Diet therapy for menopause

Generally speaking, it is very difficult for female friends to fall asleep after menopause. Even if they feel extremely tired, they always toss and turn and cannot fall asleep at night. This is mainly related to their current physical condition. They also need to adjust their mood. Usually, they cannot think about many things at night, especially before going to bed, it is best not to drink coffee, otherwise it will put their nervous system in an excited state.

Millet and jujube kernel porridge: 100 grams of millet, 15 grams of jujube kernel powder, and 30 grams of honey. Cook millet into porridge, wait until cooked, add ground jujube kernels and stir well. When eating, add honey and take twice a day. It can nourish the spleen and moisten dryness, calm the mind and soothe the nerves. Used to treat menopausal symptoms such as loss of appetite, dry stool, and insomnia at night.

Millet porridge: 50 grams of millet and 1 egg. First cook millet porridge, extract the juice, then add eggs and cook for a while. Soak your feet in hot water before going to bed, drink this porridge, and then go to sleep. It can nourish the heart and soothe the mind, and is used to relieve menopausal symptoms such as insufficient heart blood, anxiety and insomnia.

Polygala and lotus seeds porridge: 30 grams of Polygala, 15 grams of lotus seeds, and 50 grams of glutinous rice. First, soak the Polygala tenuifolia, remove the carpel and grind the lotus seeds into powder. Then cook rice porridge. When it is cooked, add the Polygala tenuifolia and lotus seed powder and boil it for another one or two more times. If eaten at will, it can nourish the body, improve the mind, and sharpen hearing and eyesight. Suitable for the diet therapy of menopausal amnesia, palpitations, insomnia and other symptoms.

Pig heart stewed with pine nuts: one pig heart, 10 grams of pine nuts. Wash the pig heart to remove blood stains, then put the pine nuts into the pig heart, stew it in water and eat it. It has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, replenishing blood and moistening the intestines. It is used to treat palpitations, restlessness, insomnia, etc.

In addition to dietary adjustments, ecological therapy methods can also be used. Ecological-grade negative air ions are an important therapeutic factor that has therapeutic effects on many diseases and have been recognized by the medical community. Active negative ions can reduce the level of 5-HT (5-hydroxytryptamine) in the brain and tissues by promoting the oxidative deamination of monoamine oxidase (MAO), causing obvious physiological changes in the endocrine and nervous systems, and have a good regulatory effect on the higher centers of the autonomic nervous system and the plant nervous system.

If you want to achieve a calming effect during menopause, it is best to use some food therapies, such as drinking a cup of hot milk or a cup of millet porridge before going to bed. This way, it will be easy to fall into a deep sleep state when you go to bed later, which can have the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. It can effectively alleviate the symptoms of insomnia and will not make people feel so irritable.