What fruits can't be eaten during menstruation?

Most girls know that during menstruation, there are many precautions regarding plants, especially cold fruits must not be eaten. But many girls may not understand why they can’t eat fruits during menstruation? Because the endometrium is shedding during menstruation, eating cold fruits at this time will have adverse effects on the stomach, intestines, ovaries and uterus. So what fruits should not be eaten during menstruation?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women should not eat cold food during menstruation. Menstrual blood is the shedding of the endometrium, and is discharged through the contraction of the uterus. When eating cold foods, the temperature of the stomach and intestines drops, which affects the contraction of the uterus, making it more difficult to discharge menstrual blood, thus forming blood clots. In order to discharge the blood clots, the uterus has to increase the force of its contraction. This is why eating cold foods may cause menstrual pain.

Today, let’s talk about the fruits that cannot be eaten during menstruation, that is, the cold fruits: dragon fruit, melon, watermelon, persimmon, banana, coconut, strawberry, pear, loquat, grapefruit, kiwi, apple, star fruit, mangosteen, grapefruit, etc.

In addition, eggplant, loofah, cucumber, winter melon, crab, snail, kelp, bamboo shoots, etc., and sour foods such as sour plums, unripe sour fruits, or some spicy foods such as fried foods, chili, pepper, mustard, etc. should also be avoided during menstruation to avoid blood flow problems.

Tips: What foods are suitable to eat during menstruation?

During menstruation, you should eat more green onion, fungus, peanuts, walnuts, dates, longan and rose. If you accidentally eat cold food during your menstrual period, or can't help eating ice, you can drink more brown sugar boiled ginger to balance the blood circulation in your body and promote blood flow.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, what fruits should not be eaten during menstruation? In fact, cold fruits cause menstrual blood to flow out through the shedding of the endometrium. At this time, the uterus is contracting and expelling the menstrual blood. Eating cold foods will cause a decrease in gastrointestinal function, which will cause the uterus to contract less, resulting in the inability to discharge menstrual blood and causing the harm of dysmenorrhea.