8 blood-replenishing desserts that effectively replenish qi and blood deficiency during menstruation

1. Ginger, jujube and brown sugar water

Ingredients: 30 grams each of dried ginger, jujube and brown sugar.

Method: Wash the first two ingredients, chop the dried ginger, remove the core of the jujube, add brown sugar to boil water, drink the soup and eat the jujube.

Efficacy: It has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold. Suitable for women with cold dysmenorrhea and chloasma on the face.

2. Hawthorn, cinnamon and brown sugar soup

Ingredients: 15 grams of hawthorn meat, 5 grams of cinnamon twig, 30 grams of brown sugar.

Preparation method: Put hawthorn pulp and cinnamon twigs into a clay pot, add 2 bowls of water, simmer over low heat until 1 bowl of water is left, add brown sugar, mix well, boil and drink.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the meridians, dredge blood vessels, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. Suitable for women with cold dysmenorrhea and dull complexion.

3. Black plum and brown sugar drink

Ingredients: 15 grams of black plums, 30 grams of brown sugar.

Preparation method: Pour black plums and brown sugar into a pot, add 1.5 bowls of water, simmer until half a bowl of water remains, remove the residue and drink it warm.

Efficacy: It has the effects of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, beautifying the skin. Suitable for menorrhagia or functional uterine bleeding.

4. Black Fungus and Red Dates Drink

Ingredients: 30 grams of black fungus, 20 red dates.

Method: Wash the black fungus and red dates. Remove the core of the red dates, add water to boil the two ingredients, remove the residue and drink.

Efficacy: It has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing Qi, nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, and beautifying the skin. Suitable for people with menorrhagia, anemia and physical weakness.

5. Leek juice and brown sugar drink

Ingredients: 300 grams of fresh leeks, 100 grams of brown sugar.

Preparation method: Wash the fresh leeks, drain the water, chop them and mash them to extract the juice for later use. Put brown sugar in an aluminum pot, add a little water and boil it. After the brown sugar melts, add leek juice and it is ready to drink.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the meridians and replenishing Qi. It is suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by deficiency of both Qi and blood, and can make the skin rosy and smooth.

6. Ginger Juice and Job's Tears Porridge

Ingredients: 10 grams of dried ginger, 10 grams of mugwort, 30 grams of coix seed.

Preparation: Boil the first two ingredients in water to extract the juice, cook the coix seeds into porridge until 80% cooked, add ginger and mugwort juice and cook until done.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the meridians, removing blood stasis, dispelling cold, removing dampness and moisturizing the skin. Suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by cold and dampness stagnation.

7. Rose tea

Ingredients: Rose flowers picked in summer or autumn, preferably those with purple-red half-open buds, not falling petals, and a fragrant smell, can be used to make tea.

Efficacy: It has the effects of promoting qi, activating blood circulation and moisturizing the skin. Suitable for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and other symptoms.

8. Lotus root drink

Ingredients: 500 grams each of fresh lotus root nodes, fresh white radish, and fresh Eclipta prostrata.

Preparation: Wash and mash the above ingredients, extract the juice, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and drink it.

Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood, stopping bleeding and consolidating menstruation.