What staple foods to eat during menstruation

During the confinement period, although we all know that we should eat more millet porridge, brown sugar, and eggs, eating these every day is not nutritious, and the milk will be light and scarce, and the baby will not grow fast after drinking it. Therefore, you still have to eat vegetables during the confinement period. Not only vegetables, but also meat, and drink more soup. There will be indigestion during the confinement period, so the diet should mainly be soup with vegetables.

Pork Ribs and Lotus Root Soup

Ingredients : spare ribs, lotus root, salt, sesame oil, ginger

Preparation method :

1. Wash and cut the lotus root into pieces, and clean the ribs;

2. Bring the water in the pot to a boil, put in the ribs and blanch them to boil out the blood;

3. Take out the ribs and wash them again;

4. Put the pork ribs and lotus root in a clean pot, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, and add ginger;

5. Turn to low heat and simmer for one to two hours. Add appropriate amount of salt and sesame oil and serve.

Efficacy: Accelerate gastrointestinal motility of postpartum women and relieve postpartum constipation.

Shenghua Tang Congee

Ingredients : Angelica, peach kernel, Chuanxiong, black ginger, licorice, rice, brown sugar

Preparation method :

1. Boil Chinese angelica, Chuanxiong, licorice, peach kernel and other herbs, leaving only the juice;

2. In another pot, add polished round-grained rice and medicinal juice and cook into porridge. Add appropriate amount of brown sugar before serving.

Efficacy : Stop bleeding, remove blood stasis, and remove lochia.

Postpartum diet for cesarean section

Although both caesarean sections and natural births require confinement period, due to the different types of trauma suffered by the body, there are slight differences in diet during the confinement period. So, what should you eat after a caesarean section?

First day after cesarean section

After a caesarean section, you can start eating after the intestinal gas is discharged. At this time, drinking some radish juice or boiled water can help restore the gastrointestinal function of the mother as soon as possible and prevent gastrointestinal bloating. After going to the toilet 8 hours after delivery, you can start to supplement some carbohydrates and amino acids to help your body recover.

The second day after cesarean section

In the morning, it is suitable to eat nutritious millet porridge or eggs with boiled water; at noon, you can eat boiled noodles or noodle soup; in the evening, you can eat white rice porridge and carrot soup.

The third day after cesarean section

You can have rice or steamed buns for breakfast, or add some fermented rice and eggs; continue to drink white rice porridge for lunch; drink jujube porridge for dinner, and it is also okay to eat some chicken greens appropriately. If you suffer from constipation, you should eat a banana soaked in hot water every day after delivery.