What can you eat during confinement?

Diet during the confinement period is very important for women. This is mainly due to two aspects. First, during the confinement period, women have to breastfeed their children, and the diet of the mother has a crucial impact on the quality of milk. On the other hand, women are relatively weak after giving birth, and they can restore their bodies to health through some progressive foods. So, what is good to eat during confinement?

1. Millet and Egg Porridge

Cook the millet porridge until thick, then add the egg liquid and continue cooking. Finally, you can add brown sugar according to your taste.

Function: It can invigorate qi and promote blood circulation, and can be eaten by women who have just given birth.

2. Ginseng and black chicken soup

Boil the chicken until it is well cooked, then add the ginseng and angelica, cook for about half an hour, and finally add salt.

Function: Tonifies the body, can be eaten by mothers one week after giving birth.

3. Seabass and Ginger Soup

After cutting the sea bass into pieces, soak it in rice wine, then put it into water and cook until the fish meat turns white.

Function: It is rich in nutrients and will not easily make the mother gain weight. It can help with weight loss after childbirth.

4. Fish and Shrimp Soup

Cut the fish into small pieces and mix it with the shrimp with starch. Cut the water chestnuts into small pieces. When the oil is hot, stir-fry the fish cubes and shrimp. Finally, add them to the chicken soup, chicken essence and salt.

Function: Supplement rich protein.

5. Hen stewed with yam

You can first buy an old hen, gut it and clean it for later use, then put 30 grams of astragalus, 15 grams of codonopsis, yam and red dates into the chicken's stomach, then pour 50 grams of rice wine on the Chinese medicinal materials and steam them over water. It is very beneficial for those with weak spleen and stomach and less milk.

6. Black-bone chicken soup

You can first choose one kilogram of black-bone chicken, wash and chop it for later use, and then mix it with salt, onion, ginger, and wine. Finally, add 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula and wolfberry, and 25 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, and steam for about 20 minutes. It is very beneficial for women who are very weak after childbirth.

7. Chicken stewed with red dates and Panax notoginseng

First, choose 200 grams of fresh chicken, peel it, five grams of Panax notoginseng, a few red dates, a slice of ginger, and a little salt; first, remove the core of the red dates, soak them until soft and set aside. Cut the Panax notoginseng into slices, rinse them with water and set aside. Wash the chicken and drain it and set aside. Add all the ingredients together with boiling water, simmer over high heat for two hours, then add seasoning.