Can I drink tea during menstruation?

Modern people pay more and more attention to health care. Drinking tea has become one of the most important ways of leisure and health care. Many people nowadays like to drink tea, especially some female friends. However, menstrual health is particularly important for female friends. So, can you drink tea during menstruation? This question is one of the most concerned issues for women.

We all know that drinking tea has many benefits, but women’s menstrual health still requires detailed daily care. As for the question of whether you can drink tea during menstruation, it should be said that drinking tea in moderation will not have much impact, but it is still necessary for us to learn more about tea.

Modern studies have found that drinking tea regularly can refresh the mind. Tea contains about 5% bioalkali, the main component of which is caffeine. 80% of this caffeine can be dissolved in water when brewing tea. After drinking, it can excite the nerve center, promote metabolism, and enhance heart function; it can also promote the secretion of gastric juice, aid digestion, and relieve greasiness; it can also strengthen the contraction function of skeletal muscle, thereby relieving fatigue and improving work efficiency. Therefore, drinking a cup of tea every morning can make people refreshed and energetic.

Tea also has a fat-burning effect. Many ancient Chinese medical books mentioned that drinking tea has the effect of dissolving oil and digesting food. As it is said in "Bencao Bei'an", "Tea can relieve the toxins of alcohol, greasy food, and burnt food, and it is beneficial for urination and defecation. Drinking more of it can help eliminate fat and oil." Therefore, people in ancient times used tea as a digestive drink. Modern medical research shows that the pharmacological effect of drinking tea in aiding digestion is mainly to promote the metabolism of human fat and increase the secretion of gastric juice and other digestive juices, thereby enhancing the digestion and absorption of food.

Drinking tea regularly can also help lower blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis. The catechins and flavonoids contained in tea can increase the elasticity of microvessels, lower blood lipids and dissolve fat. Therefore, they can prevent the accumulation of cholesterol and neutral fat in the blood or liver, and play a certain role in preventing vascular sclerosis.

Although drinking tea has many benefits, it also has many taboos. For example, people with neurasthenia should not drink tea before going to bed; the caffeine contained in tea can promote the secretion of gastric juice and increase the concentration of gastric acid, so people with ulcers should not drink tea; because tea contains a large amount of tannic acid, it can affect the body's absorption of iron and protein, so people with malnutrition and iron deficiency anemia should not drink tea. It is also not advisable to drink tea on an empty stomach, drink overnight tea, or drink tea immediately after a meal, etc.

Because tea is bitter and cold in nature, the elderly should only drink hot tea and not cold tea, as it can damage the spleen and stomach. As the spleen and stomach functions of the elderly tend to decline, they should drink light tea, and black tea and scented tea are the best choices.

Therefore, drinking tea appropriately has many benefits. As long as we pay attention to some taboos of drinking tea and avoid them, there will be no impact. So whether you can drink tea during menstruation is naturally not a big problem. So female friends don’t need to worry too much. What you need to worry about is not to drink too much to avoid affecting your health.