Can I drink tea during my menstrual period?

The menstrual period is a special physiological cycle of women. During this period, women's resistance is too weak and they are very vulnerable to diseases. Women during their menstrual period also have many taboos in their diet. For example, they cannot eat cold food, spicy food or strong irritating food, otherwise it will cause uterine cold and cause menstrual pain. There are many teas that are not suitable for women during their menstrual period, but the motherwort granules and brown sugar tea, which has the effect of clearing meridians and relieving pain, can still be drunk in moderation.

1. Can I drink tea during my menstrual period?

Whether you can drink tea during your menstrual period depends on your physical condition and cannot be generalized. For women with good physical fitness who usually have the habit of drinking tea, it is okay to drink tea appropriately during menstruation, but they should not drink strong tea or cold milk tea. For women with weaker physical fitness, who already have anemia, too little menstrual blood or dysmenorrhea, drinking tea during menstruation will aggravate the symptoms of anemia, and even cause discomfort such as dysmenorrhea. Therefore, women should choose whether to drink tea during menstruation according to the actual situation.

2. Disadvantages of drinking tea during menstruation

1. Drinking tea during menstruation can easily increase the mobility of iron molecules. In addition to the body's normal iron outflow, women also lose an additional 18-21 mg of iron during each menstrual period. Tea contains 50% tannic acid, which will combine with the iron molecules in food to form precipitation, hindering the gastrointestinal mucosa's absorption of iron molecules. Therefore, drinking tea during menstruation will undoubtedly increase the flow of iron.

2. Drinking tea during menstruation can easily aggravate the symptoms of constipation. Due to the metabolism of progesterone growth hormone, some women may experience constipation during their menstrual period. Tea contains more tannic acid, which has astringent effect and can slow down intestinal peristalsis, causing stool to stay in the intestines.

3. Drinking tea during menstruation may aggravate menstrual reactions. During menstruation, women will always experience varying degrees of anxiety, headaches, breast pain and other reactions due to changes in neuroendocrine regulation. However, substances such as caffeine and theatrical aminophylline in tea have the effect of stimulating people, which will aggravate physiological reactions such as anxiety, headache, and backache.