Can I eat Citrus aurantium during menstruation?

Female friends have many dietary taboos during menstruation. Some foods are fine to eat at other times but cannot be eaten during menstruation. So can you eat Citrus aurantium during menstruation? To get the answer to this question, we must understand what Citrus aurantium is and its effects and functions. In addition, we also need to understand whether Citrus aurantium has some side effects.

Citrus aurantium is a traditional Chinese medicine. Its medicinal effect is very obvious. It can treat indigestion, rectal prolapse, belching, vomiting and other symptoms. Citrus aurantium has the benefit of strengthening the spleen and stomach. So, can Citrus aurantium be eaten during menstruation?

Efficacy and function

Break up qi, eliminate phlegm, and eliminate accumulation. It is used to treat phlegm stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, chest fullness, flank distension, food stagnation, belching, vomiting, heaviness after diarrhea, rectal prolapse, and uterine prolapse.

① "Material Treatise": It is used to treat urticaria all over the body, itching in the muscles like numbness, intestinal wind and hemorrhoids, gas stagnation in the heart and abdomen, bloating and emptying in the flanks, and obstruction in the diaphragm.

② "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): Strengthens the spleen and appetite, regulates the five internal organs, reduces gas, stops vomiting, and eliminates phlegm. It can treat nausea, cholera, diarrhea, help digestion, break up knots and lumps, treat five types of diaphragmatic qi, eliminate wind and improve eyesight, and treat pulmonary edema, benefit the large and small intestines, and itchy skin. Hemorrhoids can be treated with heat and ironing.

③ "Kaibao Materia Medica": It is used to treat wind itching and paralysis, clear the joints, relieve cough due to fatigue, stuffy back and shoulders, disperse stagnation of phlegm in the chest and diaphragm, expel water, eliminate bloating and fullness, large intestine wind, calm the stomach, and stop wind pain.

④ "Pearl Capsule": breaks up qi and releases harmful qi in the lungs.

⑤ "The Origin of Medicine": "The Secret of Main Treatment" says that it can break up the hard mass under the heart, benefit the chest, resolve phlegm, and help digestion.

⑥ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Treats internal urgency and heaviness.

⑦ "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine": Treats cough, edema, constipation, uterine prolapse, and rectal prolapse.

Usage Notes

People with weak spleen and stomach, pregnant women and young children should take it with caution.

① "Bencao Jing Wan" says: Those with weak lung qi should avoid taking it; those with weak spleen and stomach, sluggish qi circulation, sputum and shortness of breath should avoid taking it; those with cough not caused by wind and cold entering the lung qi stagnation may get worse if taking it; those with cough caused by yin deficiency and fire inflammation may be in danger if taking it; it is not suitable for those before or after pregnancy.

② "Bencao Huiyan": Do not use if you have liver and kidney yin deficiency, blood loss, nutrient deficiency, or dull pain in the ribs. Do not use if you have diarrhea for a long time, your middle Qi is weak, the diarrhea gets worse and worse, and you feel heavy and urgent after recovery.

③ "Bencao Beiyao": Pregnant women and people with qi deficiency should not use it.