Dropping chicken essence is the essence of steaming whole chicken for a long time without adding water or removing oil. Generally, chicken drops are advertised with organic chickens, and some will use native chickens or old hens. Most manufacturers advertise that they do not contain hormones and antibiotics, and say that they are rich in protein, which helps to replenish physical strength. They are suitable for postpartum, postoperative and tired people. The market price is generally around NT$ 150 ~ 250 yuan per package.
Lin, a registered Chinese medicine practitioner, pointed out that chicken is sweet, flat and warm, and has the effects of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the five internal organs and tonifying deficiency. Because pregnant women lose a lot of qi and blood when giving birth to their babies, eating chicken can only help replenish qi and blood. In addition to dropping chicken essence, some postpartum mothers will eat chicken soup, chicken essence, sesame oil chicken and so on. Drops of chicken essence seem to be more popular with mothers. When asked if it is more effective, Lin Wanzan, a Chinese medicine practitioner, said, no, dropping chicken essence is just more convenient.
It is not necessarily a mother who is confined to a confinement. Pregnant mothers and lactating mothers are generally suitable for drinking chicken essence to regulate their bodies, which helps to replenish qi and blood and increase the amount of breast milk. Women can drink it every day.
Drinking it after 3 weeks after delivery can be used for women who have given birth or had surgery, which is helpful to discharge lochia. However, Lin Wanzan, a Chinese medicine practitioner, reminded us to pay attention to the drinking time.
Because most women who have just given birth are yin deficiency, don't be too nourishing right away. If it is a caesarean section or a wound, you should drink supplements such as chicken essence after 3 weeks, otherwise it will easily make the wound inflamed.
However, people with hot constitution should not drink it often. If the nursing mother with hot constitution has too much nutrition, the nutrition will be passed on to the baby through breast milk, which will easily lead to rash and tinea papillae. In addition, if mother has a cold, don't drink chicken essence, otherwise there is a chance to make her condition worse.
The more medicinal materials, the better. There are more and more chicken drops on the market. There are also "expensive editions" marked with many medicinal materials, such as ginseng, cordyceps, ganoderma lucidum, Siwu decoction (angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba) and so on. When buying, we should not only pay attention to the source of ingredients, but also pay attention to which Chinese herbal medicines have been added. Dr. Lin said that the more medicinal materials, the better. You should choose the one that suits your physique. If you don't know your physique, you should consult Chinese medicine before drinking.
Chicken drops need to be packaged in cold storage and at room temperature. Preservatives can be added to the package at room temperature. It is estimated that the materials that need refrigeration packaging will be relatively fresh and can be selected as needed. Dr. Lin suggested that the mother of the month should drink at most one pack of chicken essence a day. It is better to drink on an empty stomach in the morning, and the nutrition is more easily absorbed by the body. However, depending on her own physique, she should choose to drink it every other day, during which she can drink fish soup, sparerib soup and other soups.
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