Can I eat hawthorn during menstruation?

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon. During menstruation, women will discharge a large amount of menstrual blood. Therefore, during this period, women's bodies are more fragile than normal. The weakened resistance requires women to strengthen their physical fitness through other means. Therefore, women during menstruation should pay special attention to their diet. Adjusting their diet to maintain their health is a healthy lifestyle.

Women during menstruation should avoid eating spicy foods as this will cause uterine contractions and increase menstrual blood flow. So what kind of food can effectively regulate menstruation? Some people suggest that eating hawthorn is good for women during menstruation. Does hawthorn really have this effect?

Hawthorn's functions and effects:

1. Prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, soften blood vessels, and have diuretic and sedative effects;

2. It helps in digestion and appetite, especially in digesting meat stagnation. Hawthorn is used in many digestive medicines.

3. Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which helps to relieve local blood stasis and has an auxiliary effect on traumatic injuries;

4. Hawthorn contains ingredients that can relieve asthma, reduce phlegm, inhibit bacteria, and treat abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Nutritional value of hawthorn:

Hawthorn slices contain multiple vitamins, hawthorn acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, etc. They also contain flavonoids, lactones, sugars, proteins, fats, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. The lipase contained in them can promote the digestion of fatty foods. It can promote the secretion of gastric juice and increase the enzymes in the stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the effects of eliminating accumulation and stagnation, astringing and stopping diarrhea, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is mainly used to treat food stagnation, chest and spleen fullness, hernia, blood stasis and amenorrhea. Hawthorn contains medicinal ingredients such as terpenes and flavonoids, which have significant vasodilatory and antihypertensive effects, and have the functions of strengthening the myocardium, resisting arrhythmia, and regulating blood lipids and cholesterol levels. Scope of application: Edible for general people. It is especially suitable for children, the elderly and people with indigestion. People with colds, indigestion, loss of appetite, children with chondrocalcemia, and children with iron deficiency anemia can eat more hawthorn slices.

From the above introduction to hawthorn, it can be seen that hawthorn does have the effect of regulating menstruation and activating blood circulation, so women during menstruation may wish to regulate menstruation by eating more hawthorn, which is both convenient and safe. But it should be noted that hawthorn contains a lot of acid, so people with stomach acid should not eat too much. In addition, women during menstruation should not do a lot of exercise to avoid problems such as dysmenorrhea.