Can I eat wolfberry leaves during menstruation?

Many female friends often experience physical discomfort during their menstrual period. In fact, physical discomfort during menstruation is sometimes related to diet, so we must pay attention to diet during menstruation. So what are the things that you should not eat during menstruation? What types of food should female friends avoid during menstruation? Can some medicines with health-preserving effects be taken during menstruation?

Wolfberry leaves have very high medicinal value. We often use wolfberry leaves to make tea. Wolfberry leaves have a good effect of promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, as well as dispelling wind and dampness. Wolfberry leaves can also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. So can wolfberry leaves be eaten during menstruation?

Medicinal effects: It has a wide range of medicinal effects, including antipyretic, treatment of diabetes, cough and phlegm, and drinking the decocted wolfberry root can lower blood pressure. As for wolfberry tea, it has the effects of treating physical weakness, frigidity, stomach, liver and kidney diseases, tuberculosis, constipation, insomnia, hypotension, anemia, various eye diseases, hair loss, stomatitis, skin care, etc. However, since wolfberry leaves have a very strong effect of warming the body, people with high blood pressure, those who are too impatient, or gourmets who consume large amounts of meat and have a red face should not eat them. On the contrary, it is best for people with weak constitution, frequent colds, and poor resistance to eat it every day.

Indications and functions: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst, dispels wind and dampness, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. It is used to treat fever due to deficiency, thirst, red and painful eyes, cataracts, night blindness, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and swellings caused by heat and toxins.

During menstruation, Yin blood flows down and Yang Qi is strong. At this time, you cannot eat things that are hot in Yang Qi, such as red dates, donkey-hide gelatin, etc. After menstruation, you need to nourish Yin and blood to replenish the Qi and blood lost before. You can make some nourishing soups, such as black-bone chicken with wolfberry, red date soup, etc. You can also eat pork chops, yam, lotus root. Of course, it is best to take Chinese medicine that nourishes Yin, Qi and blood.

It has the effects of tonifying deficiency and replenishing essence, clearing away heat and quenching thirst, dispelling wind and improving eyesight, promoting body fluid and nourishing the liver; it is mainly used to treat consumptive low back pain, fever and thirst, red and painful eyes, cataracts and night blindness, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, and heat and toxic sores.

Making soup with mutton is beneficial to the body and can especially dispel wind and improve eyesight.

If you are thirsty, you can boil it and drink it instead of tea.

If you have fever, toxins, or feel depressed, you can just boil the juice to relieve it. It can eliminate heat and toxins.

It is mainly used to treat eye rheumatism, red membrane and dizziness. Take the leaves and mash the juice into the eyes.

The whole plant clears the liver and kidneys and reduces lung heat. Used for decreased vision or night blindness: 60 grams of wolfberry leaves, 60 grams of pork liver, boil soup, add oil and salt to taste.

Above, we introduced the dietary issues during women's menstrual period. We know that many female friends feel uncomfortable during menstruation because of problems with their diet, so you must be especially careful about your diet during menstruation. For example, although wolfberry leaves have good health benefits, they cannot be eaten during menstruation because they have the effect of activating blood circulation.