Symptoms of early pregnancy: bitter mouth

Women in the early stages of pregnancy will experience many uncomfortable symptoms. Of course, the most common and common ones are nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc. However, some women also feel a bitter taste in their mouths in the early stages of pregnancy, and even drinking water or eating sweets cannot relieve the bitterness in their mouths. A bitter taste in the mouth may be caused by internal heat. Let’s take a look at what causes a bitter taste in the mouth in early pregnancy.

What to do if you have a bitter mouth during early pregnancy

Traditional Chinese medicine states that it is caused by stomach fire and liver and gallbladder fire, commonly known as angry temper. The food should be simple and light. You can usually eat eight-treasure porridge, lotus seed porridge, lotus seed and white fungus porridge, lotus seed heart tea, rose tea, and hawthorn tea. If you have severe bitter taste in the mouth, you can eat more lotus seed heart and bitter gourd. In addition to problems with the liver, gallbladder, and stomach, bad mood is also an important reason for bitter taste in the mouth. When you are pregnant, you should relax and do some things that can add interest to your life, which can soothe the liver and gallbladder, open the chest and relieve the diaphragm.

A bitter taste in the mouth is normal during pregnancy. Vitamin C tablets are effective for any cause of bitter taste in the mouth. The usage is three times a day, 2 to 3 tablets each time, dissolve under the tongue. Generally speaking, mild bitter taste in the mouth will disappear after taking the medicine 2 to 3 times.

What should you pay attention to during early pregnancy

The following supplements are not suitable for consumption during pregnancy

1. Avoid abusing ginseng. After pregnancy, menstruation stops and blood from the internal organs and meridians is pumped into the Chong and Ren meridians to nourish the fetus. The pregnant woman is in a state of yin blood deficiency and relatively excessive yang energy. Ginseng is a great tonic for the vital energy, which can cause the qi of pregnant women to be excessive and the yin to be depleted. The excess qi will "push" the fetus, causing damage and danger to the fetus, which is not conducive to the safety of the fetus.

2. Avoid abusing tonic medicines. No matter how good a tonic is, it still has to go through the body's metabolic process, increasing the burden on the liver and kidneys and having certain side effects, so it will have varying degrees of impact on pregnant women and fetuses. Some pregnant women took large amounts of royal jelly, which caused severe diarrhea and eventually miscarriage. Regular consumption of ginseng royal jelly, American ginseng pills, Gongbao, etc. will harm pregnant women and the fetus in the womb. During pregnancy, when I suffered from calf cramps, I often took vitamin A and D, which resulted in an overdose of vitamin A and D and caused poisoning.

3. Avoid hot foods. You cannot eat hot foods during pregnancy, such as dog meat, mutton, pepper, etc. When taking supplements during pregnancy, you should follow the principle of "coolness rather than heat". Even when eating fruits, you should eat those with a neutral and cool nature, such as tomatoes, raw pears, peaches, etc.

Also, you should follow the doctor's advice when taking supplements before delivery. Don't be self-righteous and take supplements indiscriminately to avoid harming the health of the mother and fetus.