Menstruation is a woman's best friend. Although various problems may arise during your period, it is also a prime time for beauty. Eating the right foods during this time can give you a beautiful complexion. So, what foods should you eat during your period to achieve a healthy glow? Let's take a look at the foods women shouldn't miss during their menstrual period.
Black Sesame Paste
What foods to eat during your period for a healthy glow
1. Sesame
Black sesame is rich in cysteine, ORGNITU vitamins B and E. It can increase sebum secretion, improve skin elasticity, and keep skin delicate, making it the best food for improving rough skin.
2. Brown Sugar
Brown sugar is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It can strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, as well as relieve pain, invigorate blood, nourish blood, and dispel cold. When you're too busy or too lazy to cook, simply brew a bowl of brown sugar water or ginger brown sugar water. You will feel a warmth that reaches your lower abdomen, invigorating your entire body's circulation.
3. Red Jujube and Longan Sugar Soup
If you can make a special treat for yourself, it's even better. Use red jujubes and longan flesh to cook a sugar soup. When the jujubes are soft and the longan is tender, crack an egg into the soup and continue to cook it slowly over low heat until the egg is done. If you like a soft-boiled egg, be sure to take it out earlier. This red jujube and longan soup not only replenishes qi and nourishes the heart, but the red jujubes also strengthen the spleen and nourish the blood. Regular consumption can make your face as rosy as a peach blossom. Replacing the longan with black fungus is also a good idea. Black fungus is neutral in nature, so friends with "internal heat" can eat it without any worries. If you replace it with snow fungus and red jujube soup, it not only has the same benefits as longan but can also help fade dark spots!
4. Silkie Chicken Soup
Silkie chicken soup has always been a great boon for women. It is nourishing without being "heaty." The method for making Silkie chicken soup is quite particular; it requires a clay pot, ginger, garlic, red jujubes, and kelp, simmered slowly for half a day.
You can also add cordyceps and angelica to the Silkie chicken soup. Angelica is excellent for nourishing blood. As for ginseng, red ginseng should be used with caution as it may conflict with "excess internal heat." Generally speaking, American ginseng is very mild and won't cause "heatiness." However, these Chinese herbal medicines should not be simmered during your period, as it can lead to excessive qi and blood, causing more trouble. It's best to simmer and drink them at other times.
5. Tea Oil Scallion Stir-fry
Stir-frying scallions in tea oil is also a great remedy. Scallions help to unblock yang and relieve stagnation. Stir-frying them with tea oil and serving them with noodles is fragrant and delicious. By the way, if you add rice noodles, ginger slices, and fermented black beans to make a "San He Tang" or "Scallion Rice Noodle Soup," it becomes a traditional folk remedy for treating wind-cold.
Braised Lamb
6. Lamb
Lamb is "heaty" in nature, warming the middle jiao and the body, and tonifying deficiency and qi. Every 500 grams of lamb provides 6427 calories, and its fat content is only half that of pork.
7. Walnut
Also known as the "longevity fruit" in folklore, walnuts are rich in ORGNITU vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids. They nourish the brain and skin, quickly replenish energy, and have the effects of delaying aging and nourishing beauty.
8. Yellow Wine Scrambled Eggs
The method is: Heat a pan, add oil, and sauté some ginger. Then, beat the eggs into the pan, add yellow wine and salt, and you're done. Grab your chopsticks quickly! This is said to be a precious, three-generation family recipe for treating menstrual cramps and abdominal pain. Yellow wine is warm in nature, so consuming it in moderation is beneficial.
braised mutton
Black sesame paste