Can I eat Gorgon fruit during breastfeeding?

The diet during lactation is the same as that during pregnancy. There are many dietary taboos that need to be paid attention to. The diet during this period must not only be healthy but also nutritionally balanced. Only by ensuring these can we ensure the health of breast milk and ensure that the child eats healthy breast milk, and only then can we protect the child's health. In the following article, we will specifically talk about whether you can eat Gorgon fruit during lactation. I hope it will be helpful to everyone!

You can eat water chestnuts during breastfeeding. It is very helpful for postpartum women with excessive leucorrhea, kidney deficiency, back pain, weak spleen and stomach, as well as women with anemia and physical weakness. It is also beneficial for infants and children with physical weakness and frequent urine. Mothers can help babies with physical weakness and frequent urine absorb the nutrients of water chestnuts by drinking breast milk. However, if you are a postpartum woman who has just given birth, you should avoid eating it, as water chestnuts have a strong astringent effect.

"Shennong's Herbal Classic" believes that: Gorgon fruit "tonifies the middle, benefits the essence and qi, strengthens the will, makes the ears and eyes sharp, and long-term consumption can make the body light and young, and make one anti-aging and immortal." Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Gorgon fruit consolidates the essence and qi, and brightens the ears and eyes." "Bencao Congxin" also states: "Gorgon fruit can tonify the spleen and strengthen the kidneys, help qi and astringe semen." Modern doctors believe that Gorgon fruit can cure spermatorrhea, spermatorrhea, chronic nephritis, and chronic enteritis.

Will eating Gorgon fruit reduce milk production?

If you eat in moderation, your milk will not return. Weaning refers to the process of stopping the breasts from secreting milk after weaning a child. No, it won't happen if you eat it in moderation. Foods that usually cause milk dryness include leeks, malt, raw loquat leaves, scrambled eggs with Chinese toon, squab, day lily, oatmeal, malted milk, raw hawthorn, and Sichuan pepper. Everyone should pay attention to these foods. As for water chestnuts, there is no need to worry. If you need to strengthen your spleen and kidneys, you can eat them appropriately.

What can’t be eaten with Gorgon Fruit?

1. Avoid it before and after external infection, malaria, dysentery, malnutrition, hemorrhoids, qi stagnation, bloating, dark urine, constipation, indigestion and after childbirth.

2. Don’t eat too much water chestnut at one time.

Although Gorgon fruit contains many nutrients such as carbohydrates, fat, protein, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., Gorgon fruit is astringent in nature. Not only is it not suitable for people with hardened stools to eat it, it is also not suitable for ordinary people to eat it as a staple food. Gorgon fruit can be used raw and fried. Raw water chestnuts are mainly used to nourish the kidneys, while fried water chestnuts are mainly used to strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Stir-fried Gorgon fruit is generally available in pharmacies. However, it is not convenient to make at home because wheat bran needs to be added and the heat must be controlled during frying. In addition, some people also fry the water chestnuts until they are charred, mainly for nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is worth noting that whether water chestnuts are eaten raw or cooked, it is best not to eat too much at one time, otherwise it will be difficult to digest. "Eating too much raw food will cause cold wind, while eating too much cooked food is not good for the spleen and stomach and is difficult to digest. Children who eat too much will not grow well." People who usually have symptoms of abdominal distension should avoid eating cooked food.