What soups can help maintain pregnancy?

Soup has always been a popular food among people, and those who like to maintain their health have a special liking for soup. During pregnancy, due to changes in hormone levels in the body, pregnant women will have a poor appetite and no interest in any food. At this time, it is appropriate to drink a certain soup, which can not only not only save the nutrients needed by pregnant women, but also be of great help to the growth and development of the fetus.

Crucian carp and Amomum villosum soup

Ingredients: one crucian carp, 15 grams of Amomum villosum, 5 grams of ginger, peanut oil, and appropriate amount of table salt.

Method: First prepare the crucian carp and remove its intestines. Then grind the Amomum villosum into powder and put it into the fish's belly. Put it into a stew pot, add appropriate amount of water, and stew it in the stew pot for about 2 hours. Add ginger, peanut oil, and table salt to season.

Efficacy: This soup has the effect of warming, stopping vomiting and invigorating the stomach. If pregnant women eat it appropriately, it can help to stabilize the fetus. In addition, if breastfeeding women eat it appropriately, it can also help to promote lactation.

Sheep Kidney and Eucommia Soup

Ingredients: 10g Eucommia ulmoides, 10g Schisandra chinensis, and a pair of sheep kidneys.

Preparation method: First clean the sheep kidney, remove its fascia, soak it for half an hour, and then chop it into pieces. Then put Schisandra chinensis, Eucommia ulmoides and other ingredients into a gauze bag, wrap it, put it into a casserole and boil it over high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer for two hours until the lamb kidneys are cooked.

Efficacy: This soup is most suitable for women with fetal movement disorder. In addition, it also has certain health care effects for pregnant women with habitual miscarriage, fetal movement disorder, and back pain.

Mugwort Egg Soup

Ingredients: two eggs, appropriate amount of mugwort leaves, appropriate amount of white sugar.

Method: First boil the eggs, boil water with mugwort leaves, then peel the boiled eggs and put them into the mugwort water and continue boiling. Add sugar and dissolve it before use.

Efficacy: This soup has the effects of dispelling cold and relieving pain, warming the meridians and stopping bleeding. It also has the effect of warming the kidneys and stabilizing the fetus. It is recommended that women with habitual miscarriage can consume more of it.

Chinese Yam and Black Chicken Soup

Ingredients: a black chicken, yam, red dates, ginger slices, and salt to taste.

Preparation method: Cut the black chicken into small pieces and blanch it in boiling water to remove the blood; peel the yam and cut it into dice; put all the ingredients into a soup pot, add enough water, bring to a boil, and simmer for 2 hours. Sprinkle with appropriate amount of salt before serving.

Efficacy: Yam and black chicken soup is a powerful nourishing food in China. The main ingredients are a black chicken and a yam, plus other food supplements such as wolfberry, red dates, etc., which have a good effect of replenishing blood and stabilizing the fetus.

Donkey hide gelatin chicken soup

Ingredients: a whole chicken, 18 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 18 grams of dodder seeds, 12 grams of stone chains, two slices of ginger, and appropriate seasonings.

Method: After cleaning the chicken, put the stone chain, dodder seeds and other ingredients into a Chinese medicine bag, then sew it and put it into the chicken. Add appropriate amount of water and boil it for half an hour. Then put the boiled juice together with donkey-hide gelatin and ginger into a double boiler and stew for 3 hours until the donkey-hide gelatin melts. Eat it while it is hot.

Efficacy: This soup itself has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the fetus. It is especially suitable for women with poor appetite during pregnancy. In addition, it has good health care effects for women with habitual miscarriage and premature birth.

Winter Melon and Sea Bass Soup

Ingredients: 1 sea bass, 200 grams of winter melon, 25 grams of Poria cocos, 10 red dates (pitted), 15 grams of wolfberry, 3 slices of ginger, and appropriate amount of salt.

Preparation method: Crush the Poria cocos and wrap it in a cotton bag, then put it into the pot for later use; wash and debone the sea bass, and slice the fish meat; peel and cut the wax gourd into pieces, put it into the pot together with the ginger slices, add 1500 ml of water, and cook over low heat until the wax gourd is cooked through. Add the fish fillets, red dates, and wolfberries, turn to high heat and bring to a boil, then add salt to taste.

Efficacy: Winter melon has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and it is also a diuretic and contains very little sodium, making it a good product for reducing swelling for pregnant women. Sea bass is rich in fat, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Moreover, sea bass has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, benefiting the spleen and stomach, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and can treat symptoms such as fetal movement disorder.

Red Bean Carp Soup

Ingredients: one carp, 100 grams of red beans, one head of garlic, and appropriate amount of tangerine peel.

Method: First prepare the fish's internal organs, then put them into the pot together with the red beans that have been soaked for half an hour and cook until the red beans are tender. Then add tangerine peel, garlic and salt for seasoning.

Efficacy: This soup has the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, and is especially suitable for those who suffer from leg edema in the late pregnancy; it also has the effect of promoting lactation and promoting milk secretion.