Drinking Yin-nourishing and Blood-tonifying Soup during menstruation is nourishing and delicious

During the menstrual period, women are more fragile and prone to discomfort, so we must pay attention to the diet of women during the menstrual period. What should women eat during the menstrual period? Women during the menstrual period should eat more Yin-nourishing and blood-tonifying soups to effectively nourish and relieve the discomfort during the menstrual period. What Yin-nourishing and blood-tonifying foods are suitable for women during the menstrual period?

Ginger, jujube and brown sugar water

Ingredients: 30 grams each of dried ginger, jujube and brown sugar.

Method: Wash the first two ingredients, chop the dried ginger, remove the core of the jujube, add brown sugar and fry, drink the soup and eat the jujube.

Efficacy: It has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold. Suitable for cold dysmenorrhea and chloasma.

Hawthorn, cinnamon and brown sugar soup

Ingredients: 15 grams of hawthorn meat, 5 grams of cinnamon twig, 30 grams of brown sugar.

Preparation: Put hawthorn meat and cinnamon twigs into a clay pot, add 2 bowls of water, simmer over low heat until 1 bowl of water is cooked, add brown sugar, mix well, and bring to a boil.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the meridians, dredge blood vessels, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. Suitable for women with cold dysmenorrhea and dull complexion.

Leek Juice and Brown Sugar Drink

Ingredients: 300 grams of fresh leeks, 100 grams of brown sugar.

Method: Wash the fresh leeks, drain the water, chop them and mash them to extract the juice for later use. Put brown sugar in an aluminum pot, add a little water and boil until the sugar dissolves, add it into the leek juice and it is ready to drink.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the meridians and replenishing Qi. It is suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by deficiency of both Qi and blood, and can make the skin rosy and smooth.

Rose tea

Ingredients: Rose flowers picked in summer or autumn, preferably those with purple-red half-open buds, not falling petals, and a fragrant smell, can be used to make tea.

Efficacy: It has the effects of promoting qi, activating blood circulation and moisturizing the skin. Suitable for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and other symptoms.

Ginger and Job's tears porridge

Ingredients: 10 grams of dried ginger, 10 grams of mugwort, 30 grams of coix seed.

Preparation: Boil the first two ingredients in water to extract the juice, cook the coix seeds into porridge until 80% cooked, add ginger and mugwort juice and cook until done.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the meridians, removing blood stasis, dispelling cold, removing dampness and moisturizing the skin. Suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by cold and dampness stagnation.

1. The best blood-replenishing soup for menstrual period

During girls’ menstrual period, the best blood-replenishing soup is Siwu Decoction, and even Big S strongly recommends it. There are three ways to prepare Siwu Soup. This time I will teach girls how to stew pork ribs because it tastes better and has less Chinese medicinal flavor.

1. Four Substances Soup

Ingredients: Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Ligusticum chuanxiong, White Peony Root, pork ribs, and salt.

1) Wash and chop the ribs, blanch them in water and remove them;

2) Wash the Chinese Angelica, Rehmannia glutinosa, Ligusticum chuanxiong and White Peony Root;

3) Boil water in a clay pot, add all the ingredients, boil over high heat, then simmer for one hour over low heat, add salt to taste and serve.

The effects are of course to replenish blood and regulate menstruation, moisturize the skin and nourish hair, and improve pale complexion and rough skin.

2. Three Red Soup

Ingredients: 7 red dates, 50g red beans, some peanut skins

The method is quite simple, just one word: boil.

This blood-replenishing soup is the easiest to prepare, the ingredients are easy to buy, and it is also quite simple to cook. More importantly, the blood-replenishing effect is very good. If any woman experiences dizziness and pale complexion during menstruation, she should drink this soup.

3. Stewed eel with cloud ear and red dates

Ingredients: 2-3 yellow eels, 3 small cloud ears, 10 red dates, 3 slices of ginger.

practice:

1) Wash and soak cloud ear fungus and red dates separately, tear them open and remove the cores.

2) Kill and clean the eel, use hot water to remove the slime, wash and cut into sections, put them together with ginger into a clay pot, and add 2000 ml (8 bowls) of water.

3) After boiling over high heat, simmer over low heat for about 1 hour and add appropriate amount of salt.

This blood-replenishing soup is suitable for menstruation, mainly because it can nourish yin and promote blood circulation, helping women regulate menstruation and replenish blood.

In fact, the amount of this blood-replenishing soup is enough to satisfy 3-4 women. The eels and cloud ears can also be scooped out and mixed with soy sauce as a side dish. For girls who are afraid of eels, they can ask their mothers to help cook them.

2. Blood-nourishing and Beauty-nourishing Soup

1) Tremella and Pumpkin Blood-Nourishing Soup

Ingredients: 200g pumpkin, 20g dried lotus seeds, 2 white fungus, 15 red dates, appropriate amount of rock sugar, 1000ml water

practice:

1) Soak Tremella in warm water for about 30 minutes; peel the pumpkin and cut into dices; wash the lotus seeds and remove the bitter core; wash the red dates.

2) Bring the water in the casserole to a boil, add Tremella fuciformis and lotus seeds, and simmer for 15 minutes on low heat.

3) Add red dates and cook for another 5 minutes. Finally add pumpkin and cook until soft.

2. Lily and Ginkgo Beef Soup

Ingredients: 50 grams each of lily and ginkgo, 8 red dates, 300 grams of beef, and 3 slices of ginger.

practice:

1) Shell the ginkgo nuts, soak them to remove the outer skin and wash them; wash the lilies and red dates and remove the pits from the red dates.

2) Cut the beef into thin slices. First put the lily, ginkgo and ginger into a clay pot, and add 2000 ml (8 bowls of water).

3) Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer until lilies and ginkgo nuts are well-cooked. Add beef and simmer until cooked through. Add appropriate amount of salt and oil.

3. Qi-tonifying and blood-tonifying soup

Some women get tired and gasp for breath after just a little running, and seem to feel very short of breath. In this case, they need to replenish qi and blood at the same time, and both hands need to be strong. Here are two soups for replenishing qi and blood.

1. Longan meat, ginger and jujube stew with lean meat

Ingredients: 10 grams of longan, 3 slices of ginger, 15 red dates, 300 grams of lean pork.

practice:

1) Wash the longan and red dates, remove the pits from the red dates; wash the lean pork and cut into pieces.

2) Put all ingredients into a clay pot and add 2500 ml (about 10 bowls) of water.

3) After boiling over high heat, simmer over low heat for about 2 hours and add appropriate amount of salt. This amount is enough for 3 to 4 people.

This blood-replenishing soup also has a calming effect, so it is also very beneficial for menopausal women. A filial daughter can make soup for her mother.

2. Dried octopus and pig’s feet in ginger soup

Ingredients: 1-2 dried octopuses (about 150 grams), 2 pig feet, 1 piece of raw ginger.

practice:

1) Soak and rinse the dried octopus briefly; slice the ginger.

2) Remove the hair and nails from the pig’s feet, wash them, cut them into pieces, boil them in boiling water for a while, and then wash them again (called “blanching”).

3) Put all ingredients into a clay pot, add 2500 ml (about 10 bowls) of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 2 hours, then add appropriate amount of salt.

This qi-replenishing and blood-replenishing soup can also strengthen the waist and knees, so it can be suitable for middle-aged women suffering from back pain. In addition, dried octopus and pig's feet can be scooped out and used as a side dish.