Can I eat bananas during my period? Will it have any effect?

Bananas are a fruit that we are all familiar with, but some female friends should be careful. You can eat some bananas in moderation during your menstrual period, but if your physical condition is not very good, for example, you have menstrual pain or irregular menstruation, it is not suitable to eat bananas.

Bananas are sweet and cold in nature and have high medicinal value. Its main functions are to clear the intestines and stomach, treat constipation, and it also has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, relieving thirst, replenishing essence, and detoxifying alcohol. So women who are menstruating can eat it.

You can eat bananas in moderation during menstruation. Bananas are also called "happy fruits", but women during menstruation are prone to irritability, so eating bananas is good for them. But at the same time, bananas are cold in nature and can damage yang energy. Moreover, bananas can have the effect of astringing menstruation, which may reduce the amount of menstruation and cause menstrual irregularities. Therefore, you should not eat too many bananas during menstruation.

However, some foods with cool properties should not be eaten too much, such as ice cream, winter melon, eggplant, loofah, cucumber, winter melon, crab, snail, kelp, bamboo shoots, orange, pear, grapefruit, watermelon, etc., as well as sour foods, such as sour plums, unripe sour fruits, or some spicy foods, such as fried foods, chili, pepper, mustard, etc., should also be avoided during menstruation to avoid blood circulation.

It should also be noted that although most women can eat bananas during menstruation, those who have irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, etc., and who, according to the analysis of Chinese medicine, are deficient in vital energy, especially those with a weak and cold body, should not eat bananas, because bananas are cold in nature and will damage the yang energy. People with deficiency and cold often suffer from dysmenorrhea, dark red menstrual blood in clots, fear of cold during menstruation, feeling very tired, and prone to back pain in the morning. Female friends who have these symptoms during menstruation need to check whether they have a weak body and be careful not to eat bananas during menstruation.