Relatively speaking, women are the ones who are more prone to anemia, which is determined by their physiological characteristics. Most common anemia is caused by iron deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency and folic acid deficiency, and it is necessary to increase the intake of these nutrients, especially iron, from the diet. In addition, even without anemia, women are prone to various symptoms of blood deficiency, it is best to identify the evidence to regulate. Women of childbearing age need the highest amount of iron As a nutrient element, iron has three characteristics: First, the content of food is small; Second, the human body needs less, third, the metabolism of the loss of a small amount. This is because, iron in the human body is mainly stored in hemoglobin, although the red blood cells will be renewed every 120 days, but as long as there is no blood loss, then the iron can be reused. Therefore, the body’s need for iron is low. However, the adult iron requirement recommended by the Chinese Nutrition Society is higher for women of childbearing age than for men. “Generally speaking, men’s requirements for various nutrients are higher than women’s, or equal. But in women of reproductive age, iron is the exception, which is determined by women’s physiological characteristics.” Li Ning, a supervising dietitian in the nutrition department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said. Monthly menstrual periods in women of childbearing age cause blood loss, resulting in iron not being reused, so the demand for iron increases greatly. In general, menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon, and does not cause anemia in a normal state. However, if the amount of blood in the menstrual period is too much or the interval is too short, it is easy to cause anemia. Similarly, some chronic bleeding in the digestive tract can cause iron loss and increase the body’s need for iron. From this perspective, iron deficiency anemia is the main cause of anemia in women of childbearing age. Therefore, iron supplementation is an important means to improve the condition of anemia. Three kinds of food iron supplementation is the best “There are three key factors that determine the effectiveness of a food iron supplementation: the iron content in the food; the absorption rate of iron in the food; and the total amount of food eaten.” Generally speaking, if you consider from the iron content, red lean meat, liver, animal blood, fungus, sesame paste and other foods are rich. However, simply high iron content does not mean that iron supplementation is effective. There are two types of iron in food, one is heme iron and the other is non-heme iron. The absorption rates of the two are much different, with the former being significantly better than the latter. In general, heme iron is found in animal foods, while non-heme iron is found in plant foods. There are exceptions to this rule, as animal foods, such as milk and eggs, contain non-heme iron, similar to plants, and are therefore also poorly absorbed. From these two perspectives, red lean meat, liver, and animal blood are superior to other foods. Moreover, these foods are eaten in very real portions, as much as you can get in. Some plant foods, such as black fungus, although dry black fungus, per 100g of iron content is also very high, but the consumption of black fungus need to be soaked, the total amount of people actually eat into the not much. From another point of view, water-enriched black fungus after the iron content is not as satisfactory. In summary, for people with iron deficiency anemia, red lean meat, liver, animal blood and other animal foods are best. Foods that replenish qi and blood should not be eaten indiscriminately From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, “black enters the blood”, which means that the efficacy of dark-colored things is to enter the blood, like jujubes, Colla Corii Asini, longan meat, brown sugar and so on. Unlike Western medicine, Chinese medicine, many things are medicine and food, although it can not be analyzed from the composition of the mechanism of its role, but in the efficacy of the affirmative. “Blood deficiency is broader than anemia, and people who are not anemic can also have blood deficiency, especially women.” Tao Lin, deputy chief physician of the Digestive Center of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said, “Moreover, the blood deficiency that Chinese medicine speaks of is by no means purely isolated, and most often involves other problems, such as qi deficiency and blood deficiency, blood stasis, kidney deficiency and blood deficiency, and yin deficiency and blood deficiency. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that food with blood tonic effect has different partiality at the same time. Therefore, it should be recognized when consuming, otherwise it not only can’t play a good effect of blood replenishment, but also will hinder the health.” Red dates: the main function of red dates is to benefit qi and replenish blood, which is suitable for people with qi and blood deficiency. The main characteristics of qi deficiency and blood deficiency are the lack of luster and waxiness of the skin and white nails. Some people’s bodies are on the hot side and are prone to fire, so it is not advisable to eat more red dates. Generally speaking, it is used to cook porridge and make water, and there is no big problem to eat three or five of them daily. Colla Corii Asini: The main function of Colla Corii Asini is to nourish yin and replenish blood, which is suitable for people with yin and blood deficiency. People with cold spleen and stomach are not suitable to eat Colla Corii Asini. This is because Colla Corii Asini is nourishing and greasy, and nourishing and greasy will get in the way of the stomach, affecting the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract. People with weak spleen and stomach, themselves have loss of appetite, indigestion, easy to diarrhea and vomiting. If you eat Colla Corii Asini, not only can not replenish blood, but also affect the health. Therefore, simply eating Colla Corii Asini will not work, at least with some Chen Pi. Chenpi is transporting the spleen and stomach, regulating gastric qi, Colla Corii Asini with Chenpi can promote gastrointestinal function. Moreover, “qi is the marshal of blood”, which can also promote the function of Colla Corii Asini to replenish blood. In addition, Colla Corii Asini nourishes yin, and many women are prone to yang deficiency. Simply tonifying yin will make yang deficiency more obvious, so it is best to tonify yang at the same time. Longan meat: The main function of Longan meat is to tonify the heart and spleen while replenishing blood, which is suitable for people with heart and spleen weakness and blood deficiency. The main symptoms of weak heart and spleen are palpitations, dizziness, insomnia, forgetfulness and premature graying of hair. If there are symptoms of blood deficiency at the same time, you can eat more longan meat. However, those who have phlegm fire and white thick tongue, should not eat more, because longan meat will aggravate the symptoms of fire. Brown sugar: brown sugar also has the role of blood tonic, but it is more as a food, play a role in health, can not be used as medicine. Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar can replenish blood, mainly from the color, if you simply look at the physical properties, it is no difference with white sugar, only slightly lower purity. Moreover, maternal drinking millet porridge with brown sugar, is also a common folk method of blood replenishment. Western medicine focuses on the lack of specific substances, but it is easy to ignore a phenomenon, basically eating the same substances of the two, there will often be one person anemia a person is not anemic, anaemia after eating iron often short-term can be elevated, but often relapse after stopping the drug. Strengthening the spleen is especially important in the treatment of anemia, even if you eat more iron, spleen and stomach weakness can not be absorbed is useless.