When we grow up, we will travel far away. When we are unwell, our parents will always remind us to drink more brown sugar water.
So, what are the benefits of drinking more brown sugar water?
About brown sugar
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Add color to dishes.
Brown sugar has high sweetness, unique flavor and color enhancement. Adding a certain amount of brown sugar to dishes can not only increase the aroma, make the color of dishes more rosy and attractive, but also increase nutrition and health.
Many health-conscious families and chefs have begun to use brown sugar instead of yellow sugar or white sugar in general cooking. When replacing with brown sugar, we should be careful not to completely replace the amount of white sugar or yellow sugar to flavor, because the sweetness of white sugar and yellow sugar is lower than that of brown sugar. If the same amount of brown sugar is added, the taste will be too sweet and the color of the dish will be too dark. It is necessary to reduce the amount appropriately and consider increasing the dishes.
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Medical understanding of brown sugar
Brown sugar, red in color, has the effect of enriching blood in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to enriching blood, it also has the effect of strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach.
Generally speaking, brown sugar can be summarized as follows: brown sugar has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, invigorating spleen and warming stomach, expelling wind and cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is especially suitable for pregnant women, children and anemic people.
According to the understanding of western medicine, brown sugar has a strong anti-oxidation and repair effect on cells, which can make subcutaneous cells grow rapidly after removing melanin, thus achieving the effect of preventing melanin generation and continuously whitening. These effects of beauty and health care make brown sugar the new favorite of consumers who pursue beauty and health.
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Daily health care
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 have another drink before meals for one week.
Brown sugar water can also be used 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 apply a little high-concentration brown sugar water to the red swelling, and the pain will be relieved in a short time, and the red swelling 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; Boiling brown sugar with longan and ginger juice has the effects of invigorating 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. Before 1970s and 1980s, brown sugar was very popular in ordinary families. With the improvement of living standards, people seldom eat brown sugar now.
Medical experts remind people that brown sugar has a unique nourishing and health care function, especially for women.
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Classic brown sugar in daily life
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Brown sugar, ginger tea
Material: ginger 15g, brown sugar.
Method: Make tea with boiling water instead of tea.
Function: It can effectively relieve dysmenorrhea and pain of women with cold and blood stasis, and also has certain curative effect on mild cold and cold.
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Hawthorn brown sugar beverage
Ingredients: 50 grams of raw hawthorn meat and 40 grams of brown sugar.
Method: Boil hawthorn with water to remove residue, then pour brown sugar into it and drink it while it is hot.
Function: promote blood circulation, which can be taken by non-pregnant women many times. Menstrual blood can also be used to relieve constipation.
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Red date tea
Ingredients: 10 red dates and appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Method: Boil jujube with water, add brown sugar and black tea water, and take it once.
Function: It has the functions of invigorating qi and blood, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach. It is especially suitable for infants, middle-aged and elderly people.
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Matters needing attention
Although brown sugar is good, drinking too much will hurt yin.
Because brown sugar is a crude product with many impurities and bacteria, new mothers should boil and precipitate brown sugar water before drinking it. If possible, you can also boil it more than once, filter and refrigerate it, and pour 1 small cup with boiling water every time you drink it.
Because brown sugar has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, it is better to eat it within 10 days after delivery, which is beneficial to the discharge of bloody lochia and serous lochia. If it turns into white lochia, don't eat brown sugar or use less brown sugar to avoid prolonging the discharge time of bloody lochia.
Brown sugar is warm, used less in summer, and can be used more appropriately in cold weather; Those who often spit sour water before delivery should use it less or not, so as not to increase stomach acid and hurt the stomach.