Can pregnant women drink herbal soup?

Pregnant women cannot eat randomly because they have a special physique. They need to consider whether every food they eat will affect the health of the baby. Pregnant women also need to follow the doctor's advice when taking medicine during pregnancy. If they are not careful, the medicines they take may affect the baby and cause miscarriage. Decoction is a feature of traditional Chinese medicine, and has little side effects on the human body. So can pregnant women drink herbal soup?

Can pregnant women drink dendrobium soup?

Pregnant women can eat Dendrobium. However, it is not recommended to eat it in early pregnancy or if you have weak spleen and stomach. Eat a balanced diet during pregnancy, don’t be picky about food, and eat more vegetables and fruits. If you want to drink soup, it’s a good idea to add mushrooms, kelp, etc. to the soup. It is best not to eat Dendrobium in the early stages of pregnancy. You can eat it after the middle stages. It is best for pregnant women to drink light soups, such as chicken soup. You can also use fresh corn, radish and pork ribs soup. Be careful not to drink the oil on the surface. It is recommended to pay attention to dietary diversity, combine meat and vegetables, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, avoid eating animal fat, animal offal and fried food, do more outdoor activities and get more sun exposure.

What are the benefits of Dendrobium soup

1. Clear away heat

"Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Explanation of Materia Medica" respectively record "clears the stomach and eliminates empty heat" and "eliminates empty heat in the stomach and hemorrhoids." Compared with ordinary heat-clearing drugs, the false heat cleared by Dendrobium is completely a false heat, which is characterized by yin deficiency and excessive heat. Pharmacological experiments have shown that Dendrobium can significantly reduce the peak fever and temperature response index of heat-prone rabbits and shorten the heat-prone time.

2. Nourishing Yin and Essence

The Chinese Pharmacology Dictionary states that it "specializes in nourishing the qi and fluid of the lungs and stomach, and when the qi and fluid are prosperous, the kidney water is naturally produced." It is said that it is good at nourishing yin and producing body fluid, and treating various symptoms of yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency.

3. Nourishes the spleen and stomach

Dendrobium is a medicine that benefits the stomach and produces body fluid. It is recorded in "Shennong's Herbal Classic" and "Bencao Zaixin". People call it "gastrointestinal medicine" and it is a commonly used medicine for treating epigastric pain and upper abdominal distension. Modern experiments have confirmed that Dendrobium has a good inhibitory effect on Helicobacter pylori, a common pathogen in spleen and stomach diseases, and is helpful in treating Helicobacter pylori-positive diseases such as atrophic gastritis, superficial gastritis, and duodenal ulcers. At the same time, oral administration of Dendrobium decoction can promote the secretion of gastric juice, enhance the stomach's emptying capacity, and aid digestion.

4. Protect liver and promote bile secretion

Dendrobium has a good choleretic effect. Doctors of all dynasties have believed that "Dendrobium candidum" has the effect of nourishing liver yin and is an important medicine for treating various liver and gallbladder diseases. It can be used to treat hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones and other liver and gallbladder diseases.