What are some good recipes for your period? 6 healthy recipes to ease your symptoms.

What are some recipes for menstruation? Women suffer from menstruation every month, which not only causes physical discomfort but also psychological irritability. So, what supplements should women eat during their menstrual period?

Lamb and Radish Stew with Goji Berries

1. Black-boned Chicken Soup

Ingredients: 1 black-boned chicken, 9 grams each of Angelica sinensis, Astragalus root, and Poria.

Method: Clean the chicken, remove the internal organs, place the herbs inside the chicken's abdominal cavity and sew it closed. Cook in a clay pot until done. Remove the herbs, add seasonings, and eat the meat while drinking the soup. Consume in 2-3 servings. Take one dose daily before menstruation for 3-5 consecutive days.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and nourishes the heart, replenishes qi and blood. Suitable for insufficient qi and blood causing scanty menstruation, light color, dizziness, blurred vision, palpitations, sallow complexion, empty sensation in the lower abdomen, pale red tongue, and a thin pulse.

2. Braised Lamb with Angelica and Rehmannia

Ingredients: 500 grams of lamb, 15 grams each of Angelica sinensis and fresh Rehmannia root, 10 grams of dried ginger.

Method: Clean the lamb, cut into pieces, and place in a clay pot. Add the cleaned herbs, soy sauce, salt, sugar, yellow wine, and an appropriate amount of water. Simmer over low heat until the meat is tender. Can be taken regularly.

Efficacy: Warms the middle burner, tonifies deficiency, replenishes qi, and secures blood. Suitable for excessive menstrual flow due to qi deficiency, with light color and thin consistency, pale complexion, listlessness, shortness of breath, reluctance to speak, pale tongue, and a weak pulse.

3. Mother Hen Mugwort Soup

Ingredients: 1 old hen, 15 grams of mugwort.

Method: Clean the old hen, cut into pieces, and cook with mugwort. Consume in 2-3 servings. Take 2-3 doses during the menstrual period.

Efficacy: Replenishes qi to secure blood, strengthens the spleen and calms the mind. Suitable for excessive menstrual flow due to an inability to secure blood from deficiency, with palpitations, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, cold pain in the lower abdomen, pale tongue, and a thin pulse.

4. Rehmannia Root in Wine

Ingredients: 6 grams of fresh Rehmannia root, 10 grams of Motherwort, 200 ml of yellow wine.

Method: Pour the yellow wine into a porcelain bottle (or cup), add fresh Rehmannia root and Motherwort, and steam over boiling water for about 20 minutes. Take 50 ml each time, twice a day.

Efficacy: Invigorates blood and stops bleeding. Suitable for excessive menstrual flow with blood stasis, characterized by dark purple color, blood clots, or accompanying lower abdominal pain that worsens upon pressure, dark purple tongue with possible ecchymosis, and a thin, choppy pulse.

5. Liang Di Gao (Two-Place Paste)

Ingredients: 30 grams each of fresh Rehmannia root and Lycium bark, 15 grams each of Scrophularia root, Ophiopogon root, and White Peony root, 30 grams of Donkey-hide gelatin, 40 ml of white honey.

Method: Decoct the first five herbs to obtain 300 ml of concentrated liquid. Separately, dissolve the Donkey-hide gelatin in 60 ml of hot water, then mix it with the herbal liquid. Add white honey and simmer gently over low heat until well-blended. Let it cool, then bottle. Take 20 ml each time, three times a day.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and blood. Suitable for excessive menstrual flow due to liver and kidney yin deficiency with internal heat disturbance, characterized by bright red color, dizziness, vexation, thirst, red tongue, and a thin, wiry pulse.

6. Stewed Lamb with Goji Berries

Ingredients: 1000 grams of lamb leg, 50 grams of goji berries, appropriate seasonings.

Method: Boil the whole lamb in boiling water, then rinse it in cold water to remove scum. Cut into pieces. Heat oil in a wok, add the lamb, and stir-fry with ginger slices. Add cooking wine to the wok to create a burst of aroma, then add goji berries, clear broth (2000 ml), salt, and scallions. Bring to a boil, skim off the foam, and simmer over low heat for 1-1.5 hours until the lamb is tender. Remove the scallions and ginger, and add monosodium glutamate.

Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and nourishes the blood. Suitable for scanty or persistent menstrual flow due to kidney yang deficiency, with pale or dark red color, thin consistency, soreness in the lower back and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, or a cold lower abdomen, frequent urination at night, pale tongue, and a deep, slow pulse.