What happens if you wash your hair during your period

Many mothers tell their daughters not to wash their hair during menstruation, otherwise it will cause cold air to accumulate in the body, causing headaches or aggravating dysmenorrhea. During menstruation, women's resistance is relatively weak. If they wash their hair, the cold air will enter their head. If they must wash their hair, it is recommended to wash it at noon, and dry it quickly and then blow it dry to prevent the cold air from invading. This article analyzes this issue from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look.

1. What happens if you wash your hair during your period?

1. Can I wash my hair during menstruation?

Western medicine believes that there is no medical basis for not washing your hair during menstruation, but Chinese medicine theory is different. Chinese medicine practitioners said that Chinese medicine believes that the head is the first of the six yangs and the uterus is the starting point of the Ren meridian. During menstruation, blood circulation is already poor. Washing your hair will cause blood to concentrate in the head, affecting blood circulation in the uterus, making it impossible for the blood in the uterus to be discharged smoothly, which can easily cause a decrease in menstrual blood volume or menstrual pain. On the other hand, since the pores on the hair roots are open, if you catch a cold at this time, it is easy to cause headaches, especially washing your hair at night or before going to bed. Since night is yin and the head is the first of the six yangs, when yin and yang are opposite, the headache will be more serious. If you go to bed immediately before your hair is completely dry, and your body's resistance and metabolism are low, all kinds of problems will definitely find you.

2. What are the dangers of washing hair during menstruation?

Menstruation is a relatively special physiological phenomenon in women, which is vividly called "period" by people. Many women hate menstruation because it brings them pain, such as dysmenorrhea, nausea, loss of appetite, etc. At the same time, menstruation also brings a lot of inconvenience to women. For example, it is not suitable to wash hair. Washing hair during menstruation will not only aggravate dysmenorrhea, but also cause problems such as hair loss. In the folks, some old people always warn the younger generation not to wash their hair during menstruation. The reason is that experience tells them that women’s physical condition during menstruation is not as good as usual. Washing hair during menstruation can easily lead to hair loss problems, and in severe cases it can cause dysmenorrhea or aggravate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea.

2. What to do when menstruation comes

1. Avoid eating raw or cold food: because these foods are cold, they will stimulate your uterus to contract violently, making it difficult for menstrual blood to discharge smoothly. So pay attention to eating more stomach-warming foods during your menstrual period.

2. Avoid strenuous exercise: During menstruation, your body will undergo some changes. As a woman, you should not engage in strenuous exercise. Once you do strenuous exercise, you will feel uncomfortable.

3. Keep a happy mood: When the menstrual period comes, we should not feel embarrassed. Because this is a normal physiological phenomenon. So when you come, just let it go and keep a happy mood~