Can women drink detoxifying bowel cleansing tea during menstruation?

In most cases, it is not recommended for women to drink commercially available conventional detoxifying colon cleansing tea during menstruation. Girls who have dysmenorrhea, less menstrual flow, and usually cold hands and feet should try to avoid it.

Oh, I have a lot of say in this matter. Last summer, in order to control my weight, I stocked up on the detoxifying colon cleansing tea recommended by several bloggers. Drinking it really had a laxative effect. When I came to visit my aunt, I didn’t take it seriously and drank it as usual. As a result, I started to have stomach problems the next day after drinking it, and my lower abdomen dropped continuously. It was difficult to stand, and my aunt who originally took 7 days to walk was gone in less than 4 days, and there were a lot of dark-brown blood clots. Later, I went to see a Chinese medicine doctor, who said that I drank too many cold things, which suppressed the menstrual blood. It took more than two months to recover.

Of course, not everyone will have problems after drinking it. My colleague is the kind of girl with a hot constitution. She usually has much more menstrual flow than ordinary people, and her aunt has never had any pain during menstruation. The intestinal cleansing tea she drank was prescribed by a doctor. It only has prebiotics and dietary fiber, and does not contain any laxative or cooling ingredients such as senna, rhubarb, and cassia seeds. She occasionally drinks a bag during menstruation without any discomfort.

But don’t just take chances. I have gone through the ingredient lists of more than a dozen popular detoxifying and intestinal cleansing teas on the market. More than 90% of them contain the cold and laxative ingredients mentioned earlier. They are also promoted as “mild and non-irritating”, so ordinary people can’t tell the difference. After all, the pelvic cavity is congested during menstruation, and the intestines are much more sensitive than usual. When these components are stimulated, either the intestinal peristalsis is too fast and pulls the pelvic cavity to aggravate dysmenorrhea, or the cold nature causes menstrual blood stasis, which can range from abnormal menstrual flow and blood clots to severe endocrine disruption and affect subsequent menstrual cycles.

If you really suffer from constipation during menstruation, it is better to steam two prunes and eat them, or mix it with a cup of warm sesame oil and honey water, which has a good laxative effect. It is also much safer than bowel cleansing tea, and you don’t have to torment your body for the so-called "detoxification".