Can I take medicine during menstruation? What should I pay attention to?

During menstruation, women's immunity decreases, so they are more likely to catch a cold. If you have a cold during your period, you can take cold medicine, but not every cold medicine can be taken.

It is best not to take cold medicine during menstruation, because some cold medicines contain hormone ingredients, which will have a certain impact on women's endocrine system. You can take Chinese herbal cold granules instead of antibiotics, and insist on regular exercise. If the condition is very serious, you can go to the hospital for examination and treatment, or get an infusion, etc. It is best not to take hormonal cold medicines.

Female friends are often prone to catching colds during menstruation due to decreased resistance. You can take cold medicine at this time, but be careful not to take blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs. But if the cold is not very serious, you don't need to take cold medicine, just drink more water.

It is not recommended for women to take medicine during menstruation. Because menstruation is a special time, if you take medicine, some hormones will stimulate the female uterus, which is not good for female friends (however, the hormone ingredients contained in cold medicine are relatively small, so you can take it in moderation).

Types of colds

1. Wind-cold cold: For those who are affected by wind-cold and have severe chills, mild fever, nasal congestion and clear runny nose as the main symptoms, it is advisable to use anti-cold medicines that are pungent and warm in nature and can relieve the symptoms.

2. Wind-heat cold: If you are affected by wind-heat and have symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat, dry mouth, etc., you can use heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs, but you should add some pungent and warm drugs when taking the drugs, or take them with ginger soup to limit the side effects of heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs, so as to prevent them from being too much, blocking qi and blood, and leaving behind troubles.

3. Heat entering the blood chamber: caused by encountering wind and rain or wading through water during menstruation, with fever as severe as malaria, which is lighter during the day and heavier at night. Those with particularly serious conditions should be hospitalized promptly for treatment.