Can I eat sea cucumber during menstruation?

Everyone may know that women’s bodies will be much weaker during menstruation than usual, so special attention should be paid to protecting themselves during menstruation. Women should not eat randomly during menstruation, as this will only bring some bad symptoms. So what can be eaten during menstruation? We recommend that women eat more foods containing iron during menstruation, which can replenish blood.

So can women eat sea cucumbers during menstruation? Sea cucumbers are very nutritious. Eating sea cucumbers regularly can bring us a healthy body. Sea cucumbers have very high health-preserving effects and health-care functions. Let’s take a look at the introduction to sea cucumbers below.

Sea cucumbers, belonging to the class Holothuroidea, are marine echinoderms that live in the sea to 8,000 meters. It has a history of more than 600 million years. Sea cucumbers feed on seabed algae and plankton.

Sea cucumbers are covered with fleshy spines and are widely distributed in oceans around the world. There are many species along the coast of the South China Sea in my country, with about twenty kinds of edible sea cucumbers. Sea cucumbers are as famous as ginseng, bird's nests and shark fins, and are one of the eight treasures of the world. Sea cucumber is not only a precious food, but also a valuable medicinal material. According to the "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica", sea cucumber tastes sweet and salty, nourishes the kidney, benefits the essence and marrow, controls urination, strengthens the yang and cures impotence. It is warm and nourishing in nature, and is as good as ginseng, hence the name sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers have the effects of improving memory, delaying gonadal aging, preventing arteriosclerosis, diabetes, and anti-tumor. As knowledge about the value of sea cucumbers becomes more popular, sea cucumbers are gradually appearing on people's tables.

Sea cucumbers are suitable for consumption with Qiongzhen Ganoderma lucidum. They have the effects of enhancing human immunity, assisting in the treatment of diabetes, and repairing after illness or surgery. It is very suitable for people with weak bodies to regulate their bodies.

In addition to active substances such as protein, calcium, potassium, zinc, iron, selenium, and manganese, other active ingredients in sea cucumbers include sea cucumber acidic mucopolysaccharides composed of aminohexose, uronic acid, and fucose. It also contains 18 kinds of amino acids and does not contain cholesterol. Because sea cucumbers are warm in nature, they have the effects of nourishing the kidney and essence, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, replenishing blood and moistening dryness, regulating menstruation and relieving fatigue, nourishing the fetus and facilitating delivery. It can improve men's endocrine capacity, improve women's metabolism, promote the secretion of sex hormones, and improve sexual function.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the kidneys are the foundation of the human body. As long as there is a problem with the kidneys, it is not just a matter of reduced quality of sex life, but other organs will also become depleted accordingly. The main effect of Gongpin Sea Cucumber on the human body is to nourish the kidneys and strengthen the foundation, which is commonly known as nourishing the essence and strengthening the foundation. As long as the human kidneys are strong, the meridians of various organs will be strong accordingly. Ultimately, the human body will be healthier and the ability to resist disease will be greatly enhanced.

From a Western medicine perspective, sea cucumbers have many functions because they can repair and enhance human immunity. After analyzing the various components of sea cucumbers, it was found that this is mainly because the active substances contained in sea cucumbers, such as acidic polysaccharides and polypeptides, can greatly enhance human immunity. As long as the human body has strong immunity, it can resist the invasion of various diseases. The large amount of selenium it contains can effectively prevent and fight cancer, the chondroitin sulfate can delay aging, the arginine and zinc can nourish yin and strengthen yang, etc.

The repair and regeneration function of sea cucumbers is a major feature. Such as quickly healing wounds, repairing the gastrointestinal tract that has been damaged for many years, repairing the immune system, repairing pancreatic islets, restoring hematopoietic function, etc., all of which reflect the powerful repair and regeneration characteristics of sea cucumbers.

We introduced above that female friends are prone to weakness during menstruation, so they must know how to protect themselves. Female friends should pay attention to some dietary taboos during menstruation, but they can eat more foods containing iron to replenish blood. The sea cucumber mentioned above has a good effect in treating anemia, so it is suitable for consumption during menstruation.