Why is the color of the menstrual period light pink at the beginning?

During the menstrual period, many friends will feel uncomfortable all over. For women with thin bodies, they will also feel cold all over during the menstrual period. This is all very normal, after all, menstruation causes women to lose some blood. Menstrual blood refers to the blood that flows out of a woman's lower body during menstruation. The color is generally dark red. So why is the color of some women's blood light pink at the beginning of menstruation?

Why is menstrual period pink?

Menstruation can often reflect women’s health problems in a timely manner. Generally speaking, menstrual blood is a mixture of blood and some shed endometrium, cervical mucus and vaginal secretions. It is dark in color, slightly sticky, and not easy to form blood clots. If you look closely, you will see small and thin fragments. If your menstrual flow is often pink and light in color, it may be related to the following reasons:

Insufficient Qi and Blood

Long-term dieting, malnutrition, postpartum hemorrhage, major surgery, or major traumatic bleeding may all cause insufficient Qi and blood in the body.

Insufficient Qi and blood leads to the decline of organ function, and then symptoms such as chills and cold limbs, fatigue and weakness, palpitations and shortness of breath, dull and sallow complexion, numbness of hands and feet, insomnia, dreaminess, forgetfulness and palpitations appear. In terms of menstruation, women will have a small amount of light menstruation, delayed menstruation or amenorrhea.

Preparation method

1. Massage and conditioning

Regular massage of the head, face and feet is beneficial to dredge the meridians and activate the blood circulation. You can usually massage important acupoints such as Guanyuan, Qihai, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, etc., which play an important role in regulating qi and blood. Massage each acupoint for 3-5 minutes a day until the local area becomes hot and swollen.

2. Lifestyle adjustment

You can practice yoga, jogging and other relaxing exercises at ordinary times, which are beneficial to promote blood circulation and enhance physical fitness; maintain good work and rest habits, staying up late will damage the blood. In addition, long-term viewing will damage the blood. Pay special attention to the rest and maintenance of the eyes to prevent excessive use of the eyes from damaging the body's qi and blood.

3. Diet adjustment

Women with qi and blood deficiency should pay attention to strengthening nutrition and eat more nourishing foods, such as black-bone chicken, black sesame, walnut meat, longan meat, chicken, pig blood, pig liver, red beans, red dates, etc.

Eat less buckwheat, grapefruit, tangerine, water chestnut, raw radish, mint, chrysanthemum, betel nut and other foods, and less raw and cold foods. You can drink warm tonic soup 1-2 times a week. At the same time, pay attention to balanced nutrition, do not be picky about food, and do not diet.