Can I eat fruit during confinement in summer?

Fruit is a must in people’s daily diet because it can improve various health problems of the human body, make people’s physique better and make the body healthier. For women in the confinement period, due to their special physical constitution and the period of breastfeeding, the diet of the mother at this time has a great impact on both her own health and the development of the child. So, can you eat fruits during confinement in summer?

1. Apple

Apples taste sweet and cool, are warm in nature, and are mainly composed of carbohydrates. It is rich in malic acid, tannic acid, vitamins, pectin and minerals, which can prevent and treat scurvy and pellagra, and make the skin smooth and shiny. Its viscose and fine fibers can absorb and eliminate bacteria and toxins, astringe the intestines, strengthen the stomach, promote salivation, stimulate the appetite and relieve heat. It is especially effective in treating postpartum diarrhea. Apples can also lower blood sugar and cholesterol, which is beneficial to the postpartum recovery of mothers suffering from pregnancy-induced hypertension, diabetes and poor liver function. In addition, apples contain a large amount of potassium salt, which can combine with excess sodium salt in the body and excrete it out of the body. Therefore, it is beneficial for people with low potassium and excessive salt intake to eat apples.

2. Orange

Oranges are sweet and sour, warm in nature, and contain large amounts of vitamins, especially vitamin C. They are also rich in calcium, which can protect the integrity of capillaries, make the skin tender, and prevent the formation of facial wrinkles after childbirth, thus playing a certain cosmetic role. Orange peel contains more citric acid and vitamin D. Drinking it in water can relieve cough and phlegm, relieve gas and appetite, reduce swelling and itching. It can also promote the baby's absorption of calcium, prevent rickets in children, increase the mother's resistance to severe cold, and enhance the effect of drug treatment for colds and coughs caused by colds in mothers. Taking 20 to 30 orange seeds, mashed and boiled in water, daily can prevent breast engorgement from developing into mastitis.

3. Pear

Pears are sweet, cold in nature, and contain a lot of water. They have the effects of clearing heat and relieving fever, moistening the lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, and acting as a diuretic and laxative. Those who suffer from wind-heat cold, cough and excessive phlegm after childbirth should eat more pears. Those who suffer from turbid urination can eat more pears to make their urine clear and smooth.

4. Lychee

Litchi is sweet and warm in nature. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and liver, relieving cough and nourishing the mind, and quenching thirst and relieving fatigue. It can reduce birth fluid and is especially good for those with weak liver and spleen after childbirth.

5. Banana

Bananas are sweet and cold in nature. They contain a lot of phosphorus, iron and cellulose. They have the effects of moistening the lungs and intestines, promoting bile secretion and lowering blood pressure. They are the first choice fruit for preventing and treating postpartum constipation.