Can I eat Liangpi during confinement?

Liangpi is a famous specialty snack in Shaanxi. It is mainly eaten cold, so it has a very rich flavor and can be made into different tastes. Therefore, many people like to eat Liangpi. Many women who are in the confinement period cannot eat many things during pregnancy, so they will have many things they want to eat during the confinement period. Therefore, Liangpi has become a snack that many women want to eat. So can you eat Liangpi during confinement?

Can I eat Liangpi during confinement?

You can’t eat cold noodles during confinement.

Not only does Liangpi have no nutritional value, but it is also a raw, cold and spicy food and is absolutely not to be eaten by postpartum women. If a mother eats raw, cold and spicy food, it is easy to cause diarrhea, getting angry, etc., which will affect postpartum recovery, especially for mothers who have undergone caesarean section, which will affect the recovery of the wound. In addition, the hygiene conditions in the production process of cold noodles are worrying, and eating them is not good for human health.

The harm of eating cold noodles during confinement

1. Liangpi is raw and cold food. The mother will be weak after giving birth and will suffer from qi and blood deficiency. She cannot eat raw and cold food, especially for women with poor spleen and stomach function. Too cold food will damage the spleen and stomach, affect digestion, and is not good for qi and blood, and is not conducive to the discharge of lochia and the removal of blood stasis.

2. Liangpi is a spicy and irritating food. Eating it after childbirth can easily damage body fluids, consume qi, and damage blood, aggravate qi and blood deficiency or constipation, and it is also harmful to the baby after entering the breast milk. If the mother has a caesarean section, it will not be conducive to the recovery of the wound.

3. The alum added to cold noodles is aluminum sulfate. Excessive intake will affect the function of maternal brain cells, thereby affecting and interfering with people's consciousness and memory functions, causing Alzheimer's disease, and may also cause cholestatic liver disease, leading to bone softening and other symptoms.

What to eat during confinement

1. Peanut and Pig’s Trotter Soup

Ingredients: 2 pig trotters, 1 handful of peanuts, 3 slices of ginger, 1 teaspoon of white vinegar.

practice:

(1) Soak the purchased pig's trotters in clean water for 15 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar to the water, and then use a knife to scrape off the remaining fine hair on the pig's trotters.

(2) Chop the hairless pig's trotters into small pieces with a knife, blanch them twice in boiling water to remove blood foam and impurities, and finally rinse them clean.

(3) Place the processed pig’s trotters into a slow cooker, add peanuts and ginger slices, and pour warm water to 3/4 of the pot. Turn on the power, cover and simmer.

(4) After simmering for 4 hours, turn off the power and continue simmering for 1 hour. You can then drink the soup.

Tips: This soup can replenish blood, promote lactation, and beautify the skin, etc.

2. Brown sugar millet porridge

Ingredients: 150 grams of millet, 5-10 red dates, a few crushed peanuts, a few melon seeds, and 10 grams of brown sugar.

practice:

(1) Wash the millet and soak it in clean water for about 30 minutes. Wash the red dates, remove the pits, and chop the red date flesh for later use.

(2) Take a soup pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water, add millet after boiling, turn to low heat and simmer slowly. When the millet grains are blooming, add chopped red dates, stir evenly and continue to simmer.

(3) When the red dates are soft, add brown sugar and crushed peanuts, mix well, and simmer for a few minutes before turning off the heat.

Tips: This porridge can help eliminate lochia, replenish nutrition, replenish qi and blood, etc.