The embarrassment of using menstrual belt

In the civilized era, textile processing has become more and more mature, and cloth has other uses besides covering the body.

Legend has it that Hipatia, a famous female mathematician in ancient Greece, once threw the moon cloth on the ground, scaring away admirers.

It can also be concluded that in BC, women began to use cloth strips to cope with menstruation, which is probably the first generation of "menstrual products" we can know.

2, the second generation: broken cloth bags

But in the Middle Ages, menstruation was burdened with heavy shackles and became a symbol of impurity.

Some people think that menstruation is a lunar disease and needs treatment. If you don't report on time during your period, some doctors may even advise women to draw blood.

During this period, women usually use rags to handle menstruation, and some troublesome women even wear red skirts to cover up menstrual blood.

In other places, it is considered unlucky for a woman to menstruate. Therefore, menstrual women can't enter the house, but are placed in temporary "menstrual rooms" (mostly cowsheds).

In the Indian film Pad Man, women who are menstruating are not allowed to enter the house.

Until now, some countries still do.

3, the third generation: plant ash+flax.

All the articles mentioned above are menstrual products from other countries, so what did ancient women in China usually use to cope with menstruation?

According to the novels and picture books at that time, the sanitary napkins used by ancient women in China to deal with menstruation were made of satin, silk, silk, cloth, etc., and were also affectionately called "Mother Chen".

Is it related to "period"?

However, those who can afford satin, silk and silk are rich people. Ordinary people usually put plant ash, cotton and other absorbent things into linen strips and tie them around their waists.

Think of the white cloth between sumo wrestlers' crotch.

Until this time, menstrual products have to be washed and used repeatedly, and there is no way to throw them away.