Postpartum soup recipes

During the confinement period, you should adjust your diet and avoid eating spicy food often, because these foods are often irritating and are not helpful for the body's recovery. In addition, you can cook the soup moderately, which can improve the taste on the one hand, and regulate metabolism on the other hand, making the nutrition more comprehensive. So what are some soup recipes for confinement?

1. Pork ribs and tofu soup. Pork ribs and tofu soup can adjust the body's metabolic capacity and improve the efficiency of dietary intake and digestion of nutrients. You can put the cut pork ribs into water and steam them over fire for 10 to 15 minutes, then add a small amount of tofu and cook for another five minutes before eating. This nourishing soup is rich in nutrients. It can not only adjust the weak body of breastfeeding mothers during confinement, but also replenish nutrients in all aspects.

2. Tofu and red dates soup. Since calcium deficiency is common during the confinement period, this problem can be improved if you can supplement with dates appropriately. But we must control the dietary intake, it is not always effective to supplement randomly, we should take nutritious meals regularly. For example, if you cook jujube and tofu soup once a week and combine it with other nutrients, I believe it will have a better nourishing and health-preserving effect.

3. Pig’s trotter and wolfberry soup. During the confinement period, it is easy to have problems with obstructed blood circulation and excessive blood loss. By taking pig's trotters and wolfberries, these problems can be improved, iron, calcium, etc. can be supplemented, the body can maintain a healthy state, and then promote the body's metabolism.

What fruits are good to eat during confinement?

Durian: sweet in taste and hot in nature, produced in Southeast Asia, and known as the king of fruits. With its hot nature, it can nourish the kidney, strengthen yang and help fire, and has a good effect on raising body temperature and improving blood circulation. After giving birth, the yin is deficient and the internal heat is present. Why not take some nourishing food for this? Durian is hot in nature and difficult to digest and absorb. Eating too much of it can easily cause getting a sore throat. Eating it with mangosteen can calm its hot nature. In addition, pregnant women who are prone to colon adhesion after cesarean section should be careful when eating it.

Apple: Apples are mild in taste and warm in nature, and their main component is carbohydrates. Apple can make the skin moisturized and shiny. Its viscose and fine fiber can absorb and eliminate bacteria and toxins, astringe the intestines, invigorate the stomach and help digestion, promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst, invigorate the spleen and appetite, and relieve heat. It is especially effective in treating diarrhea in pregnant women. Apples can also lower blood sugar and cholesterol, and are beneficial for postpartum recovery of pregnant women with pregnancy-induced hypertension, diabetes, and poor liver function.

Hawthorn berry: sweet and sour, warm in nature. Hawthorn fruit contains a lot of carbohydrates, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., among which the calcium content is the highest among all fruits. It has the effects of dispersing blood stasis and removing stagnation, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and removing toxins, refreshing the mind and clearing the brain, activating blood and clearing the stomach and improving appetite. It can reduce blood pressure and the water content of blood cholesterol. Eating hawthorn berries in moderation can improve appetite and promote digestion. Hawthorn fruit has the effect of dispersing blood stasis, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It can discharge blood stasis in the uterus and relieve abdominal pain.

Banana and apple: sweet and cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. Eating bananas and apples after giving birth can make people feel happy and calm, have a hypnotic effect, and even reduce pain. Bananas contain a lot of cellulose and iron, which have the effect of moisturizing the intestines, replenishing blood and qi. It can effectively avoid constipation caused by pregnant women lying in bed for too long and having weak gastrointestinal motility. It is cold in nature, so don’t eat too much every day. Heat it in water before taking it.

Kiwi: Also known as kiwi fruit, it is sweet and cold in nature. It has a very high water content in vitamin C and can reduce fever, quench thirst, facilitate urination, and promote lactation. Eating it regularly can strengthen the human immune system. It is beneficial for recovery from cesarean section. Because it is cold in nature, it should be warmed with boiling water before taking. One per day is appropriate.