If a woman's period is significantly delayed, it can be quite harmful to the body, leading to a series of symptoms such as difficulty conceiving, hemorrhagic anemia, and premature aging. Therefore, regulating irregular menstruation becomes an urgent matter. So, how can you stay away from irregular periods? Below, we introduce seven nourishing soups that can both regulate menstruation and nourish the blood. They are well worth learning about!
1. Pumpkin, Brown Sugar, and Jujube Soup
Replenishes Qi and blood, suitable for women with irregular menstruation and unstable Qi and blood. It invigorates the body, beautifies the complexion, stops bleeding, and regulates the cycle.
Method: Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds, wash it, and cut it into chunks. Place pitted jujubes, pumpkin, and brown sugar together in a pot. Add water and simmer over low heat until the pumpkin is tender.
Tip: Pumpkin is warm in nature and sweet in taste, which can replenish the middle and Qi. It is rich in carotene, which is converted into vitamin A after being absorbed by the body, and also contains abundant vitamin E. For women during their menstrual period, it can replenish Qi and blood. Jujubes can strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach, replenish Qi, promote body fluids, and nourish Yin and blood. Brown sugar contains trace elements and various minerals, which have the effects of warming the stomach, nourishing the blood, activating blood circulation, and dispelling cold.
2. Jujube and Black-bone Chicken Soup
Jujubes have been a great blood-nourishing food since ancient times, while black-bone chicken can replenish Qi and nourish Yin. It is especially suitable for women friends and has a certain effect on irregular menstruation. Regular consumption can also be beautifying.
Method: Half a black-bone chicken, 100 grams of jujubes, 10 grams of goji berries, and 10 grams of motherwort. Add nothing but salt, and simmer over low heat for two hours. Although it may not look good, it is very effective for nourishing the liver and kidneys, clearing heat, and replenishing Qi. Especially for women with cold hands and feet in winter, drinking more can replenish blood and Qi and enhance resistance.
3. Angelica, Ginger, and Lamb Soup
This soup is especially suitable for women with Qi and blood deficiency, those recovering from serious or long-term illnesses, and postpartum women. It also has a significant effect on improving dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.
Method: 500 grams of lamb, 30 grams of angelica, 50 grams of ginger. Wash the lamb with water, then stir-fry it with ginger. Wrap angelica in gauze and cook it with the stir-fried lamb to make soup.
4. Hawthorn and Jujube Soup
Activates blood circulation to resolve stasis, warms the meridians to relieve pain, and promotes Qi to guide stagnation. It is suitable for dysmenorrhea of the cold and blood stasis type.
Method: 50 grams of hawthorn, 15 grams of ginger, 15 jujubes. Decoct the above herbs in water. Take one dose daily, divided into two servings.
5. Rehmannia-cooked Black-bone Chicken
This soup has the effects of nourishing the marrow and blood, and nourishing the liver and kidneys. It has a certain regulatory effect on women's irregular menstruation and can also be a nourishing soup for middle-aged and elderly people in the cool autumn.
Method: Clean one black-bone chicken, remove internal organs and the tail. Clean 100 grams of lean pork. Place them in a steaming pot with 25 grams of prepared rehmannia and 3 slices of ginger. Add about 6 bowls of cold water, cover, and steam for two and a half hours.
6. Psoralea and Cuttlefish Soup
Used for Yin deficiency and blood deficiency, scanty menstrual flow, or amenorrhea.
Method: 30 grams of psoralea, 10 grams of jujubes, 50 grams of cuttlefish, and appropriate seasonings. Method: Soak and clean the cuttlefish, then shred it. Decoct sepiella and psoralea in water to extract the juice, remove the dregs, then add the cuttlefish and jujubes and cook until the cuttlefish is done. Season with salt, MSG, scallion, ginger, etc. Take one dose daily.
7. Jujube, Longan, and Brown Sugar Soup
Nourishes blood and beautifies the complexion, and regulates irregular menstruation.
Method: 20 jujubes, 10 grams each of motherwort and brown sugar, decoct in water, twice daily; or 5 jujubes, 2 slices of ginger, and an appropriate amount of longan pulp, cook and eat together once daily for several consecutive days.