Those who love eating dried fruits are in luck, as these four types of dried fruits can replenish women’s qi and blood!

Women often face an awkward period. During this period, many female friends are often irritable and lose blood seriously. Next, here are some dried fruits that we often eat. The blood-enriching effect of these dried fruits may be something you didn't expect...

1. Dried mulberries

Dried mulberries are the fruit and its products that contain the richest natural iron, containing 42.5 mg of iron per 100 grams, making them worthy of the title of "blood-replenishing fruit" among fruits. It is generally recommended to cook dried mulberries into porridge. Eating a bowl of mulberry porridge every day can not only replenish blood but also beautify the skin, but pregnant women should use it with caution.

2. Purple raisins

Purple grapes are a good blood-replenishing fruit. After the grapes are dried, the iron content is 9.1 mg per 100 grams. Moreover, during the drying process, the grape skin is retained to the maximum extent (the nutritional content of the grape skin is much higher than that of the pulp), which is also beneficial to the retention of some stable nutrients in the raisins, such as iron, zinc, manganese, protein, antioxidants, etc.

3. Longan meat

The iron content in every 100 grams of longan pulp is about 3.9 mg, which is also quite rich among fruits. It can be used in the diet therapy of anemia, usually for making soup or porridge. However, longan meat is a warm food and is not suitable for pregnant women and children.

4. Dried black dates

The most popular dates are black dates and candied dates, which contain 3.7 to 3.9 mg of iron per 100 grams, and are considered excellent blood-enriching foods. Dried dates are also rich in vitamin C, which is an important factor in promoting the absorption of iron ions, allowing the body to absorb iron more efficiently. However, dried dates are rich in dietary fiber, which is not easy to digest, so it is not advisable to eat too much every day, and it is best to eat them in soup or porridge.

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1. Black Chicken

Black chicken is often used as food for postpartum women, which can promote wound healing. If black chicken is used to stew soup, it is the best choice for replenishing blood and qi.

2. Brown sugar

Brown sugar is one of the most common foods for replenishing blood and qi in our daily life. Moreover, while replenishing blood, brown sugar can also solve the troubles of dysmenorrhea for many women.

3. Peanut oil

Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Function: Nourishing and laxative. Suitable for dry intestines and constipation. People with diarrhea and loose stools should avoid eating it.

4. Black beans

In ancient my country, people have always believed that eating beans is beneficial. Most books say that black beans can make people's hair darker. In fact, black beans can also produce blood. How to eat black beans depends on personal preference. If it is postpartum, it is recommended to cook black-bone chicken with black beans.

5. Longan meat

Longan meat is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and has the effect of regulating the heart and spleen meridians. It also has the effects of nourishing the heart and spleen, nourishing blood and calming the mind. It is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and symptoms such as palpitations, insomnia, and forgetfulness. However, those who suffer from dampness syndrome, heat syndrome, qi stagnation syndrome, stomach and abdominal distension, poor appetite and loose stools should not eat it.

6. Lychee

It tastes sweet and sour, is warm in nature, and enters the spleen and liver meridians. Function: Nourishes the spleen and blood, promotes fluid production and quenches thirst, regulates qi and relieves pain. It is suitable for stomachache, abdominal pain, and diarrhea caused by deficiency of cold; stomachache, abdominal pain, and hiccups caused by qi stagnation. People with heat syndrome or yin deficiency and excess fire should avoid eating it.

7. Spinach

This is the most common vegetable. It is also a well-known blood-enriching food. Spinach is rich in iron and carotene, so spinach can be regarded as an important blood-enriching vegetable. If you don’t like carrots, eat more vegetables!

8. Daylily

Daylily contains the largest amount of iron, 20 times higher than the familiar spinach. It is rich in iron. Daylily also contains rich nutrients such as vitamins A, B1, C, protein, fat, and colchicum alkaloids.

9. Dried radish

Dried radish is a very beneficial vegetable to the human body. It is rich in vitamin B and has a particularly high iron content. Although it is the most inconspicuous and cheapest food, it is the best health-preserving food. Its iron content exceeds that of all foods except day lily.

10. Black sesame

Black sesame not only tastes good, but also has the effect of nourishing blood. For women with gray hair, eating black sesame can also effectively nourish hair and has the good effect of nourishing the kidneys and liver.