Can drinking brown sugar water relieve menstrual pain?

Many women are particularly troubled by the days during menstruation. In addition to the various inconveniences caused by menstruation, they also experience abdominal pain during those days. Of course, they hope to find some ways to effectively relieve the abdominal pain. So, can drinking brown sugar water relieve the abdominal pain during menstruation?

Brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the liver and spleen meridians. It has the effects of invigorating qi, helping the spleen to digest food, replenishing blood and removing blood stasis, and also has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving pain. Therefore, for women who suffer from irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dark red menstruation and cold abdominal pain caused by cold and blood stasis, drinking some brown sugar water can often play a therapeutic and alleviating role.

The glucose contained in brown sugar releases energy quickly, has a high absorption rate, and can quickly replenish physical strength. Children with problems such as lack of energy, loss of appetite, and malnutrition can drink brown sugar water in moderation on a daily basis. People who suffer from abdominal pain due to cold and are prone to catching colds during menstruation can also use brown sugar ginger soup to dispel the cold. Let's take a look at the uses of brown sugar:

1. Excessive menstruation

1. 30g black fungus, 20 red dates, 20g brown sugar. Cook the three ingredients together and drink the soup. Take once a day during menstruation on an empty stomach for 1 week.

2. 6 longans and red dates each, 15g brown sugar. Take the four ingredients decocted in water, 1 dose per day, for 5 consecutive doses. Most suitable for heavy menstruation caused by blood deficiency.

2. Early menstruation

1. 30g black beans, 10g Codonopsis pilosula, 30g brown sugar. Add the three ingredients to water and boil them into a soup. Drink it before menstruation, 1 dose per day. Suitable for early menstruation due to qi deficiency.

3. Dysmenorrhea

1. 10g cinnamon, 15g hawthorn meat, 40g brown sugar. After decocting the three ingredients together in water, take it twice before menstruation. Suitable for menstrual disorders and cold pain in the lower abdomen.

2. 300g leeks and 80g brown sugar. Wash the leeks, mash them and squeeze out the juice, add brown sugar and boil it before drinking. Take twice a day, lie prone for about 15 minutes after each dose. Suitable for general dysmenorrhea.

3. 50g each of charred hawthorn and brown sugar. Remove the core of the charred hawthorn, grind it into fine powder, add brown sugar and drink it with boiled water. It is suitable for dysmenorrhea, and is also effective for postpartum abdominal pain and lochia retention caused by blood stasis.

4. Irregular menstruation

1. 9g rose, 30g walnut kernels, 60g brown sugar, 60g sweet wine. Boil the first three ingredients together in water, remove the residue, and drink the liquid mixed with sweet wine. Take it before menstruation. Suitable for irregular menstruation.

5. Late menstruation

2. 100g black beans, 10g myrrh, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Add the three ingredients to water and stew until the black beans are cooked. Remove the sophora japonica, add appropriate amount of rice wine, drink the soup and eat the beans. Take one dose daily, divided into two times. Suitable for normal late menstruation period.