Can I eat pepper oil during menstruation?

We all know that women's menstrual period is a time when their bodies are weak. During this period, it is crucial to supplement women with nutrition. Women will experience physical discomfort and mental irritability during the menstrual period, so women must pay attention to taking care of their bodies during these days. It is important to ensure nutrition during these days, so women need to understand some food supplements.

As we all know, pepper oil has high nutritional value. Women should pay attention to maintenance and strengthen nutrition during menstruation. For women with irregular menstruation, can they use pepper oil to supplement their nutrition? Is pepper oil harmful to women's bodies during menstruation? Let's find out whether pepper oil can be eaten during menstruation.

Sichuan pepper oil is a product that extracts aromatic and flavoring substances from Sichuan pepper into edible vegetable oil. Sichuan pepper oil is a light yellow-green or yellow oily liquid that may contain trace amounts of raw material precipitation and has the unique aroma and numbing taste of Sichuan pepper.

Nutritional value of pepper oil

Zanthoxylum bungeanum tastes spicy and hot in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of aromatic stomachic, warming the middle and dispersing cold, removing dampness and relieving pain, killing insects and detoxifying, and relieving itching and removing fishy smell. It is mainly used to treat vomiting, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, toothache and other symptoms. According to Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Zanthoxylum bungeanum can strengthen teeth, blacken hair, and improve eyesight. Long-term consumption can improve complexion, delay aging, increase longevity, and strengthen the mind." "Compendium of Materia Medica" warns: "The lungs and stomach are usually hot, or there is coughing and phlegm, or coughing and spitting blood... It is forbidden to eat it according to the law." People with tuberculosis should also avoid eating it.

[Properties] Spicy taste, hot nature. It can stimulate appetite, warm the middle, relieve pain and expel parasites.

[Use] Used for spleen and stomach deficiency, loss of appetite, or cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting, diarrhea; abdominal pain caused by ascaris.

[Usage] Used as seasoning, decoction, powder, etc.

[Note] Eating too much will cause irritation, consume energy, and damage the eyes.

The above shows that pepper oil has great health benefits for the human body, so it can be used appropriately in daily life. However, pepper oil is a spicy and irritating food. Eating too much will cause uterine contractions and increase menstrual blood volume. Therefore, women during menstruation must control the amount of pepper oil used according to their personal constitution.