How to make nutritious porridge for postpartum period

Expectant mothers will be very happy after giving birth. After ten months of pregnancy, they are finally free. But the most difficult thing is about to come - confinement. This is something every pregnant woman must go through, and confinement is also very important for them. After giving birth, a woman's body will be greatly damaged, so she usually needs to replenish her body during the confinement period. Here are some porridges that are good for nourishing the body for expectant mothers.

1. Hawthorn porridge

Ingredients: 15 grams of hawthorn, 60 grams of rice, 10 grams of brown sugar.

Preparation method: First, boil the hawthorn with water to get the thick juice, then add rice and brown sugar and cook it into porridge for consumption.

Efficacy: It has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is suitable for those with postpartum lochia, abdominal pain and lack of appetite.

2. Millet and Egg Porridge

Ingredients: 60g millet, 1 egg, brown sugar

Method: Wash the millet and beat the eggs. Put appropriate amount of water and millet in the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the porridge is thick, add egg liquid and cook briefly, then season with brown sugar.

Efficacy: It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and blood, and activating blood circulation, and can promote the discharge of lochia.

3. Yam porridge

Ingredients: 100g yam, 200g polished rice, a small amount of brown sugar

Method: Slice the yam, wash the rice, cook them together into porridge, add a small amount of brown sugar when the porridge is cooked.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and lungs, consolidates the kidneys and improves essence. It is very suitable for postpartum women, especially those with weak spleen and stomach.

4. Jujube and peach porridge

Ingredients: 15 dates, 60 grams of walnut kernels, 200 grams of glutinous rice.

Preparation method: Crush the walnut kernels, remove the core of the jujubes, and cook them with glutinous rice into porridge.

Efficacy: Warming the yang and tonifying the kidney, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, moistening the soup and relieving constipation. It is especially suitable for those who suffer from kidney deficiency, low back pain, chills and constipation after childbirth.

Recommendation: For those suffering from postpartum constipation, you can also cook porridge with red puma splash and glutinous rice.

5. Millet porridge with yam, red dates and taro

Ingredients: 100 grams of millet, 50 grams of yam, 12 red dates, and appropriate amount of sugar or salt.

practice:

①. Wash and soak the millet; rinse the red dates with water; peel and dice the yam.

②. Put millet, red dates and water in a deep pot and bring to a boil over high heat.

③. Reduce the heat to low, add diced yam and cook until thick. Add sugar or salt to taste.

Efficacy: Yam, red dates and millet porridge has the effect of nourishing the spleen and moistening dryness, calming the mind and soothing the nerves. It has a good therapeutic effect on postpartum insomnia.