Can pregnant women drink eight-treasure porridge?

Mothers should pay close attention to their diet structure during the confinement period, because diet directly determines their recovery. In fact, pregnant women can eat Eight Treasure Porridge, but they should eat the one they make themselves and not the ready-made Eight Treasure Porridge sold on the market. Eight Treasure Porridge can have different functions and effects depending on the combination of ingredients.

Can pregnant women eat eight-treasure porridge?

Pregnant women can eat eight-treasure porridge in small amounts. However, it is not recommended to consume canned eight-treasure porridge frequently. If pregnant women want to eat Eight Treasure Porridge, they can make it themselves, but try to add less ingredients such as longan and coix seed that are not suitable for consumption during pregnancy. Canned eight-treasure porridge is now available on the market. Experts recommend that you avoid canned eight-treasure porridge during pregnancy. The effects of pregnant women eating canned eight-treasure porridge frequently:

1. Canned eight-treasure porridge has a high sugar content. Eating it frequently can easily increase the risk of gestational diabetes and affect the safety of mother and baby during pregnancy.

2. Canned eight-treasure porridge may have some additives such as preservatives added during the production process. These additives may have an adverse effect on the development of the fetus during pregnancy. Therefore, it is not recommended for pregnant women to consume it.

If you really want to satisfy your craving with Eight Treasure Porridge, you might as well refer to some nutritious ingredients that pregnant women can eat and make a bowl of "Eight Treasure Porridge" yourself. For the health of themselves and their fetuses, pregnant mothers need to pay more attention to their diet during pregnancy.

Dietary Eight Treasure Porridge

[Ingredients]: 10 grams of cinnamon pulp, 10 grams of white fungus, 15 grams of polygonatum, 10 grams of wolfberry, 5 lotus seeds, 5 dates, 10 grams of raisins, and 30 grams of glutinous rice.

[Preparation method]: First heat and cook the lotus seeds and polygonatum odoratum until they are soft, then add the other six ingredients into the pot, heat and cook until it becomes porridge-like, then it is ready to eat.

Eight Treasure Porridge for Strengthening the Spleen and Stomach

[Ingredients] 6g each of Gorgon fruit, Job's tears rice, white lentil, lotus seed, yam, red dates, longan, lily, 150g of polished rice

[Preparation] First, boil the above eight medicines for 40 minutes, then add rice and continue cooking until it becomes porridge.

[Usage] Take it in divided meals with added sugar, and eat for several days.

【Function】Strengthen the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and benefit the kidneys, nourish blood and calm the mind. It is suitable for insomnia, physical weakness, edema, diarrhea, thirst, cough with little sputum, etc.

[Comment] Eight Treasure Porridge is sold in supermarkets. It is more effective when consumed warm. It can help healthy people strengthen their bodies.

Anti-cancer eight-treasure porridge

In 1995, 15 veteran Chinese medicine practitioners who were about to retire in Jingsha area of ​​Hubei Province jointly launched the initiative of "contributing to the society, everyone contributes a secret recipe handed down from their ancestors". After verifying more than 20 secret recipes, they screened out a medicinal food with anti-cancer effects - the anti-cancer "Eight Treasure Porridge". The raw materials are available everywhere and are simple to prepare. According to local experts, this medicinal food combination is scientific, has no toxic side effects, has obvious anti-cancer effects, and is easy for patients to adhere to.

[ Ingredients ]: 100 grams of soybeans, 100 grams of corn, 50 grams of white fungus, 9 dates, 9 mushrooms, 50 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of wolfberries, and appropriate amount of honey.

【 Production method 】:

1. Put Tremella and Shiitake mushrooms in a bowl and soak them in boiling water. After the water cools down, remove the stems and drain.

2. Wash soybeans, corn, jujube, lotus seeds and wolfberries with cold water, put them into a casserole together with white fungus and mushrooms, add cold water and boil over low heat until it becomes porridge.

[ Dosage ]: Mix honey with porridge and take it in 3 doses, once in the morning.

[ Effects ]: It not only has the effect of strengthening the body, but also has the effect of anti-cancer and cancer prevention (especially suitable for lung cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, intestinal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, etc.) and anti-aging effect.