What kind of nutritious soup is suitable for menstruation?

For women, menstruation is a very important period for them. During this period, they should not only pay attention to small things like not touching cold water, but also pay attention to their living and eating habits. And because menstruation is caused by the shedding of the endometrium in women, which leads to lower body bleeding, the female body is very weak at this time and needs some nutritional supplements. What kind of nutritious soup is suitable to drink during menstruation?

1. Siwu Decoction

Siwu Decoction is known as the "best prescription for nourishing blood in gynecology" and its main ingredients are angelica, rehmannia, chuanxiong and white peony root. The primary effect of angelica is to nourish blood and regulate menstruation, and it can also moisturize the skin; Rehmannia glutinosa can treat female pale complexion, dizziness, and irregular menstruation, and when used with angelica, it can also enhance the blood-tonifying and blood-activating effects of angelica; Chuanxiong is not only the main medicine for gynecology, but also a good remedy for headaches. It can also affect the endocrine system and relieve premenstrual symptoms such as breast discomfort, anxiety and depression; White Peony Root, "Tang Materia Medica" says it "benefit women's blood", and modern Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish blood and soften the liver, and has a good effect on irregular menstruation.

The basic method of cooking Siwu Decoction is to boil it in water, and drink it once in the morning and once in the evening after the menstrual period for a week. You can also add red dates, wolfberries and rock sugar to make the soup sweeter, or add chicken, spare ribs or crucian carp. This will make the soup taste better and the herbal flavor lighter.

2. Three Red Soup

The "three reds" refer to red dates, adzuki beans, and red-skinned peanuts in appropriate amounts. Boil the three together into a soup, and eat the soup and the residue together.

Red dates are sweet and neutral in nature. They can nourish the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and produce body fluid, thereby replenishing qi and blood, and improving symptoms such as sallow complexion caused by blood deficiency. Modern research has also proved that the polysaccharide components in red dates can affect the hematopoietic system and promote hematopoietic function.

Peanuts are sweet and neutral in nature, and have the effects of invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen, replenishing blood and stopping bleeding. The dual effects of peanuts in stopping bleeding and replenishing blood mainly refer to the peanut skin (the red skin on the outside of the peanut kernel). Peanut skins can inhibit the dissolution of fibrin, increase the content of platelets and improve the quality of platelets, while also promoting bone marrow hematopoietic function. Therefore, peanut skins are effective in treating bleeding and anemia caused by bleeding.

Adzuki beans, also known as red beans, are mild in nature and taste sweet and sour. It can promote diuresis, reduce swelling and strengthen the spleen. In recent years, it has been discovered that red beans contain a variety of vitamins and trace elements, especially iron and vitamin B12, which can replenish blood and promote blood circulation.

3. Red dates, longan and brown sugar water

Red dates can nourish the blood and strengthen the spleen and stomach, wolfberry can cure liver and kidney yin deficiency, longan has many functions such as strengthening yang and invigorating qi, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, and brown sugar can also invigorate qi and blood, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. The four work together to nourish blood, invigorate qi, and relieve anemia, dysmenorrhea and other symptoms.

4. Black Chicken Soup

Black-bone chicken has obvious effects on women's iron deficiency anemia. "Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that black-bone chicken has the function of replenishing the weak. Angelica sinensis replenishes blood and promotes blood circulation, regulates menstruation and relieves pain, astragalus replenishes deficiency, and poria strengthens the spleen and calms the mind. When these three are cooked together with black chicken, the blood-replenishing effect is greatly enhanced.