What vegetables are good to eat during confinement?

The first week of pregnancy, a reasonable diet should focus on seven aspects: replenishing blood and qi, replenishing nutrients, preventing constipation, promoting digestion, replenishing calcium and zinc, increasing milk and supplementing vitamins. It can also be seen that the key to preventing constipation, promoting digestion and supplementing vitamins is to eat vegetables. But there are many kinds of vegetables, and it is more important to choose which one to eat. So what vegetables and fruits are good for postpartum women to eat? Let’s take a look at it together below.

It is not recommended to eat vegetables and fresh fruits in the first week after giving birth, eat hot vegetables and fruits in the second week, and eat apples from the third week onwards. Edible warm vegetables and fresh fruits. The vegetables and fruits that pregnant women can use include: kale, carrot, broccoli, red amaranth, pepper, tomato, hair algae, red amaranth, Sichuan pepper, cabbage, etc.

1. Lotus root. Lotus root contains a lot of tapioca starch, vitamins and minerals. It is rich in nutrients and has a light and delicious taste. It is a good vegetable and panacea for removing blood stasis and promoting new growth. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, moisturize the stomach, nourish yin, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, clear away heat, detoxify and produce milk. Pregnant women who eat more lotus root can eliminate blood stasis in the abdominal cavity as soon as possible, improve appetite, promote digestion, promote milk secretion, and be beneficial to the feeding of newborn babies.

2. Daylily. Daylily is commonly known as golden needles or golden vegetables. It is rich in protein, vitamins C, A and the minerals iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, etc. It is delicious, especially suitable for making soup, and has great nourishing effect on the blood. According to Chinese medical books, it has the effects of reducing swelling, promoting urination, reducing fever, relieving pain, replenishing blood and qi, and benefiting the brain. It is also known as forget-me-not and daylily. It was used as a prescription for treating neurasthenia in ancient times. "Bencao Qiuzhen" said that golden needles "can open the chest and diaphragm, make people feel relaxed and friendly, and not depressed, so it is named forget-me-not." You can eat more day lily during the confinement period.

3. Kelp shreds. Clears away heat, detoxifies, reduces swelling, unblocks meridians and promotes lactation. Suitable for mastitis and milk shortage. Kelp contains more iodine and iron. Iodine is the main raw material for the production of thyroid hormone, and iron is the main raw material for the production of red blood cells. Pregnant women can increase the content of these vegetables and fruits when eating more of them. Newborn babies who eat this kind of milk are beneficial to their development and can avoid cretinism caused by iodine deficiency.