Tea contains tea polyphenols, aromatic oil, minerals, protein, vitamins and other nutrients. If pregnant women can drink 3-5 grams of tea every day, especially light green tea, it will be of great benefit to enhance heart and kidney function, promote blood circulation, help digestion, prevent pregnancy edema and promote fetal growth and development. Various teas contain different ingredients. Green tea is extremely rich in zinc, while the extract of black tea contains very little zinc. Zinc plays an extremely important role in the normal growth and development of the fetus. Therefore, experts believe that pregnant women who like tea can drink some green tea in moderation.

However, if pregnant women drink too much tea, especially strong tea, it will do harm to the fetus. Tea contains 2%-5% caffeine, and about 0.06mg caffeine per 500ml strong tea. Caffeine has an exciting effect. Drinking too much tea will stimulate the fetus to increase fetal movement and even endanger the growth and development of the fetus.

Tea contains tannic acid, which can combine with iron in pregnant women's food to form compounds that cannot be absorbed by the human body. If pregnant women drink too much strong tea, it may cause anemia during pregnancy, and the fetus may also suffer from congenital iron deficiency anemia. Drinking light green tea is good for pregnant women and fetuses, but green tea also contains tannic acid, which will also hinder the absorption of iron. The wet nurse can drink light green tea after meals 1 hour, which will not affect the growth of the baby and the iron absorption of the wet nurse.

2. scented tea that lactating mothers can drink

Honeysuckle chrysanthemum tea has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and clearing away summer heat. In summer, lactating mothers can drink a little, because this is equivalent to the baby can also drink some herbal tea ingredients, which also has a cooling effect on the baby. And if the baby eats some milk powder, it is easy to get angry. Chrysanthemum tea can reduce fire and help your baby defecate smoothly.

However, because these scented teas are cool, the tannins contained in them affect the absorption of iron. Although it has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials, it is not suitable for the constitution of yang deficiency mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine. Diet affects the quality of breastfeeding, and cold food may lead to neonatal diarrhea. Therefore, drinking too much scented tea such as honeysuckle chrysanthemum tea is easy to cause baby diarrhea.

It's okay to drink chrysanthemum tea occasionally, but almost all of them can't be drunk for a long time at will. Some people drink rock candy chrysanthemum tea, which is also cool. Too much sugar will lead to edema of newborn babies, so we should choose it scientifically according to the specific situation.