What happens if pregnant women eat barley rice?

As for food like coix seed, if pregnant women eat too much during pregnancy, it will cause symptoms of miscarriage, so it is best not to eat coix seed, but instead eat some mild food, such as chicken, duck, fish, meat and vegetables. These foods can supplement the nutrients needed by the fetus. Let us now understand what serious consequences may occur if pregnant women eat coix seed.

Job's tears is a cold food. If pregnant women eat too much coix seed, it will cause the uterus to contract, which can easily lead to miscarriage of the fetus in the belly. Therefore, it is best for pregnant women not to eat coix seed to avoid miscarriage of the fetus in the belly. Although coix seed is delicious, due to the special physical condition of pregnant women, coix seed may cause harm to the body of the pregnant woman and the fetus in the belly. Therefore, coix seed is not suitable for pregnant women to eat. It is better for pregnant women to stay away from coix seed.

Pregnant women, as a special group, can also adapt to being cautious. Be careful not to take some foods. If you take them accidentally, it may affect the gastrointestinal health of expectant mothers at the very least, and may threaten the safety of mother and baby at the worst. Although Job's tears is a good product for both medicinal and food use, whether pregnant women can eat it depends on the individual and needs. If you have the above-mentioned symptoms such as edema, difficulty urinating, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, etc., expectant mothers can use it with confidence under the guidance of an experienced TCM practitioner or TCM physician. If you add some coix seed when cooking soup or porridge, you don’t need to worry too much.

Who can't eat barley?

Coix seed, also known as Job's tears, is one of the commonly used medicinal materials for both medical and food use. The earliest record of the medicinal use of coix seed can be found in Shennong's Herbal Classic, which believes that coix seed is good at treating rheumatism and arthralgia, can reduce gas and eliminate dampness, and long-term use can also help lose weight and benefit qi. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coix seed is sweet and light in taste, cool in nature, and belongs to the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians. It has the effects of promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, strengthening the spleen and eliminating numbness, clearing away heat and discharging pus.

1. Pregnant women

Job's tears is a food and medicine, and Chinese medicine believes that it has a smooth and slippery texture. Pharmacological experiments have shown that coix seed has an excitatory effect on uterine smooth muscle, which can promote uterine contraction and thus may induce miscarriage.

2. People with dry body fluids and constipation

Barley has the effects of diuresis and swelling, spleen and dampness, muscle relaxation and numbness removal, heat clearing and pus discharge. It is a commonly used diuretic and dampness-infiltrating medicine. The heat-clearing effect of barley may improve patients with constipation, but barley has a very strong diuretic effect, which can aggravate constipation. In addition, the sugars contained in barley kernels are more viscous, so eating too much may hinder digestion. Patients with constipation are best not to eat barley!

3. Spermatorrhea, spleen deficiency without dampness, frequent urination

A special reminder is that people with spermatorrhea, spleen deficiency without dampness, and frequent urination should not eat it. Because coix seed is good at removing dampness, it should be used with caution by people who have lost body fluid after a fever or who usually have yin deficiency or excessive yin deficiency and fire.

Pregnant women should pay special attention to their diet and eat more nutritious foods, which will be of great help to the body. Although the nutritional value of coix seed is very high, pregnant women should try to eat less. If they eat too much, it will have a great impact on the body and will also be harmful to the fetus. Therefore, if a pregnant woman accidentally eats coix seed, she must go to the hospital for medical treatment in time.