Drinking brown sugar water in confinement is not as much as possible.
Drinking more brown sugar water in the first few days after delivery is good for new mothers. Because brown sugar is sweet and warm, it has the effect of warming menstruation and can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Drinking brown sugar can dispel cold and relieve pain, strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, which is beneficial to uterine contraction and recovery, discharge postpartum uterine congestion and promote milk secretion. In addition, the new mother consumes a lot of energy and physical strength during childbirth, plus blood loss and breastfeeding after childbirth, so it is necessary to supplement a lot of iron. Brown sugar contains a lot of trace elements such as iron, calcium, manganese and zinc, which is very helpful for new mothers to recover their physical strength. Furthermore, the diuretic effect of brown sugar water can reduce the occurrence of postpartum urinary retention and effectively prevent urinary tract infection.
But drinking brown sugar water for too long is not good for the new mother. Because the present parturients are mostly primiparas, the uterine contraction function is mostly good, and the color and quantity of uterine congestion are generally normal. Drinking brown sugar water for too long will increase the discharge of congestion, lead to chronic hemorrhagic anemia and affect the recovery of uterus. In addition, drinking brown sugar water for a long time is easy to damage maternal teeth and bring obesity problems. If the pregnant women in summer drink too much, they will easily sweat too much and become weak.
Therefore, brown sugar water should not be drunk for a long time. After the postpartum blood deficiency improves, you can stop drinking, usually 7 ~ 10 days. The specific time can vary from person to person and from season to season. People with cold body can drink more for a few days when it is cold. It should be noted that people with red tongue, thin fur, yellow fur, thick fur and hot body should not drink more brown sugar water. People who often spit sour water before delivery should also drink less or not, so as not to increase stomach acid and hurt the stomach. Pregnant women should drink brown sugar water and boil it. Don't use boiled water immediately, because brown sugar is easy to breed bacteria during storage and transportation. In addition, you can also boil eggs with brown sugar, or eat them with longan, which is better.
Boiling brown sugar into brown sugar water is easier to absorb the nutrients in it than eating it directly, and it has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, strengthening the spleen and stomach and warming the stomach. Brown sugar water is the most common and practical brown sugar health drink in the early days.
The benefits of drinking a certain amount of brown sugar after delivery
Pregnant women lose a lot of blood after delivery and consume a lot of physical strength and energy. Drinking brown sugar water 7 ~ 10 days after delivery can replenish energy and increase blood volume, which is beneficial to the recovery of postpartum physical strength, and also has obvious promotion effect on postpartum uterine contraction, recovery, lochia discharge and milk secretion.
Brown sugar water is also helpful for women's smooth menstruation, which can warm the body, increase energy, activate qi and blood, accelerate blood circulation and make menstruation smoother.
If you feel bad after menstruation, you can drink a cup of brown sugar water with a concentration of about 20% before lunch every day. When the symptoms of discomfort are serious, you can drink another cup before meals, which can last for a week and effectively improve.
In addition to drinking brown sugar water, it can also be applied externally, and it also has the effect of detoxifying and moistening dryness. Most of the older generation experienced that their children were stung by bees, and the wound was red and swollen, and the pain was unbearable. At this time, parents will take a little brown sugar water with high concentration and apply it to the red and swollen place, so that the pain will be relieved in a short time and the red and swollen will gradually fade away. In autumn and winter, the skin is itchy due to cold and dryness, and it can also be washed with brown sugar water, which can effectively reduce the feeling of dryness and itching.
Brown sugar water can also be cooked with tremella, medlar, red dates or red beans, which is beneficial to diuresis, helps to discharge uterine waste during menstruation, and can alleviate the symptoms of abdominal distension and tight waist; Brown sugar, longan and ginger juice are cooked together, which has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer and replenishing blood; Cooking sweet potato, brown sugar and ginger juice together not only has health-preserving effect, but also is a unique snack.