Can I eat dried chili peppers during menstruation?

We know that women's bodies become very fragile during menstruation, and their resistance will decrease during menstruation. Many women will experience bad temper and loss of appetite during menstruation. Although these are common phenomena during menstruation, we still need to find ways to alleviate the pain brought by menstruation. We recommend that women improve their diet during menstruation to alleviate the discomfort caused by menstruation.

So can you eat dried chili peppers during menstruation? Dried chili peppers can not only be used for seasoning but also have very high edible value. Dried chili peppers have antibacterial and insecticidal effects. Eating dried chili peppers regularly can also promote blood circulation.

Dried chili pepper is a chili product made from dried red chili peppers. Its characteristics are low water content and suitability for long-term storage, but dried peppers that are not sealed or have high water content are prone to mold. Dried chili peppers are mainly eaten as seasoning.

Effects on the digestive system

Capsaicin tincture or capsaicin can be taken internally as a stomachic, which has the effect of promoting appetite and improving digestion. Animal experiments (Basov gastric paralysis dogs) have shown that chili water stimulates the oral mucosa and reflexively enhances gastric motility. Condiments made from various peppers can increase saliva secretion and amylase activity after oral administration. Large doses taken orally can cause gastritis, enteritis, diarrhea, vomiting, etc. It has been reported that chili pepper has inhibitory and antispasmodic effects on the isolated intestine of animals.

Antibacterial and insecticidal effects

Capsaicin has a significant inhibitory effect on Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis, but is ineffective against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Its branches and leaves have no antibacterial effect and only have a slight inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 10-20% chili pepper fried in water can kill bed bugs.

Redness

When used externally as an ointment, it has a stimulating effect on the skin, causing local blood vessels in the skin to reflexively dilate and promote local blood circulation. Tinctures can be used for frostbite; but some people believe that chili peppers only strongly stimulate the sensory nerve endings, causing a feeling of warmth, but have little effect on blood vessels, and do not cause foaming even at high concentrations, so they cannot be considered an erythema-causing agent.

Effects on the circulatory system

Spicy substances (ginger, pepper, and especially chili pepper) can stimulate the taste receptors on the human tongue, reflexively causing an increase in blood pressure (especially diastolic pressure) without a significant effect on the pulse. Intravenous injection of capsaicin or chili preparations into anesthetized cats and dogs can cause a transient drop in blood pressure, a slow heartbeat, and difficulty breathing, which is caused by stimulation of chemoreceptors or stretch receptors in the lungs and coronary arteries. It has a direct excitatory effect on the isolated guinea pig atrium and a constrictive effect on the blood vessels of the hind limbs of rats.

Other effects

It has been reported abroad that eating food seasoned with red pepper (unknown variety) for 3 weeks can significantly increase the free hydrocortisone in plasma and increase the excretion in urine; it can also reduce fibrinolytic activity. The decoction of the aerial parts has a stimulating effect on the isolated rat uterus.

Above, we introduced some common symptoms that female friends experience during menstruation. Since female friends’ resistance decreases during menstruation, they need more care in their diet. Although the dried chili mentioned above has the effects and functions of promoting blood circulation, antibacterial and insecticidal, dried chili is an irritating food and is not suitable for consumption during menstruation.