What to drink when menstruation is light?

For female friends, the most common problem in life is menstruation, and through menstruation problems we can observe women's physical health problems. Although health issues have been widely promoted in recent years, some female friends can regulate their bodies by the amount of menstruation, so let us learn about it below. I should drink something if my menstrual flow is light.

Menstruation can reflect the health of women's endocrine and reproductive systems. Many women have experienced scanty menstruation. Generally speaking, scanty menstruation can be treated through diet therapy. But what can you eat to get better quickly if you have light menstrual flow? The etiology and pathology of scanty menstruation are generally divided into four types from the clinical perspective of traditional Chinese medicine: blood deficiency, kidney deficiency, blood stasis and phlegm-dampness.

1. Kidney deficiency in the weak

Symptoms: The symptoms of scanty menstruation caused by kidney deficiency are: scant menstrual blood volume, lighter color, sore waist and weak knees, heel pain, dizziness, tinnitus, and frequent urination during menstruation.

Ingredients: 60 grams of wolfberry, 30 grams of angelica, 50 grams of white wine, 1 black-bone chicken, and appropriate amounts of ginger, salt, and MSG.

Preparation method: First, slice the wolfberry and angelica, wash them, put them into a gauze bag, and soak them with half of the white wine for 6-8 hours; slaughter and wash the chicken, add salt to the other half of the white wine, mix well, and apply it inside and outside the chicken. Put the medicine bag and ginger into the chicken's belly, place it in a container, steam it over high heat for 1 hour, then switch to low heat and steam it for 1 hour. Turn off the heat, remove the medicine bag and ginger, cut the chicken into pieces and put it on a plate. Add MSG to the soup and pour it on the chicken pieces before serving.

2. Blood deficiency in the weak

Symptoms: The symptoms of scanty menstruation caused by blood deficiency are: scanty menstrual volume (if a pack of sanitary napkins cannot be used up during each menstruation, it is considered too scanty), lighter color, and accompanied by dizziness, palpitations, weakness, sallow complexion, and empty lower abdomen during menstruation.

Ingredients: 20 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 100 grams of glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Preparation method: First, crush the donkey-hide gelatin, put it into a pot and stir-fry it until it turns yellow, then grind it into fine powder for later use. Cook the glutinous rice into porridge. When it is 90% cooked, add donkey-hide gelatin powder and brown sugar. Stir while cooking. When the porridge becomes thick and gelatinous, you can eat it.

3. Blood stasis in the weak

Symptoms: The symptoms of scanty menstruation caused by blood stasis are: scant menstruation, purple menstrual blood with small blood clots, lower abdominal distension and pain during menstruation, and the pain will be relieved after the blood clots are removed.

Ingredients: 1 kg hawthorn.

Method: Wash the hawthorn with core, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until it is cooked, then add 250 grams of brown sugar, simmer for 10 minutes, until it becomes a thin paste.

4. Phlegm and dampness in the weak

Symptoms: The symptoms of scanty menstruation caused by phlegm and dampness include: scant menstrual blood volume, light red color, thick leucorrhea, obesity, feeling chest tightness and nausea during menstruation, and a greasy white tongue.

Ingredients: almonds (3 grams), black beans (2 taels), brown sugar (1 tael), water (4 bowls).

Method: Fry black beans in a white wok until the bean skins crack, then wash them. Put black beans and almonds into the pot and simmer over low heat for 35 minutes. Add brown sugar and boil for 1 minute.