What foods to eat for menstrual pain

Patients with menstrual pain can identify and consume foods such as jujube, angelica, peppercorns, ginger, hawthorn meat, etc. These foods are medicinal drugs, and it is recommended that medication should be taken under the guidance of a doctor for treatment after discomfort occurs. Patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis (blood stagnation due to the lack of qi flow) show premenstrual or menstrual abdominal distension and pain, refusing to be pressed, poor menstrual flow, purplish-colored menstruation with lumps, pain reduction after blood clots are discharged, mostly accompanied by premenstrual breast distension and pain, depression, irritability, etc., which can be treated by taking motherwort, hawthorn, and chenpi etc under the guidance of a doctor. Cold and dampness stagnation patients manifested as premenstrual or menstrual cold pain in the abdomen, refusing to press, pain as severe as strangulation, heat pain relief, menstrual flow is small, the color is dark with bruises, fear of cold, hands and feet are not warm, loose stools, you can be guided by the doctor to take moxa leaves, jujubes, brown sugar, angelica sinensis, peppercorns, ginger, cinnamon and so on. Patients with deficiency of qi and blood show hidden pain in the abdomen during or after menstruation, feeling of emptiness, like rubbing and pressing, scanty menstrual flow, pale color, lack of splendor, fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), loose stools (loose stools are sparse and not shaped), you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use Angelica sinensis, Astragalus, Colla Corii Asini, and so on. The role of dietary therapy is limited, if you have a related condition, it is recommended to be treated under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the evidence, and not blindly self-medication.