Can pregnant women smell chrysanthemums?

In traditional Chinese medicine, chrysanthemum is a slightly cold substance. It can clear the liver and improve eyesight, and it can also clear away heat and detoxify. Female friends can drink some chrysanthemum tea appropriately. For pregnant women, drinking some chrysanthemum tea appropriately, or smelling the fragrance of chrysanthemum, is not harmful to the body. In addition, women may be prone to getting angry and constipated during pregnancy. At this time, smelling the fragrance of chrysanthemum, or drinking some chrysanthemum tea, can also improve the symptoms of getting angry in pregnant women.

Chrysanthemum is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. Generally, the chrysanthemum plant is 30-90 cm tall, with light green or brown stems, upright branches, semi-lignified base, tongue-shaped or tubular petals, and capitula terminal or axillary inflorescences, one or several flowers in clusters. The flowers are rich in colors, including red, yellow, white, black, purple, green, orange, pink, brown, snow-blue, light green, etc.

Chrysanthemum is one of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials. It has been used as a common medicinal material since ancient times. Chrysanthemum tastes sweet and bitter, and is slightly cold in nature. Its common effects include: dispersing wind and heat, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and detoxifying and reducing inflammation. It is effective for dry mouth, excessive internal heat, dry eyes, or limb pain and numbness caused by wind, cold or dampness. It is mainly used to treat colds, wind-heat, headaches, etc. It also has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on dizziness, headaches, and tinnitus. It increases calcium in the human body, regulates myocardial function, and lowers cholesterol. It is suitable for drinking by middle-aged and elderly people and for preventing epidemic conjunctivitis.

Pregnant women can drink chrysanthemum tea; because chrysanthemum has no side effects except for people with cold nature. As for some people saying that pregnant women can't drink chrysanthemum tea, it is because they are afraid that the ingredients in tea will affect the absorption of iron, but in fact chrysanthemum tea does not affect the absorption of iron, so pregnant women can drink chrysanthemum tea; but because it is cold in nature, pregnant women must be careful when drinking chrysanthemum tea. The tea should be brewed lightly and not too much.

Through the above introduction, friends already know that pregnant women can actually smell the fragrance of chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum tea. However, it should be noted that since chrysanthemum is a cold food, pregnant women should not drink too much chrysanthemum tea. If too much cold substances are consumed, it will easily lead to poor gastrointestinal digestion and slow down gastrointestinal motility, which will affect nutrient absorption and is not good for pregnant women and fetuses.