Can I eat shepherd's purse during menstruation?

As we all know, menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon that accompanies adult women. Therefore, women have many dietary taboos during menstruation, such as avoiding spicy food, raw and cold food, and some cold fruits are best not to be eaten during menstruation. The above are the eating habits that female friends should pay close attention to during menstruation. If you do not pay attention to the above points, it will cause blood flow obstruction during menstruation and lead to aggravated dysmenorrhea.

Female friends must make sure to eat warm food during menstruation. Therefore, female friends should eat more fungus, peanuts, red dates, longan, walnuts, carrots, cauliflower, beef, fish, etc. If female friends feel dysmenorrhea, they can drink some brown sugar water to relieve the symptoms. Mustard greens are rich in nutritional value, so can we eat mustard greens during menstruation? Let’s take a look at the following.

1. Shepherd's purse contains shepherd's purse acid, which can shorten the coagulation time during bleeding and play a role in rapid hemostasis.

2. Acetylcholine, sitosterol and quaternary ammonium compounds in shepherd's purse can treat hypertension, and can also lower the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and liver.

3. The denpisome contained in shepherd's purse can enhance the vitamin C content in the body, prevent frostbite, and have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects.

4. The large amount of vitamin C in shepherd's purse can organize the formation of carcinogens in the digestive system and has the effect of preventing gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.

5. Shepherd's purse also contains a large amount of crude fiber, which can promote the body's excretion function, enhance the body's metabolism, help lose weight, and prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes.

6. The carotene in shepherd's purse has the effect of improving eyesight and can effectively treat dry eyes and night blindness.

The above is a brief introduction to the nutritional value of mustard greens. Although mustard greens are rich in nutritional value, it is not recommended to be eaten during menstruation because mustard greens themselves have the effect of quickly stopping bleeding. During menstruation, the body needs to drain menstrual blood. If the menstrual blood cannot be drained for a long time, the risk of gynecological diseases will increase. Therefore, it is best for female friends not to eat mustard greens during menstruation.