Can I eat Amaranth during menstruation?

Shepherd's purse is also known as red amaranth, cotton amaranth, colorful amaranth, sweat amaranth, wild amaranth, green fragrant amaranth, red amaranth, prickly amaranth, wild amaranth, tricolor amaranth, and wild thorn amaranth. Shepherd's purse is very nutritious, so can women eat shepherd's purse during menstruation?

The vitamin C content of shepherd's purse ranks first among fruits and vegetables. It contains nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron, and does not contain oxalic acid. The calcium and iron it contains are easily absorbed and utilized after entering the body, and can also promote the growth and development of children's teeth and bones. It also contains iron and is suitable for patients with anemia.

The protein contained in shepherd's purse can be more fully digested and absorbed by the body than milk, and the carotene contained in shepherd's purse is more than twice as high as that in eggplant and legumes. Its iron content is 1 times that of broccoli, and its calcium content is 3 times that of broccoli, which is the highest among fresh vegetables and fruits. Amaranth has stronger medicinal effects. Folk customs have always regarded shepherd's purse as a good dish for replenishing blood and qi, and it has a certain effect on preventing anemia in pregnant women, pregnant women, and children.

Effects:

According to traditional Chinese medicine, shepherd's purse is sweet and cool in nature. It enters the intestines and small intestine meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and removing fire, removing dampness and stopping dysentery, facilitating defecation and urinating, and promoting blood circulation. It is suitable for dysentery, enteritis, sluggish defecation, constipation, stranguria, measles, itching of lacquer sores, fever and other symptoms. Therefore, women can take shepherd's purse during their menstrual period.

Many women experience some uncomfortable symptoms in the days before their first menstruation (premenstrual period), such as depression, anxiety, mental uneasiness, insomnia, irritability, restlessness, fatigue, etc. It is generally believed that this is related to the imbalance of the ratio of estrogen and oestrogen in the body.

At this time, ladies should choose foods and medicines that have skin-beautifying and skin-care effects, can replenish qi and blood, soothe the liver and regulate qi, and adjust negative emotions, such as cabbage, red pomelo, lean pork, lettuce, rice, duck eggs, fried atractylodes, yam, coix seed, lily, golden loofah, winter melon, kelp shreds, sea cucumber, carrot, radish, walnut meat, fungus, mushrooms, etc.

At the onset of menstruation, symptoms such as poor appetite, back pain, and fatigue may occur. At this time, it is advisable to use foods and medicines that have skin-beautifying and skin-care effects and are beneficial to the "menstrual journey". Suitable foods and medicines include beef, chicken breast, jujube, bean oil skin, apple, coix seed, beef and mutton, milk, eggs, brown sugar, motherwort granules, Chuanxiong, Rehmannia glutinosa, peach blossom luck, etc.