Can I eat winter melon when I am pregnant?

It is best for pregnant women not to eat winter melon after pregnancy. Although winter melon has very high medicinal value and edible effects, these effects are not suitable for pregnant women, because winter melon is a cold food. If you eat it frequently, it will cause cold air to enter the body, which is definitely not good for pregnancy. In the worst case, it will result in threatened abortion.

3. Job’s tears

According to the experience of ancient doctors, it is advisable for pregnant women to avoid eating it. "Dietary Notes" says: Because of its nature of being good and having a downward tendency, pregnant women who eat it will have a miscarriage. Wang Mengying, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, also warned: Job's tears are mainly downward-flowing in nature, so pregnant women should avoid eating them. "Bencao Jingshu" also clearly states: It is forbidden to use during pregnancy.

4. Donkey meat

It is mild in nature and sour and sweet in taste. Although it has the effect of nourishing blood and replenishing qi, according to previous experience, pregnant women should avoid eating donkey meat. As recorded in the "Daily Materia Medica": Donkey meat, if eaten by pregnant women, will cause difficult labor.

5. Rabbit

It has a cool nature, can cool blood and promote blood circulation, but it can also easily damage human yang energy, so pregnant people should avoid eating it. For example, Wang Mengying, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said in "Sui Xi Ju Diet": Rabbit meat is sweet and cold, and cools the blood. Eating too much will damage the Yuan Yang, and pregnant women should especially avoid it.

6. Sparrow meat

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sparrows can strengthen the yang and stimulate sexual desire. "Sui Xi Ju Diet" says: Bird meat is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and internal heat as well as pregnant women. "Dietary Tips" also says: Pregnant women who eat sparrow meat and drink alcohol will become promiscuous. Eating too much bird brain can cause miscarriage and make the baby's eyesight impaired. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid eating too much sparrow meat and sparrow brain.

7. Eel

Commonly known as white eel. It is mild in nature, sweet in taste, can replenish weakness, and is also a high-protein and high-fat food. Doctors in the Song Dynasty believed that eels could cause wind. Wang Shixiong, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, also believed that eating too much would cause heat and illness. "Sui Xi Ju Diet" points out that pregnant women should avoid it. I am afraid that the fatty and greasy food will produce phlegm, promote heat and cause wind, and damage the fetus.

8. Hawthorn

Commonly known as Tangzhu and Shanlihong. Because it can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, eliminate accumulation and break up qi, it is extremely detrimental to the pregnancy of pregnant women and may even cause miscarriage. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid eating it.

9. Purslane

Also known as purslane. It is cold and slippery in nature, so it helps the bowels and promotes miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy. Modern clinical practice believes that Purslane can cause uterine smooth muscle contraction. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid eating purslane, but this is an exception before delivery. Eating more purslane can actually help with normal delivery.

10. Auricularia

Also known as watercress, watercress, and watercress. It is cold and slippery in nature, and has the disadvantage of being slippery and cooling the blood. As the "Nanning City Pharmacopoeia" warns: Pregnant women should not take it. Especially pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy and those with habitual miscarriage (known as miscarriage in traditional Chinese medicine) should avoid eating it.