Hawthorn and red dates soup effectively relieves dysmenorrhea

As the saying goes, "Food supplements are worse than medicine supplements." If patients with dysmenorrhea pay more attention to their diet, it can not only relieve pain but also avoid the side effects of drugs. For example, hawthorn and red dates soup, which is made of hawthorn, ginger, jujube and brown sugar, is suitable for patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea and can effectively relieve pain.

Hawthorn and red dates soup effectively relieves dysmenorrhea

Ingredients: 2 hawthorns, 4 slices of ginger, 6 dates, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Method: 1. Wash the jujube and hawthorn, remove the core, and cut them in the middle. 2. Put 500 ml of water in a pot, add the jujube, hawthorn, and ginger slices. 3. Start to cook over medium heat, and after the water boils, reduce the heat and cook for 10 minutes. 4. Add the brown sugar and stir with a spoon.

How to use: Take it while hot, start taking it 3 to 5 days before menstruation, once in the morning and once in the evening, until 3 days after menstruation. This is one course of treatment, and take 3 courses in a row.

Suitable for: dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis.

Explanation of the recipe: Hawthorn and red dates soup is slightly warm in nature, sour and sweet in taste, and has the effects of digestion, stomach strengthening, blood circulation and blood stasis; ginger is spicy and warm in nature, and has the effects of warming the meridians and dispersing cold; jujube is sweet and warm in nature, and has the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind; brown sugar is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, relieving pain, and blood circulation and blood stasis. However, due to the high sugar content in jujube and brown sugar, diabetic patients should try to eat less.