Can I eat lentils during menstruation?

Menstruation is the physiological period that women experience every month. During this period, many female friends should pay special attention to diet and physical changes, such as not eating spicy food, etc., and pay attention to certain special changes in the body, and pay attention to adding clothes to keep warm. There are also many requirements in diet. Let’s take a look at the question of whether you can eat lentils during menstruation.

Lentils are one of the common ingredients in life. They contain a variety of vitamins and minerals. Regular consumption can strengthen the spleen and stomach and increase appetite. Eating more lentils every day can relieve heat and clear the mouth. So, does eating lentils have any effect on the bodies of women during their menstrual period?

You can eat lentils during menstruation. Let’s take a look at the detailed information about lentils. Lentil is a cultivated species of the genus Lentil in the family Fabaceae. It is a perennial or annual twining vine. The young pods or mature beans are edible. Lentils contain protein, carbohydrates, as well as toxic proteins, lectins, and saponins that can cause hemolysis. Therefore, you must be careful when heating, and the lentils must be cooked before eating, otherwise food poisoning may occur.

Nutritional Value

Lentils are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium,

Phosphorus, iron, dietary fiber, provitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, pantothenic acid, cyanogenic glycosides, tyrosinase, etc. The content of B vitamins in lentil skin is particularly rich. In addition, there are phospholipids, sucrose and glucose. In addition, lentils also contain hemagglutinin, a protein substance that can increase the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid, inhibit the immune response and the movement of white blood cells and lymphocytes, and thus activate the lymphocytes of cancer patients to produce lymphotoxins, which have non-specific damaging effects on body cells and have a significant effect in regressing tumors. Cancer patients should eat lentils regularly, which has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects.

Edible Effect

Lentils are sweet, neutral in nature, and belong to the stomach meridian. They have a light fragrance without being pungent, are mild in nature, and are slightly yellow in color, which is most suitable for the spleen.

There are several varieties of lentil seeds, including white, black, and reddish brown.

1.Spleen deficiency syndrome. This product can replenish Qi to strengthen the spleen and can also eliminate dampness. It has a mild medicinal nature and replenishes without stagnation. It is suitable for spleen deficiency, dampness stagnation, poor appetite, loose stools or diarrhea. However, its "taste is light and its aroma is weak, so it is ineffective when used alone. It must be used together with qi-tonifying medicines", such as Shenling Baizhu Powder (Hejijufang), which uses this product as an auxiliary to ginseng, white atractylodes and other medicines. This product can also be used to treat excessive leucorrhea due to spleen deficiency, dampness and turbidity. It should be used in combination with Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes lancea, Euryale ferox and other products that can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.

2. Vomiting and diarrhea due to summer heat and dampness. Summer is often accompanied by humidity. The heat and dampness of summer can damage the spleen and stomach, causing disharmony and easily leading to vomiting and diarrhea. This product can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness to harmonize the middle. Although it is warm in nature, it does not have the disadvantages of warming and drying, promoting heat and damaging body fluids. Therefore, it can be used for vomiting and diarrhea caused by summer-heat and dampness. As stated in Qianjin Fang, this product is decocted in water and taken orally. For those who are prone to summer heat and dampness, it is advisable to use lotus leaves, talcum powder and other products that can clear away heat and eliminate dampness. If it is the "yin heat" caused by taking a cool drink in the hot summer, being affected by the cold externally and the dampness internally, it is advisable to use medicines that can dispel the cold, resolve the exterior, transform dampness and harmonize the middle, such as Xiangru Powder (Hejijufang), which can be used together with Elsholtzia ciliata and Magnolia officinalis.

Functions of white lentils:

1. Antibacterial and antiviral effects

100% white lentil decoction using the flat paper method has an inhibitory effect on Shigella and; it has a detoxifying effect on vomiting caused by food poisoning, acute gastroenteritis, etc. Effect of white lentil aqueous extract on Columbia mice

SK virus has an inhibitory effect.

2. Impact on immune function: 0.3 ml of 20% white lentil cold salt extract promotes the formation of active E-rosettes, that is, it enhances the activity of T lymphocytes and improves the immune function of cells.

3. Toxicity: White lentils contain phytoagglutinin, which is non-specific to human red blood cells. Lectins that are insoluble in water have anti-trypsin activity and can inhibit the growth of experimental animals, so they are toxic components. It also contains an enzyme that non-competitively inhibits the activity of trypsin. Heating also reduces its activity. At a concentration of 10 mg/kg, the coagulation time of citrate plasma can be extended from 20 s to 60 s due to the inhibition of thrombin.

After reading the introduction in the article, everyone is clear about the role of lentils. Lentils are a purely natural food ingredient that is edible by most people. Women during menstruation can also eat more of them. Among them, white lentils have a good antibacterial and antiviral effect, which can increase the body's immunity and improve immune function for women during menstruation.