Can I wash my hair on the first day of my period?

According to tradition, you cannot wash your hair during menstruation. But the menstrual period is very long, lasting for a week, and it is impossible for women not to wash their hair, especially in the hot summer, when the hair will be wet with sweat every day. How terrible it is to not wash your hair for a week. There are some medical explanations for washing your hair during menstruation, but can you wash your hair on the first day of menstruation? What adverse consequences will occur? Let us understand our own body mechanisms.

The problem of washing hair during menstruation seems to trouble a lot of women. It will be very uncomfortable if they don’t wash their hair for a long time. However, washing hair during menstruation will indeed have an impact on women. It is best to avoid this situation.

Western medicine believes that the idea of ​​not washing your hair during menstruation lacks medical basis, but Chinese medicine believes that the human head is the head of the six yang meridians and the uterus is the starting point of the Ren meridian. During women's menstrual period, blood circulation is poor. Washing your hair at this time will cause blood to concentrate on the head, affecting the blood circulation in the uterus. The blood in the uterus cannot be discharged cleanly, which will reduce the amount of menstrual blood and cause dysmenorrhea symptoms.

In addition, when washing your hair, the pores on the hair roots will open, which makes people very susceptible to colds and headaches, especially if you wash your hair at night or before going to bed. Because the night is Yin and the head is the first of the six Yang, the headache symptoms will be more severe when Yin and Yang are in conflict. If you wash your hair at night and go to bed before your hair is dry, your body's resistance will be reduced and many diseases will be caused.

In fact, it does not mean that you cannot wash your hair during menstruation. It is very difficult for women to maintain this rule, but you can make some adjustments. That is, try to wash your hair during the day or at noon. When washing your hair, pay attention to shortening the washing time, and use a hair dryer to dry it after washing. Don't go out immediately after washing your hair. If you need to go out, you should wear a hat to protect your head from the cold.

Women are not allowed to take a bath or wash their hair on the first day of menstruation. During the menstrual period, the endometrium is shed, leaving wounds in the uterine cavity. The cervical mucus is flushed out by the menstrual blood, the cervical opening is slightly open, and menstrual blood stays in the vagina. Menstrual blood is a very good culture medium for bacteria. The above will cause the local protective barrier function of the reproductive tract to be temporarily destroyed, and the overall resistance of women will also decrease during menstruation. Therefore, when women take a bath, some sewage and bacteria in the vagina may take the opportunity to pass through the cervical canal and cause uterine cavity infection. Therefore, women generally cannot take a bath or wash their hair during their menstrual period.

Precautions during menstruation

1. First of all, you must pay attention to menstrual hygiene. You cannot take a bath in a tub. You must clean your vulva every day, with one basin for each person. Underwear should be dried in the sun and ironed with an electric iron before wearing. The toilet paper should be of good quality to avoid infection.

2. Do not drink ice water during menstruation, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and consume more high-protein substances. You can eat some chocolate or brown sugar water to adjust your mood. Don't eat anything too sour or spicy.

3. During menstruation, do not go to public swimming pools to swim, do not be blown by cold wind, do not catch a cold, do not wash your hair, and avoid sexual intercourse.

4. During menstruation, make sure to keep a happy mood and take a proper walk.

5. Combine work and rest During menstruation, you can work, study, and perform general physical labor as usual. This can ensure pelvic blood circulation, thereby reducing back pain and lower abdominal discomfort, and avoid intense and heavy mental and physical labor. Also make sure you get enough sleep to stay energized.

6. Keep a menstrual card to accurately record the start date of each menstrual period, the duration of each menstrual period, and other changes that occur during the menstrual period. This will help you understand whether your menstruation is regular and whether there are any abnormalities, which will help you monitor your own changes and prevent and treat various gynecological diseases.