Can I eat Poria cocos during menstruation?

Women have more physical problems, which is probably one of the reasons why there are so many gynecological hospitals nowadays. For example, regarding issues related to menstruation, many women will experience amenorrhea due to many reasons, but many women go to the doctor to get a lot of medicine, and some women don’t take it seriously at all, which delays normal treatment.

Monthly menstruation is a very annoying thing for women. If you don’t pay more attention to your diet, it will cause dysmenorrhea. So it’s even harder for women. It is important to understand the dietary patterns during menstruation and pay more attention to them.

Effects of Poria cocos:

Poria cocos is sweet, mild and neutral in nature, and enters the heart, lung and spleen meridians. It has the effects of dissipating dampness and promoting diuresis, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and calming the mind. It can cure symptoms such as difficulty in urination, edema, cough due to phlegm and fluid, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, stranguria, palpitations, and forgetfulness. The diuretic effect of Poria cocos is achieved by strengthening the spleen and lung functions, which is different from other Chinese medicines that directly promote diuresis. Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang, Si Jun Zi Tang, and Si Ling Tang are all commonly used prescriptions that contain Poria cocos.

(a) Appetizer soup. 15g of Poria cocos, 12g of Chinese yam, 30g each of barley malt, 1 fresh and 1 dried duck gizzard, boil them into soup and drink. Treats indigestion and loss of appetite in children.

(2) Poria cocos and coix seed porridge. Take 25g each of Poria cocos and Coix seeds, 5g of dried tangerine peel and an appropriate amount of polished rice, cook into porridge. Treats diarrhea and difficulty urinating in children due to spleen deficiency.

(3) Poria cocos and coix seed cake. Take 30g each of Poria cocos, coix seed and white flour and an appropriate amount of white sugar, grind them into fine powder, press them into cakes and steam them. It is suitable for children to eat and has the effect of harmonizing the spleen and stomach.

(iv) Poria cocos, tangerine peel and ginger juice tea. Boil 25 grams of Poria cocos and 5 grams of dried tangerine peel in water, and add 10 drops of ginger juice when drinking. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and can treat vomiting during pregnancy. Poria cocos has a direct relaxing effect on the isolated intestinal tract of rabbits, has a preventive effect on ulcers formed by pyloric ligation in rats, and can reduce gastric acid. It also has a significant protective effect on CCl4-induced liver damage in rats, significantly reducing the activity of alanine aminotransferase and preventing liver cell necrosis.

Therefore, women can eat Poria cocos during menstruation, and eating it in moderation will not affect menstruation.

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that Poria cocos has many benefits in health preservation, usually it can stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen and stomach, etc. Knowing this, women can eat some of their favorite Poria cocos during menstruation without worrying too much about causing symptoms such as dysmenorrhea. However, if any discomfort occurs, they must not take it again.