Can pregnant women drink clove tea?

Pregnant women are a group of people with special physical conditions. Since the immunity of the fetus in their body is relatively low, pregnant women need to pay special attention to their diet, especially for some taboo foods, which must not be touched! If you accidentally eat food that is harmful to the fetus, it may affect the growth and development of the fetus at the very least, or threaten the safety of the fetus at the worst. So, can pregnant women drink clove tea? The following will give you a detailed introduction!

1. Can pregnant women drink clove tea?

Cloves are a spice and there is no problem if you put a small amount in cooking. However, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, spices such as chili, Sichuan pepper, fennel, star anise, and cloves are all hot, and can easily cause pregnant women, especially those with a hot constitution, to get inflamed, and then suffer from constipation, mouth ulcers, etc. Once a person gets inflamed and then catches a cold, they are prone to catching a cold. Of course, a cold is no big deal, but it is very troublesome for pregnant women to take medicine, and most medicines cannot be taken.

2. The role and efficacy of clove tea

1. Warm the stomach

Clove tea is good at warming and nourishing the stomach. Clove warms the spleen and stomach and relieves qi stagnation. It is especially good at relieving adverse reactions. Therefore, it has the functions of warming the middle and dispersing cold, relieving adverse reactions, stopping vomiting, and stopping hiccups. It is an essential medicine for treating stomach cold and vomiting. It is often used together with persimmon calyx, Codonopsis pilosula, ginger, etc. to treat vomiting and retching due to deficiency and cold, such as Clove Persimmon Calyx Decoction (Zhengyinmaizhi); it can be used together with Atractylodes macrocephala and Amomum villosum to treat vomiting, diarrhea and poor appetite due to deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach, such as Clove Powder (Shenshi Zunshengshu); it can be used together with ginseng and Patchouli to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. It also contains uterine contraction components, is easily soluble in water and ethanol, and is not easily soluble in ether, petroleum, chlorine, benzene and acetic acid. Cloves can be taken orally or made into a thick paste and applied to the navel to treat stomach cold and vomiting during pregnancy.

2. Freshen breath

Clove was a good medicine used to remove bad breath in ancient times. The reason why clove can remove bad breath is that its fragrance can suppress the bad smell in the mouth. Of course, this is related to its ability to remove stomach cold. Many people think that bad breath is caused by stomach heat. In fact, bad breath caused by stomach heat is only one type, and most of the time it occurs in people with stomach heat, food accumulation, etc. Recurring bad breath,

3. Can inhibit Helicobacter pylori

The clove oil and eugenol unique to clove tea can effectively inhibit the activity of Helicobacter pylori, thereby achieving the effect of inhibiting and killing Helicobacter pylori. You should know that most gastritis patients contain Helicobacter pylori, and the massive reproduction of Helicobacter pylori may induce gastric cancer. Therefore, it is important to kill Helicobacter pylori. Drinking 3-5 grams of clove tea every day is very good for the stomach.

3. Side Effects of Clove Tea

Overdose of clove tea can cause poisoning reactions, manifested as difficulty breathing, lower limb weakness, gastric bleeding, and liver enlargement; in severe cases, lower limb paralysis, drowsiness, urinary incontinence, hematuria, etc. Treatment and rescue methods: gastric lavage, catharsis, and oral administration of medicinal charcoal suspension. Intravenous infusion, plus vitamin C.