxic, meridians entered: heart, small intestine, kidney, bladder;

It can remove heat and toxins and disperse bad blood. It has the effects of relieving bloating, promoting urination and promoting lactation;

It is mainly used to treat carbuncle with pus and blood, lower abdominal distension, difficulty urinating, edema, athlete's foot, irritability, thirst, alcoholism, dysentery, jaundice, intestinal hemorrhoids, bleeding, and milk stagnation; it can be used externally to treat carbuncle caused by heat and toxicity, hematoma, and sprains.

Above, we introduced that female friends should pay attention to their diet during menstruation. A good diet can relieve the uncomfortable symptoms during menstruation, while a bad diet can lead to the occurrence of some diseases. The red bean paste introduced above is a kind of sweet food. Red bean paste can cause the blood sugar of female friends during menstruation to rise, which is not conducive to dietary care during the period.