What vegetables are good for confinement?
Vegetables suitable for confinement mainly include: Chinese kale, carrot, amaranth, green pepper, tomato, Nostoc flagelliforme, red phoenix, Sichuan seven, cabbage and so on. The quality of nutrition in the puerperium is closely related to the health of the parturient and the nursing of the newborn. Confinement is a crucial and important time for both mother and baby. For the mother, the body loses some blood after delivery and needs to be replenished in time; Reproductive organs are damaged and need to be repaired; Babies need to secrete a lot of milk when they are breastfeeding. According to these physiological characteristics, during the second month, mothers can eat more meat, eggs, fish and other foods. However, eating too much greasy food can also lead to obesity of mother, so it is advisable to eat some vegetables with it. Mother can eat lotus root, day lily, kelp, carrot, amaranth, tomato and other vegetables with blood-enriching effect. First, green vegetables Common green vegetables include Chinese cabbage, spinach and green peppers. Green vegetables can give pregnant women a fresh feeling and relieve the greasy meat. Green vegetables are rich in carotenoids and Vc, which have antioxidant and eye protection effects. Second, apricot vegetables Apricot vegetables are a kind of light-colored vegetables mainly based on lotus roots. Lotus root is very suitable for people with congestion, bloody stool and parturient. It has a good blood stasis removing effect for lotus root. However, due to the cold nature of lotus root, it is not suitable for pregnant women to eat it too early. Generally, eating lotus root after 1~2 weeks after delivery can remove silt. Third, yellow vegetables Yellow vegetables include pumpkins, soybean sprouts, yellow sweet peppers, yellow gourds and so on. Yellow vegetables are also rich in carotenoids, which can delay skin aging and benefit the liver. Fourth, purple vegetables Purple vegetables include purple eggplant and seaweed. Purple vegetables can regulate the nerves of lying-in women and increase their adrenal gland secretion, make pregnant women feel happy and prevent postpartum depression. Recent research also found that the content of vitamin P in purple eggplant is as high as .72 mg, and vitamin P is one of the 14 essential vitamins for human body. It can protect blood vessels from bleeding, reduce the probability of cerebral vascular embolism, improve blood circulation, play a good role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, and benefit patients with hypertension, hemoptysis and purple spots on the skin. V. Red Vegetables Red vegetables include tomatoes, carrots and red sweet peppers. Red vegetables are generally rich in vitamin C, which can give people a striking and exciting feeling, improve people's appetite and stimulate the excitement of the nervous system. Sixth, black vegetables Black vegetables include kelp, fungus, mushrooms and so on. Generally, black vegetables are rich in iron and have the function of enriching blood. According to the research, the "polysaccharide" in auricularia auricula is an anticancer component, which has an inhibitory effect on tumors and has immune characteristics. In addition, using 15 grams of dried auricularia auricula every day and cooking after soaking can also prevent and treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease and stroke.