What to eat during confinement to promote lactation

In the past, people thought that baby formula was more nutritious than breast milk, but now it has been confirmed that breast milk contains many times more nutrients than baby formula. Many women also want to breastfeed their babies after giving birth, wishing their children to have better physical fitness in the future. Although our material conditions are becoming more and more abundant, many women who have given birth will find that they do not have much milk for their babies during the confinement period. Babies are often hungry and crying. Mothers see this and are anxious. At this time, they are eager to stimulate milk production, hoping that their babies can eat the best milk. So, what should you eat to increase milk production during the confinement period?

Foods that promote lactation include the following:

Peanut kernel: Peanut kernel can be used to treat spleen deficiency nausea and vomiting, edema, female secretions, anemia and various urinary diseases, dry cough, dry cough with sputum, and lactation after childbirth.

Cucumber: Luffa is a Chinese herbal medicine with a sweet taste and cold nature. If there is breast inflammation, lumps during milk production, or milk secretion is blocked, the Chinese Medicine Association recommends cooking luffa in bone soup, which can regulate breast blood and qi, promote milk production, strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

Lettuce: Not only delicious and nutritious, it also contains carbohydrates, protein, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C and a variety of minerals. Chinese medicine believes that lettuce and Poria have sweet and cold effects, and have the effects of removing fever and toxins, preventing thirst, promoting defecation and promoting lactation. Nowadays, it is recommended to cook lettuce and pig's feet together and consume it, which has a good effect in promoting lactation.

Lentil: Lentil is also known as green bean. It has a sweet and flat taste and is very rich in phosphorus, about 400 mg per 100 grams. Lentils have the effects of relieving constipation, producing body fluids, relieving sores, treating diarrhea and dysentery, and promoting lactation. Boiling green peas and eating them lightly or mashing pea sprouts and drinking juice can both promote lactation.

Water tofu: Water tofu has the effects of nourishing blood and neutralizing the body, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, and clearing away heat and removing fire. It is also a lactation food. Boil it with water tofu, brown sugar and rice wine and drink it to produce milk.

Nourishing soup: It is said that nourishing soup is sufficient and beneficial for promoting lactation. You can choose different lactation soups according to the mother's taste, such as pig's feet stewed with peanuts, crucian carp and tofu soup, yam stewed hen soup, clear stewed black chicken soup, rice wine and egg soup, etc. But mothers should be careful not to consume malted milk or other drinks containing maltose, as it will cause milk withdrawal.

Black sesame powder: Black sesame powder contains a variety of essential amino acids for the human body. With the participation of vitamin E and vitamin B1, it can accelerate the body's metabolism. The iron and vitamin E in black sesame powder are important ingredients for preventing anemia, activating nerves, and clearing blood vessels. If the mother's body is healthy, she can naturally promote lactation.

Green bamboo shoots: Green bamboo shoots are divided into two types: leaf and stem, both contain a variety of rich nutrients. Except for iron, the content of other nutrients in leaves is higher than that in stems. Therefore, when eating bamboo shoots, it is best not to discard the leaves.

Daylily: Daylily is very rich in nutrients, containing 14.1 grams of protein per 100 grams of dried product, which is almost the same as animal meat. In addition, it also contains a lot of vitamins B21, B2 and so on.