Can I eat onions during confinement?

After giving birth, women are very weak and need to recover through confinement. They also need to keep a happy mood during the confinement period. They also need to pay special attention to their diet. They must eat nutritious food so that the milk supply is sufficient, which is good for the baby's growth. Onions are a very common vegetable in our lives, so can you eat onions during confinement? The following introduces whether you can eat onions during confinement.

Can I eat onions during confinement?

You can eat onions during confinement.

Onion is a vegetable that is often used as a seasoning in various dishes. It has a certain spicy taste and can relieve greasiness. Eating onions during the confinement period can improve appetite, increase appetite, prevent colds, etc., and it will not cause milk to dry up. Therefore, mothers can eat onions during the confinement period. But onions are a bit spicy after all, so it is better for postpartum women to eat less of them. It is best for women with very weak constitutions not to eat them.

Precautions for eating onions during confinement

1. Postpartum women should not eat too many onions. Onions are spicy and irritating foods, and eating too much is not good for the health of postpartum women. Moreover, eating too much onion is bad for eyesight, and pregnant women with poor eyesight should eat less.

2. Onions cannot be eaten together with honey. The ancients said that "honey produces onions". Eating honey and onions together will produce a bad chemical reaction and produce substances that are harmful to the human body, which can easily lead to gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea and other symptoms.

3. Onions should not be eaten with dog meat or rooster meat. Onions are warm in nature and spicy in taste. Eating them together with dog meat, rooster meat, etc., which are also warm in nature, can easily cause a sore throat.

4. You must be extra careful when taking Chinese medicine when eating onions. You must first check whether the medicinal properties of the Chinese medicine conflict with onions. For example, Liuwei Dihuang Pills cannot be taken with onions. If you take them at the same time, the medicinal properties will be offset.

5. Onions should not be eaten with foods high in calcium. Because onions contain oxalic acid, eating them together with calcium can easily form calcium oxalate, which hinders the body's calcium absorption.

Can pregnant women eat salt during confinement?

It is generally believed that it is best to eat light food (try not to add seasoning) and bland food (no or little salt) during the confinement period. Can mothers eat salt during the confinement period? This article is an introduction to the dietary principles of confinement period in traditional Chinese medicine. I hope it can help you correctly understand the amount of salt intake. Please read on:

It is not correct to say that mothers cannot eat salt during the confinement period. From a scientific point of view, the diet during confinement should be light and appropriate, that is, the amount of seasonings such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, chili peppers, and wine should be less than that of the average person, and less salt is also appropriate, but not none or too little. Adding various seasonings can not only increase appetite and promote appetite, but is also beneficial to the physical recovery of the postpartum mother.

Can mothers eat salt during the confinement period? From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is better to keep warm rather than cold after childbirth. Warmth can promote blood circulation, while coldness can coagulate the blood. During the physical recovery process of confinement, there is a lot of excess blood and turbid fluid (lochia) that needs to be discharged from the body. Birth injuries also cause blood stasis. Adding a small amount of warm seasonings such as onion, ginger, garlic, pepper powder and wine to the food will help blood circulation without promoting blood clotting, which is conducive to the discharge of blood stasis from the body. The amount of salt used also depends on the situation. If the mother has obvious edema, it is advisable to use less salt in the first few days after delivery. If there is no obvious edema in the late pregnancy, there is no need to eat less salt.

From the above, we know whether mothers can eat salt during confinement and how much salt to eat depends on the mother's physical condition.