Pregnant women can drink tartary buckwheat tea in moderation. Buckwheat not only has the nutritional value of buckwheat, but also has a unique health care function. Tartary buckwheat contains a special flavonoid-rutin, which can maintain the normal permeability and brittleness of blood vessel wall, soften blood vessels, promote wound healing, diminish inflammation, resist allergy, relieve cough, relieve asthma and reduce blood fat. There is also a therapeutic ingredient in tartary buckwheat-vitamin E, which has a strong antioxidant effect, can inhibit and remove excess free radicals in the human body, activate macrophages, eliminate pigmentation on the skin, enhance human immune function and reduce the side effects of anticancer drugs. Dietary fiber in tartary buckwheat can promote the excretion of toxic substances and reduce the contents of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in serum. Selenium, the active element in tartary buckwheat, can combine with metal to form unstable metal-selenium-protein complex in human body, which is helpful to eliminate toxic substances in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine generally believes that tartary buckwheat has the health-care functions of clearing away heat, reducing fire, promoting digestion and resolving stagnation, cooling blood and reducing swelling.

What are the precautions for pregnant women to drink tartary buckwheat tea?

1. Because tartary buckwheat tea is a refreshing drink, pregnant women must control it. Being able to drink does not mean that you can drink without restraint. This must be clear. Excessive intake of cold food is not good for pregnant women to drink the fetus.

2. A few people eat buckwheat food, which will cause allergic symptoms such as itchy skin, dizziness and asthma. Therefore, people with a history of allergies to black buckwheat should be careful to eat.