Is it good to drink a lot of brown sugar water during menstruation?

Patient's question:

No

Doctor's answer:

Honey-colored sugar has a warm and moist nature, a sweet taste, and enters the liver and spleen meridians. It has the functions of invigorating qi, aiding the spleen in digesting food, nourishing blood, resolving blood stasis, and also has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving pain. Therefore, for women who suffer from irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dark red menstrual blood with cold abdominal pain due to cold exposure or blood stasis, drinking some honey-colored sugar water can often help treat and alleviate these symptoms. However, if menstruation is normal, it is not recommended to drink too much to avoid increasing menstrual blood volume and prolonging the bleeding time.