During menstruation, abdominal pain is the most bothersome problem for every woman. Menstrual cramps not only affect daily life but also one's mood and work. Some women, in order to alleviate abdominal pain, often take painkillers. However, taking too many painkillers is not good for the body. So, what to do when menstrual cramps strike? Below, the editor recommends 6 healthy porridges for pain relief to free you from the trouble of menstrual cramps!
Goji Mugwort Porridge
Effects: Mugwort is bitter and pungent in nature, and has the effects of stopping cold pain, resisting blood clotting, regulating qi and blood, warming the meridians, stopping bleeding, and dispelling cold.
Ingredients: 75g rice, 25g goji berries, appropriate amount of mugwort, salt or honey.
Method:
1. Wash the rice and soak it in clean water for 2 hours.
2. Wash the goji berries and soak them in warm water until soft, then set aside; wash the mugwort and chop it.
3. Bring water to a boil with the rice, add the goji berries and mugwort, and simmer into a porridge over low heat. Season with salt or honey to taste.
Hawthorn Porridge
Effects: Hawthorn is sweet and warm in nature, and has the effects of aiding digestion, strengthening the stomach, invigorating blood to resolve stasis, and astringing to stop diarrhea. It is effective for meat accumulation, phlegm-fluid retention, menstrual cramps and amenorrhea, lochiorrhea, and infantile food stagnation. Boiled into a porridge, hawthorn can invigorate blood to resolve stasis and regulate menstrination to relieve pain. It is suitable for blood stasis type menstrual cramps, menstrual clots, and delayed periods.
Ingredients: 30g hawthorn, 12g each of Spatholobus stem and Motherwort, 9g Angelica sinensis, 5g Ligusticum wallichii, 100g japonica rice, appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Method: First, decoct the five medicinal herbs in a clay pot to extract a concentrated liquid, remove the dregs, and add japonica rice and brown sugar to cook into a porridge. Start taking it 1 week before the period, twice daily, warm. Continue until menstruation begins.
Angelica Jujube Porridge
Effects: Jujube can invigorate blood and replenish qi, and has beauty-enhancing effects. Angelica can nourish blood and invigorate circulation, regulate menstruation, relieve pain and resolve stasis, and moisten the intestines. It can also have a bidirectional regulatory effect on the uterus according to its condition, alleviating menstrual pain caused by abnormal uterine conditions. Angelica promotes the production of hemoglobin and red blood cells and has the effect of inhibiting platelet aggregation.
Ingredients: 15g Angelica sinensis, 50g jujubes, 20g sugar, 50g japonica rice.
Method: First, soak Angelica sinensis in warm water for a moment, add 200g of water, and decoct it to 100g of concentrated liquid. Remove the dregs and take the liquid. Cook with japonica rice, jujubes, and sugar with an appropriate amount of water until the porridge is done. Take it warm in the morning and evening. 10 days constitute one course of treatment.
Fresh Motherwort Porridge
Effects: Brown sugar can effectively reduce the pain of menstrual cramps, provide heat to the body, and help expel menstrual blood. Motherwort has the effects of invigorating blood to regulate menstruation, removing stasis, resisting blood clotting, relieving pain and reducing swelling, clearing heat and detoxifying. It can also beautify the skin, alleviate menstrual cramps caused by uterine cramps, and increase uterine excitement.
Ingredients: 60g fresh Motherwort (or 30g dried), 50g japonica rice, appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Method: First, decoct Motherwort to extract a liquid and remove the dregs. Then cook with japonica rice and brown sugar to make a thin porridge.
Buddha's Hand and Turmeric Porridge
Effects: Buddha's Hand has the effects of regulating qi to resolve phlegm, harmonizing the stomach, and relieving pain. Turmeric can move qi to resolve stasis, invigorate blood, and treat menstrual cramps, irregular menstruation, and stabbing pain. It can also clear phlegm, lower qi and fire, and clear heat and cool blood.
Ingredients: 15g Buddha's Hand, 12g Turmeric, 60g japonica rice.
Method: Place Buddha's Hand, Turmeric, and japonica rice in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer into a porridge over low heat and season to taste.
Donkey-hide Gelatin Glutinous Rice Porridge
Effects: Nourishes blood and invigorates circulation, nourishes yin and beautifies the skin. Consumed after menstruation, it can regulate menstruation and treat various menstrual irregularities.
Ingredients: 100g japonica rice, 20g longan pulp, 10g donkey-hide gelatin, 10g dried red dates, 15g liquor.
Method:
1. Wash the japonica rice, soak it in cold water until it expands, and drain the water.
2. Take a large cup and pour in boiling water. Place the donkey-hide gelatin and liquor in a small cup.
3. Sit the small cup in the boiling water until the donkey-hide gelatin is dissolved.
4. Remove impurities from the longan pulp, wash it, and wash the red dates and remove the pits.
5. Add about 2000ml of cold water, longan, and red dates to a pot. Cook over medium heat until the water is reduced to one-third.
6. Add the japonica rice, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer into a porridge over low heat.
7. Add the melted donkey-hide gelatin and mix well.