Can I eat mutton during the confinement period after a caesarean section?

During the confinement period, women are not only restricted in their behavior, but also have requirements for their diet. Can women eat mutton during the confinement period after a caesarean section? Women can eat mutton during the confinement period. Mutton has a warming and tonic effect. It can not only warm and tonic the kidney yang, but also promote blood circulation and menstruation, helping women increase milk. Postpartum women can add some Chinese medicinal materials when eating mutton. Let’s learn how to make mutton soup suitable for postpartum women.

1. Can you eat mutton after a caesarean section?

Mutton can be used to treat postpartum weakness or abdominal pain, postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum agalactia or leucorrhea.

2. How to make mutton soup

Ingredients: 1000 grams of mutton, 200 grams of honey, 200 grams each of dried Rehmannia glutinosa, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, and Radix Chuanduan, 100 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, and 50 grams of Shangbeimao.

Preparation method: Peel the mutton, remove the fat and fascia, wash and cut into slices or strips. Put mutton, dried Rehmannia root, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Chuanduan, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae and Shangbei Mao into the pot, add water and boil over high heat for about 10 hours, take the thick juice, remove the residue and keep the meat, then add real honey and boil it into maltose-like state, then it is ready to eat.

Features: The meat is tender and the soup is sweet, you can drink the soup and eat the meat.

Efficacy: Lamb contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamin Bl, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. It is warm in nature and has a mild flavor. It can warm the middle and dispel cold, resolve stagnation, strengthen the glands and replenish Qi, warm and nourish the kidney yang, and has certain effects on the treatment of asthenia, emaciation, and lack of milk. Chinese Rhizoma Achyranthis Bidentatae tastes bitter and sour, is neutral in nature, and has the effects of strengthening tendons and bones, and promoting blood circulation and dredging menstruation. This dish uses mutton as the main ingredient and is supplemented with a variety of Chinese medicinal herbs, which has a breast-strengthening effect. Women with flat breasts and sunken breasts will benefit from eating more of this dish.

Mutton is one of the main meats consumed by people in my country and is also a good tonic in winter. Lamb is tender, delicious and rich in nutrients. According to analysis, every 100 grams of mutton contains 13.3 grams of protein, 34.6 grams of fat, 0.7 grams of carbohydrates, 11 milligrams of calcium, 129 milligrams of phosphorus, 2.0 milligrams of iron, as well as B vitamins, vitamin A, niacin, etc. Mutton can be made into many kinds of delicious dishes with unique flavors and incomparable aromas. Hot pot mutton, grilled and fried mutton skewers, stir-fried mutton with green onions, etc. are delicious foods that are enjoyed by both young and old.

Mutton is hot in nature and sweet in taste, making it an excellent food for tonic and yang-replenishing in winter. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can help boost the primordial yang, replenish essence and blood, treat lung deficiency, and relieve strain, and it is a nourishing and strengthening medicine. "Bencao Congxin" says that it can "replenish deficiency and fatigue, increase energy and strength, strengthen the yang, stimulate appetite and strengthen strength." Li Gao of the Jin Dynasty said: "Mutton is a tangible thing that can replenish the Qi of tangible muscles. Therefore, it is said that replenishment can remove weakness. Ginseng and mutton are similar. Ginseng replenishes Qi, and mutton replenishes the body. Those with the same flavor as mutton both replenish blood deficiency, because when Yang grows, Yin grows."

Mutton is hot in nature and is suitable for consumption in winter. If you suffer from acute inflammation, exogenous fever, just recovering from fever, skin sores, boils, etc., you should avoid eating mutton. If you are usually strong, thirsty, like to drink, and have constipation, you should eat less mutton to avoid causing heat and damaging body fluids.