Can pregnant women eat cold willow buds?

It’s early spring, and there are plenty of wild fruits to eat. A few days ago, when I was eating hotpot, the pretty waitress recommended a dish called willow buds, which I had never eaten before. What kind of vegetable is willow bud? Can pregnant women eat it? What are the benefits to the human body? Let's follow the editor to actually understand it.

Willow buds refer to fresh willow buds, but you must know that willow leaves are somewhat toxic. Before the willow tree blooms, the toxicity of the willow buds is very low and can be used as food. However, generally speaking, you can eat some tender willow buds in mid-pregnancy or late pregnancy, but you must eat them in moderation. After all, they are harmful. Don't eat too much. Eating some willow buds can have the effect of clearing heat and reducing dryness. Willow buds can be used as Chinese herbal medicine. They are cold and a bit bitter, but they have good effects. Willow buds can help people sweat, contract blood vessels and dilate them.

Pregnant women can eat willow buds as a cold dish in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, but they must eat less, because there are some toxins in the willow buds, which have a good effect of reducing heat. They must be eaten before they bloom, and the taste is very good. In addition to being eaten as cold dishes, willow buds can also be made into pastries, which have the effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying and improving eyesight.

How to eat willow buds

In Guangling area, willow buds are mixed with rice or kneaded into dough and steamed and eaten to clear away heat, detoxify and clear the eyes. In the folk customs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong and other places, when willow buds grow, many girls pick them together, boil them in water and then cool them, then add salad oil, salt, onion, ginger, garlic, and rice vinegar to mix and eat them as a dish, or dry the willow buds and fry them with beans in summer. These are all good ways of eating. These ways of eating willow buds are very excellent, the taste and flavor are very good, we can't miss it.

Mixed willow sprouts

Pick off the tender leaves that have just grown two or three new buds on the branches of the poplar in early February, remove the residue, wash them clean, blanch them in boiling water, and then soak them in cold water twice, each time for about 20 minutes. Then, scoop out the cooled willow buds, drain the water, put them in a plate, drizzle with sesame oil and old vinegar, mix with minced garlic, sprinkle with appropriate amount of salt, stir, and you can eat.