Can I eat sweet potatoes during confinement?

People should eat foods rich in nutritional value when they are in confinement after childbirth. This will help their bodies recover faster. You can also stew chicken soup to drink, which is the best way to regulate the body. However, you should try to eat less sweet potatoes during the confinement period. This kind of food will cause bloating and poor digestion.

Two major conditioning references

1. Ingredients: 1 black-bone chicken, 10 grams each of angelica, astragalus and poria.

Usage: Wash the chicken and remove the internal organs, put the medicine into the chicken and sew it up with thread, put it into a casserole and cook it until it is soft, remove the residue, add seasoning, eat the meat and drink the soup, take it in 2-3 times, before menstruation, take 1 dose a day, and take 3-5 doses in a row.

Function: Strengthens the spleen and nourishes the heart, replenishes Qi and nourishes blood; suitable for premature menstruation, excessive menstrual flow, mental fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, insomnia, etc.

2. Ingredients: 250 grams of yam, 120 grams of wolfberry, 60 grams of deer glue, 240 grams of walnut meat, and 70 grams of rock sugar.

Usage: Fry the deer glue until it is crispy and grind it into powder. Steam the other four herbs over low heat until they are very soft. Add the deer glue powder and pound them into a paste. Take 30 grams 3 times a day.

Function: Nourishes the kidney and regulates menstruation. It is suitable for adolescent girls with irregular menstruation, scanty menstrual flow, light color and clear quality due to kidney deficiency. Or back pain, dizziness and tinnitus.

Five dietary taboos

Taboo 1: Eating salty food: Women should remember not to eat salty food before menstruation. Because salty food will increase the body's salt and water storage, before menstruation, the progesterone level will increase, which can easily lead to edema, headaches and other phenomena. If you start eating a low-salt food 10 days before your period, the above symptoms will not occur.

Taboo 2: Drinking carbonated beverages: Many women who like to drink carbonated beverages will experience fatigue and lack of energy during menstruation, which is a sign of iron deficiency. Because soda and other beverages mostly contain phosphates, they react chemically with iron in the body, making it difficult to absorb the iron. In addition, drinking too much soda will neutralize the bicarbonate in the soda with gastric juice, reducing the digestive ability and bactericidal effect of gastric acid and affecting appetite.

Taboo 3: Eating spicy food: Do not eat spicy food and chili peppers before menstruation, and eat less fatty meat, animal oil and sweets.

Taboo 4: Eating spicy and cold foods: Spicy and cold foods are irritating and can easily cause pelvic blood vessel constriction, resulting in too little menstrual blood flow or even sudden cessation of menstrual blood flow. In addition, irritating substances such as tobacco and alcohol will also have a certain impact on menstruation. If you do not pay attention to avoid these adverse stimuli, dysmenorrhea or menstrual disorders will occur in the long run.

Taboo 5: Eating fried and greasy food.