Women who have just given birth can also drink corn stigma water during confinement, because corn stigma water is a natural food, which is not only harmless to newborns, but also has no side effects on women who are confinement, and has the following benefits.
Remarks: However, excessive drinking is not advisable. Just drink a little every day.
What are the benefits of drinking corn stigma water for the next month? 1. Reducing edema Corn must have the effect of diuresis and detumescence. Mothers who have just given birth will have some edema obesity in the next month. At this time, you can drink some corn silk water in moderation to discharge excess water from the body, reduce edema and achieve slimming effect.
2, help urinate Many women who have just given birth have difficulty urinating during the month of rehabilitation, especially women who have caesarean section, which will be accompanied by urination, and corn must be diuretic, which can help women with a month to urinate.
3. This is helpful for the neonatal jaundice to subside. For breast-feeding women during confinement, drinking some corn stigma water can also help the neonatal jaundice to subside as soon as possible, because drinking corn stigma can clear away heat and diuresis, and it will reach the newborn through milk. Jaundice belongs to TCM heat syndrome. Drinking some food that clears away heat and detoxifies can help neonatal jaundice subside and accelerate bilirubin excretion in the body by urinating more.
4. Promote milk secretion In Chinese medicine, corn beard is also called Gracilaria lemaneiformis, which has the effect of promoting lactation and can be used for postpartum milk secretion deficiency. Many women in confinement have the phenomenon that milk cannot be secreted. Drinking some corn silk water properly can help mothers promote milk secretion and solve problems.
5, reduce neonatal eczema Newborn eczema is often caused by the baby getting angry and damp, and corn must have the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat and reducing fire, which is helpful to reduce the phenomenon of neonatal eczema.
3 How to drink corn stigma water 1, brown sugar corn stigma water material: corn stigma, brown sugar.
Practice: Stir the washed corn beard with brown sugar water, then simmer for 10 minute with low fire and stir evenly. You can take it after cooling. You can also add ice cubes according to your own preferences.
Application: diuretic and tonic.
2, red dates and corn silk water materials: 3 dried red dates, 3 grams of dried corn silk.
Practice: Wash red dates and corn whiskers with clear water, then put them into a small pot, add 500ml water and boil for 10 minute, and drink at room temperature.
Application: diuretic and tonic.
3, winter melon skin corn silk material: prepare 20-30 grams of corn silk and winter melon skin.
Practice: Clean the corn beard, clean the frost on the surface of the winter melon skin, and then cut the winter melon skin into small pieces. Then put the wax gourd skin and corn stigma into the pot together, add appropriate amount of water, boil it with high fire first, and then cook it with low fire for 20-30 minutes.
Efficacy: diuresis, detumescence, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, eliminating dampness, lowering blood sugar and blood fat.
4, corn stigma and winter melon soup materials: prepare 20-30 grams of corn stigma and winter melon skin.
Practice: Clean the corn beard, clean the frost on the surface of the winter melon skin, and then cut the winter melon skin into small pieces. Then put the wax gourd skin and corn stigma into the pot together, add appropriate amount of water, boil it with high fire first, and then cook it with low fire for 20-30 minutes.
Efficacy: diuresis, detumescence, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, eliminating dampness, lowering blood sugar and blood fat.
5, coix seed corn beard porridge materials: corn beard, coix seed, rice, cogongrass rhizome.
Practice: put corn stigma and cogongrass rhizome into the pot and add water, and finally leave the liquid medicine. Add rice and coix seed to the liquid medicine, and finally cook it into porridge before taking it.
Efficacy: diuresis and detumescence, clearing away heat and removing dampness.
6, corn silk green tea material: 3 grams of corn silk, 2 grams of green tea.
Usage: remove impurities from corn, wash it, put it in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook for 5 minutes, filter out the soup, and then add green tea for 5 minutes. 2 doses a day, divided into 3 times.
Efficacy: Auxiliary efficacy of promoting fluid production to quench thirst and diuresis.
7. Corn beard and black bean pork soup materials: corn beard 30g, black bean 50g, lean pork 100g, garlic 10g, ginger 5g and salt 5g.
Practice: Wash the corn stigma and black beans for later use. Clean lean meat and cut into small pieces; Slice ginger and peel garlic. Put corn stigma, black beans, lean pork, garlic, ginger, onion and salt into a stew pot and add 500 ml of water. Bring the saucepan to a boil with high fire, and simmer with low fire 1 hour.
Usage: 50 grams of pork and soup beans every time 1 time.
Efficacy: calming the liver and benefiting gallbladder, promoting diuresis and clearing heat.
Be careful not to drink too much, which is not conducive to lochia discharge. Because corn definitely has the effect of stopping bleeding, it is best not to drink more corn beard water during the second month, so as to avoid lochia not being discharged normally after drinking, which is not conducive to postpartum recovery.