Can postpartum women eat figs?

Fig is a fruit with relatively high nutritional value. It contains a large amount of amino acids that can help eliminate fatigue and is low in calories, so it is also a fruit that can be chosen during weight loss. Figs are also rich in vitamins and carotene, which are very good for the body, so they can be eaten during confinement, and the correct way of eating can also help with milk production.

Benefits of eating figs

1. Enhance the body's resistance. Figs contain a large amount of amino acids, which can not only fight leukemia, but also restore physical strength and eliminate fatigue.

2. Figs for beauty and weight loss are low in calories and are called low-calorie healthy food by the Japanese. Figs are rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, which help gastrointestinal motility and weight loss. Figs also contain a large amount of arabinose and galactose, which can effectively delay aging. Postpartum women lose too many nutrients in their bodies, so eating figs is beneficial to beauty and skin care.

3. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer figs contain a large amount of inorganic elements, which are very beneficial to the human body and can play a good role in enhancing body health and anti-cancer. Figs also contain acids such as malic acid, oxalic acid, malonic acid, shikimic acid, as well as benzaldehyde and psoralen, which have strong effects on suppressing cancer.

4. Aids digestion. In addition to the rich dietary fiber in figs which helps gastrointestinal motility, the fruit, branches, and leaves of figs contain a large number of enzymes, among which proteolytic enzymes are the most numerous. Therefore, eating figs as fruit after meals is very beneficial for digestion.

Fig confinement recipe

1. Fig, water chestnut and barley porridge

Ingredients: 10 figs, 60g water chestnuts (ground), 60g coix seeds, 100g glutinous rice, and rock sugar.

Preparation method: Add polished rice, figs and coix seeds into water and cook into porridge. When the porridge becomes thick, add water chestnut powder and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Cook for a while before serving. Tips: This recipe has the effects of strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, relieving cough and expectoration, removing dampness and promoting diuresis, and anti-cancer. It is suitable for postpartum women with loss of appetite, indigestion, cough and sputum, hemorrhoids, bloody stools, edema and diarrhea, etc. It can also be used as an auxiliary diet therapy for various cancers.

2. Fig and Mushroom Soup

Ingredients: 200 grams of figs, 100 grams of mushrooms, peppercorns, ginger, garlic, and water.

Method: First chop the figs and cut the mushrooms into strips, put them into the pot together, add pepper, ginger, garlic and water and stew until well-cooked. Season and then serve. Tips: This recipe has the effect of preventing and treating cancer.

How to eat figs to increase milk production: fig porridge

Ingredients: 50g dried figs, 100g glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: 1. Wash the figs, cut them into rice-size pieces and set aside.

2. Wash the japonica rice, add appropriate amount of water and cook porridge. When the porridge becomes thick, add appropriate amount of figs and rock sugar, and cook for another half an hour before serving. Eat it while hot and can be used as your mother's staple food with no limit on quantity.

How to eat figs to increase milk production: Fig and pig's trotter soup

Ingredients: 2 pig trotters, 200g figs, 100g enoki mushrooms, ginger, pepper, garlic, etc. as appropriate.

Method: 1. Remove the hair from the pig's trotters, wash them, cut them into small pieces, wash the enoki mushrooms, wash the figs, slice the ginger, grind the pepper into powder, and smash them for later use.

2. Blanch the pig's trotters in boiling water with cooking wine, drain and clean the blood.

3. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, put in pig's trotters, ginger, pepper, garlic, bring to a boil over high heat, and cook until the trotters are cooked through.

4. Add the enoki mushrooms and cook for another 30 minutes. Add salt, chicken essence, chopped green onions and other seasonings.

How to eat figs to increase milk production: Figs and crucian carp stew

Ingredients: 100g lean meat, 30g figs, 10g southern apricots, 10g northern apricots, appropriate amount of salt, 1 candied date.

Method: 1. Prepare all ingredients.

2. After cleaning the stewing pot, add clean water, and then put the washed northern and southern almonds into the pot.

3. Then add the candied dates.

4. Crack the figs on both sides to make them more flavorful.

5. Put the figs into the stew pot.

6. Put the lean meat into the pot.

7. Cover the lid and seal the edges with a wet kitchen towel.

8. Put it into the steamer.

9. Steam for 2 hours. You can add salt to taste according to your personal preference before eating.