Can I use ginger patch during menstruation?

During women's menstrual period, they are prone to some adverse symptoms, such as cold hands and feet, menstrual pain, etc., and many women also have uterine cold. Ginger slices have the effect of dispelling cold, so female friends will drink brown sugar ginger water and use ginger slices to apply to the belly button. So, can women apply ginger slices to their belly buttons during their menstrual period?

Women should not apply ginger slices to their belly buttons during their menstrual period. Although ginger slices have the effect of keeping warm, they can also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. If you apply ginger to your belly button during your menstrual period, it will easily cause changes in your menstrual cycle, and may also cause prolonged menstruation and excessive menstruation. Therefore, do not apply ginger to your belly button during your menstrual period.

During women's non-menstrual period, you can apply ginger slices to the navel, which can warm the uterus and improve irregular menstruation. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, ginger can dispel cold and warm the body. Applying ginger directly to the navel can have the effects of dispelling cold, promoting qi, relaxing meridians, warming the stomach and intestines, and relieving dysmenorrhea.

Applying ginger slices to the navel can help treat gastroenteritis. If we have an irregular diet, such as overeating and overdrinking, it will not only easily cause obesity, but also affect the digestive tract. At this time, applying ginger slices on the navel area can help treat enteritis. In addition, when you catch a cold or get cold, it is easy to cause diarrhea. Applying ginger slices on the navel can alleviate the symptoms of diarrhea.