Taboo 1: Avoid eating raw and cold food.
After delivery, the new mother is weak, and if she doesn't pay attention to her diet, it will not be conducive to postpartum recovery. If there is cold or raw food in the diet of the next month, it is not conducive to the recovery of maternal qi and blood, which is easy to lead to digestive and absorption dysfunction, and is also not conducive to the discharge of congestion and lochia. Especially in summer, avoid eating ice cream and drinking ice water. And it is best to wait for the fruits and vegetables taken out of the refrigerator to return to normal temperature before eating. In addition, cold fruits such as watermelons and pears are not suitable for eating.
Taboo 2: Avoid spicy food.
Spicy food can lead to contents, make the new mother's deficiency fire too strong, and can lead to symptoms such as sores, constipation and even hemorrhoids. Moreover, spicy and stimulating food will also cause the baby to "get angry" through milk. Therefore, foods and seasonings such as peppers, leeks, fennel and alcohol should be avoided.
Avoid spicy and pungent ingredients and raw and cold ingredients in the monthly diet.
Dietary taboo 3: avoid tonic
Some people think it is necessary to supplement food to help the parturient recover quickly, but in fact, it is not appropriate to supplement food after childbirth. Because the individual's physique is different, the postpartum demand for nutrition is also different. Proper supplementation is indeed beneficial to postpartum recovery, but excessive supplementation is not conducive to health. Even if you only take Chinese angelica, American ginseng, Astragalus membranaceus and other herbs that nourish blood and replenish qi, you'd better wait until postpartum lochia is eliminated, otherwise the blood-activating effect of these herbs will increase postpartum hemorrhage. In addition, there is a substance in longan that can inhibit uterine contraction. Eating longan too early or too much is not conducive to the elimination of postpartum congestion