Angelica, ginger and mutton soup can help relieve menstrual cramps

　　Ms. Li from Zhengzhou asked: My stomach hurts every time I get my period. Those days are very difficult. Can I fix it through diet?

　　Henan Province Hospital Zheng Ruijun, a physician at the Reproductive Center of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, replied: Diet therapy can indeed play a good role in prevention and treatment.

　　In the 3 to 5 days before menstruation, the diet should be mainly light and easy to digest. You can eat some sour foods in moderation, which can relieve pain. It is not advisable to eat too much. In particular, you should avoid eating raw and cold foods, because raw and cold foods can stimulate irritation. Uterus , fallopian tube contraction, thereby inducing or aggravating Dysmenorrhea。

　　During menstruation, you should avoid all cold, hard-to-digest and irritating foods, such as chili, pepper, coffee , strong tea, strong liquor, etc. It can also be used to prevent and treat dysmenorrhea through medicated meals. Friends with dysmenorrhea can try it.

　　1. Angelica ginger mutton soup:

　　30 grams of angelica root, 30 grams of ginger, and 500 grams of mutton. Put the angelica and ginger into a casserole and add an appropriate amount of water, then add the mutton cut into strips into the pot, bring to a boil over a high fire, remove the foam, and simmer over a slow fire for about 1.5 hours until the mutton is cooked. You can add an appropriate amount of rice wine when eating.

　　2. Dangguiyuanhu japonica rice porridge:

　　30 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Yuanhu, 50 grams of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Boil angelica and yuanhu for 20 minutes, take 800 ml of juice, wash the japonica rice, add the concoction, boil over high heat, add brown sugar and mix well, then simmer over low heat until the rice becomes rotten soup. Start taking it 3 days after menstruation, stop taking it 3 days before next menstruation, 2 times a day, take warm in the morning and evening on an empty stomach.

　　Here is a small prescription for treating dysmenorrhea: 15 grams of astragalus, 10 grams of angelica root, 15 grams of rehmannia root, 15 grams of white peony root, 5 grams of mugwort leaves, and 15 grams of millipede. Grind the medicine into fine powder and take it once a day for 3 days before menstruation, 10 grams each time, add brown sugar to water, and you can continue to take it after menstruation. This prescription is specially designed to treat dysmenorrhea caused by weak Qi and blood, small amount and pale color, and dull lower abdominal pain after menstruation.

　　Special reminder: Keeping warm during menstruation can accelerate blood circulation and relax muscles, especially in the pelvic area that is spasmodic and congested. You should drink more hot water. You can also place a hot compress or hot water bottle on the abdomen for several minutes at a time, or moxibustion the lower abdomen with moxa sticks.