Can I eat donkey-hide gelatin to regulate my menstrual period?

Donkey-hide gelatin is a blood tonic food, and like red dates, it is a holy blood tonic for women. But recently some women have asked whether they can eat donkey-hide gelatin during menstruation. However, the editor believes that it is best to eat less during menstruation, because donkey-hide gelatin has the effect of replenishing blood and stopping bleeding. For women with light menstrual flow, it is also said that eating donkey-hide gelatin may hinder the normal menstrual cycle. However, what should you eat during your menstrual period?

Before menstruation, you should harmonize qi and blood in time, and avoid eating too hot food. You can take some iron maple vine, rice ribs, yam (to strengthen the spleen and stomach), angelica, lotus root (to supplement iron), and kelp (to resolve phlegm, promote diuresis, and promote bowel movements and detoxification). After menstruation, you need to nourish yin and blood to replenish the previously lost qi and blood. You can eat some donkey-hide gelatin in moderation and cook some nourishing soups, such as black-bone chicken with wolfberry and red dates soup, etc. You can also eat pork ribs, yam, and lotus root. Of course, it is best to take traditional Chinese medicine that nourishes yin, qi and blood. At the same time, you can also eat more "black" foods during this period, such as black fungus, black beans, black fish, and loach.

Sesame Walnut Paste

Ingredients: 150g donkey-hide gelatin, 350ml rice wine

Method: Crush the donkey-hide gelatin and soak it in rice wine for about a week. When the donkey-hide gelatin becomes sponge-like, add appropriate amount of water to stew it. Then add appropriate amount of black sesame seeds and walnut kernels, and finally add 250 grams of rock sugar and steam for 1 hour. It should be stirred constantly during the steaming process, and after being taken out and cooled, it will become a jelly. Take 1-2 spoons each morning and evening with warm water. Sesame walnut paste has a good nourishing effect for women.

Sesame and walnut paste has a good therapeutic and regulating effect on common symptoms among women such as low back pain, fear of cold, tinnitus, yin deficiency or kidney deficiency. Especially for women suffering from weak waist and knees, eating more sesame and walnut paste can effectively relieve the symptoms.

Doctors kindly remind you that donkey-hide gelatin is a nourishing food and that when taking donkey-hide gelatin during menstruation, you should reduce the dosage or stop taking it according to your menstrual situation.

Among the foods recommended above, all can be eaten during menstruation. They can not only restore physical weakness but also regulate female diseases. Therefore, the editor of donkey-hide gelatin recommends that it can be used after menstruation. This is a great aid for the body's rapid recovery. At the same time, girls during menstruation also need to avoid certain foods, otherwise they will experience menstrual pain.