Can my aunt eat mutton?

Women during menstruation should pay attention to the maintenance of their bodies, especially in terms of diet, because many foods will affect the amount of menstrual secretions. Eat less spicy food to avoid stimulating the uterus and causing excessive blood loss. Women have a lot of ingredients to choose from. For example, can you eat lamb during your period? Let’s take a look at the explanation below, I hope women can understand it.

During menstruation, it is best to choose foods and Chinese medicines that have both beauty-enhancing and blood-replenishing effects, such as milk, eggs, pigeon eggs, quail eggs, beef, mutton, pig pancreas, water chestnuts, spinach, cherries, longan meat, lychee meat, carrots, apples, angelica, safflower, peach blossom, cooked rehmannia, polygonatum, etc.

Mutton has the functions of replenishing the body, dispelling cold, warming and replenishing qi and blood; nourishing postpartum women, promoting lactation and treating leukorrhea, assisting the primordial yang, and replenishing the essence and blood, etc. It can be eaten during menstruation.

And you should eat more lamb, lean meat and the like, which are good for your health. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood flows when it is hot and stagnates when it is cold. Eating cold food during menstruation will not only hinder digestion, but also damage the body's yang energy, leading to internal coldness. The stagnation of cold can make menstrual blood flow poorly, causing too little menstrual blood, or even dysmenorrhea. Even in the hot summer season, it is not advisable to eat cold drinks during menstruation. It is better to eat cooked and warm food during menstruation. In winter, you can also eat some warm tonic foods such as mutton, chicken, and longan.

There are some special foods you should pay attention to during your menstrual period:

(1) Salt: It is harmful for women to eat salty food before their menstrual period. Too salty food will increase the salt and water reserves in the body, causing headaches, excitement, irritability, etc. before menstruation.

(2) Avoid eating raw or cold food: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood flows when it is warm and stagnates when it is cold. Eating raw or cold food during menstruation can hinder digestion and damage the body's yang energy, leading to internal cold. Stagnation of cold can cause poor menstrual blood flow, resulting in too little menstrual blood, or even dysmenorrhea. Even in the hot summer season, it is not advisable to eat cold drinks during menstruation. During menstruation, it is advisable to eat cooked and warm food. In winter, you can also eat some warm tonic foods such as mutton, chicken, and longan.