Can I fast during menstruation?

It is completely fine to practice fasting during menstruation as long as the correct method is used. Because the body is relatively weak during menstruation, you must pay attention to rest and ensure sleep. It is best to do it under the guidance of a professional. Fasting can not only clean the tongue coating but also lose weight and detoxify, etc., and fasting can also make people's willpower more firm.

1. Can I fast during my menstrual period?

Since women usually practice fasting for weight loss and detoxification, it is a headache for women who are fasting to have their period. This is because women who practice fasting have usually gone through puberty. If they are fasting during their menstrual period, they should maintain a good mood and go with the flow.

Although no food is consumed during the fasting period, there is still energy flowing, which will increase the circulation of qi and blood in the body, causing excessive menstrual bleeding in some female friends. At this time, you should be careful not to do strenuous exercise, and try to think as little as possible, do a good job of meditation and adjust the energy, so that no adverse reactions will occur during the fasting period. If the methods and measures are not correct and the energy flow cannot be well controlled, adverse reactions will occur. You should also pay attention to adjusting the temperature, get enough rest, especially maintain a good mood, avoid depression, and absorb good energy according to the methods taught by the Bigu teacher to keep your body balanced.

During menstruation, the local defense function of the reproductive organs decreases due to the shedding of the endometrium, slight opening of the cervix, and pelvic congestion. If you do not pay attention to hygiene, bacteria can easily invade the reproductive organs. Therefore, women should refrain from sexual intercourse during the holidays, insist on washing the vulva with clean water every day, and take a bath as much as possible to keep the vulva clean at all times.

During your menstrual period, you should pay attention to rest and get enough sleep to increase your physical strength. Avoid strenuous physical exercise and heavy physical labor. You can participate in some relaxing exercises, such as fasting exercises, walking, etc.

2. How to fast during menstruation

1. Fasting method: Fasting for more than three days is considered fasting, and less than three days is considered dieting. Fasting for 3-7 days is considered short-term fasting, 8-14 days is considered medium-term fasting, and more than 15 days is considered long-term fasting. Levels of fasting: 1. Low level fasting: You can eat a small amount of melon, fruit, and medicine, but no worldly food except boiled water and medicine. 2. Intermediate fasting: drink only water or a little juice, honey and other beverages. 3. High-level water fasting: Do not eat any food or drink water, but someone is needed to protect you. For those who are new to Bigu Fasting, they can start with a short period of time and a low level. As their breathing skills improve and Bigu Fasting experience accumulates, they can then gradually extend the Bigu Fasting time and improve the level.

2. For those who fast for the purpose of curing illness, the longer the fasting time or the higher the level of fasting, the better. Those who are seriously ill or weak should practice fasting according to their ability and stop when necessary. It is better to increase the number of fasting sessions rather than fasting for too long at a time. According to experience, fasting for 3-5 days usually shows therapeutic effects. Those who practice fasting for practical purposes (such as when suddenly running out of food while working in the field, or fasting to survive a famine, or fasting to practice martial arts) can extend the fasting time and improve the fasting level, but this must be based on good health, that is, not feeling hungry during the fasting period, and having normal physical and mental strength.

3. The Qigong practice consists of four parts: sitting cross-legged, walking, standing and lying down. (The exercise method is omitted) 4. The process of fasting can be carried out step by step, such as practicing the exercises for 17 days and then fasting for 3 days, practicing the exercises for 10 days and then fasting for 5 days, practicing the exercises for 5 days and then fasting for 5 days. There are roughly three forms of fasting: 1. Active fasting after long-term practice. 2. Bigu fasting occurs with the catalysis of a qigong master. 3. Actively fast for a certain purpose. What is worth promoting is to take the initiative to fast. If you are told to fast, fast immediately. If you are told to resume eating, resume eating immediately. During the entire fasting period, you can carry out your daily life as usual, and work and study can continue as usual.

3. What are the benefits of fasting for women?

1. Improve the nervous system

Make the thinking agile, enhance memory, deepen understanding, strengthen willpower, cultivate endurance, enhance self-confidence, make people full of courage, and suppress desires. It can further develop one's own spirituality, understand the truth of nature, and inspire people to have another understanding of the world.

2. Detoxification

During the period of fasting, a few people will experience the phenomenon of qi attacking the disease focus, some diseases seem to get worse, or viruses are excreted, black things are pulled out, and there is fatigue or easy exhaustion. This is a normal reflection of the body's self-repair.

3. Lowers blood pressure

During the fasting period, the blood pressure of patients with hypertension will drop significantly, while the blood pressure of some patients with hypotension will rise. However, vision, hearing and touch will become sharper, and memory and association will be enhanced. The number of white blood cells does not change in the first week of fasting, but begins to increase on the 7th day, and increases rapidly from the 11th day, increasing by 1.57 times or more per day, indicating that fasting can improve the body's immunity. During the fasting period, some people will release a unique odor all over their bodies, and even the exhaled gas has a odor. This is because metabolic waste and toxic substances in the body are excreted through the skin.

4. Clean the tongue coating

In the early stage of fasting, the stickiness in the mouth increases. When looking at the tongue in the mirror, you will see yellow tongue coating, and some people even have black tongue coating. It rarely clears within 10 days. If you continue fasting, the tongue coating will become clear, indicating that toxins are being discharged and the body and mind are purified.

5. Diuretic and laxative

The frequency of bowel movements decreases during the fasting period, and generally a bowel movement occurs within the first 1-4 days. This type of stool is called old stool, and the color of old stool is generally black, dark green, or brown, and is muddy (there are a few exceptions). This is a normal phenomenon.