Many women suffer from menstrual cramps, some just feel slightly uncomfortable, while others may experience pain so severe that they can’t even carry out their daily activities, let alone get out of bed. How to pass the monthly menstrual period comfortably is almost every woman’s nightmare. However, both traditional Chinese and Western medicine advocate that you should not eat ice cream during your period, and traditional Chinese medicine even believes that eating too much ice cream or cold food during this time may increase the risk of infertility.
Can you eat ice cream during your period? Both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine say NO! Western medicine believes that eating ice cream will cause the blood to flow to the stomach and intestines, affecting the blood circulation near the uterus, and may even lead to menstrual cramps.
Traditional Chinese medicine advocates that eating ice cream during ovulation can cause a drop in the temperature of the endometrium, easily leading to menstrual disorders, irregular periods, and even uterine coldness, greatly increasing the risk of infertility.
Traditional Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee says that the period when women are most likely to experience hormonal disturbances is during ovulation. During this time, when body temperature rises, emotions can become easily irritable or there may be unexplained breast swelling and tightness. This is a natural phenomenon. If one drinks cold water to cool down, although it can temporarily improve emotions, it may cause the egg to stagnate in the ovary and even lead to illness.
In addition, Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee believes that interference with the hormones in modern women’s bodies mainly comes from food, especially animal hormones. For example, eating chicken and pork may have hidden risks of receiving growth hormones. If the food one eats contains these hormones, it may increase the chances of menstrual irregularities, uterine fibroids, and endometriosis in women.
Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee further pointed out that most of the research on uterine function by Western medicine is based on animals, such as drugs for ovulation, menstrual regulation, and contraception, which are all related to either increasing or blocking hormones. If the human body adapts to these external hormones, it can interfere with the normal secretion of hormones in the body. Once interference occurs, the body’s tissues are more likely to develop lesions, leading to an increase in cases of breast cancer, uterine fibroids, and endometriosis in women.
The treatment of hormone problems is quite different from Western medicine. Chinese medicine does not directly supplement or adjust the amount of hormones in the body, but rather identifies the root cause of the imbalance in natural hormone secretion in the body.
For example, some women may suffer from long-term constipation due to a stressful lifestyle. Since the uterus and gastrointestinal tract are closely related, Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee says that the ancient saying of “hanging one’s guts” refers to this kind of emotional illness. Other women may experience menstrual pain due to the interplay between the meridians that go through the gastrointestinal tract and the meridians that control ovulation.
Therefore, if there is chronic constipation, it may cause severe cramping throughout the abdomen during menstruation, and even diarrhea during menstruation. Although it is a good thing to clean out the constipation, the reason for the diarrhea during menstruation is a bad thing. Chinese medicine advocates that normal elimination should be maintained regularly, and not only rely on menstruation to excrete once. If bowel movements are smooth on a regular basis, menstrual pain will naturally be reduced.
Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee said that exercise can improve mood and also regulate the digestive system. Therefore, exercise can help to eliminate waste and toxins accumulated in the body. To get through menstruation happily, it is necessary to have normal elimination, regular exercise, promote metabolism, and maintain a balanced diet.
Originally from: Health.chinatimes.com
Health Chinatimes/ Reporter Yi-Fen Zeng reports 2009.06.24
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