Can I eat wild chrysanthemum during menstruation?

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women. There are many things that women should pay attention to during menstruation. If women do not strengthen maintenance during this period, it can easily bring negative effects to the body. Especially some spicy foods, eating too much can easily cause uterine contraction and cause excessive menstrual bleeding.

Therefore, women during menstruation must pay special attention to their diet and lifestyle habits. Don't eat food that you cannot eat. Many women nowadays believe that it is not advisable to eat wild chrysanthemum during menstruation. To know whether this statement is correct, let’s first look at the detailed introduction of wild chrysanthemum.

Wild chrysanthemum is bitter, spicy and slightly cold in nature. It enters the lung and liver meridians. Function: clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is mainly used for carbuncle, furuncle, sore throat, wind-fire red eyes and other symptoms. In addition, it can be taken internally and used as a decoction for external washing to treat skin itching.

Function: clearing away heat, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Trichoderma, and influenza virus.

[Toxicity] Wild chrysanthemum has low toxicity and there is no accumulation phenomenon even with chronic administration. The electrocardiogram showed that wild chrysanthemum was non-toxic to the heart. When rats were intraperitoneally injected with less than 36 g/kg, there was no change in the electrocardiogram. When the dose was increased to 52 g/kg, the heart rate slowed down significantly, the PR and QT intervals prolonged, and the T wave became wide and blunt. Normal dogs took 300 mg/kg of HC-1 extract daily for 3 weeks. Except for occasional vomiting, there were no serious toxic reactions, and the liver and kidney function tests also showed normal.

[Functions and indications] Soothe wind and clear heat, reduce swelling and detoxify. Treat wind-heat cold, pneumonia, diphtheria, gastroenteritis: hypertension, furuncle, carbuncle, mouth ulcer, erysipelas, eczema, and impetigo.

Wild chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, so eating wild chrysanthemum is beneficial to the excretion of toxins in the body for women during menstruation. It is appropriate to eat some wild chrysanthemum. But it must be used in moderation, because wild chrysanthemum is a cooling medicine, and excessive use of it by women during menstruation can lead to excessive menstrual bleeding. Women during menstruation must pay attention to their diet so as to avoid menstrual disorders.