Can pregnant women eat longan?

Can pregnant women eat longan?

Many people eat longan and ginseng soup after pregnancy, believing that it is beneficial to eugenics, but the fact is just the opposite.

After pregnancy, a series of changes will occur in the body. Especially in the late pregnancy, gastrointestinal function weakens, pregnant women prefer to be quiet and dislike movement, and the pressure of the enlarged uterus causes constipation and poor appetite. After pregnancy, pregnant women are in a state of yin and blood deficiency, and yang qi is relatively strong, with excess yang and insufficient yin, excess qi and insufficient blood.

Ginseng is a product that greatly replenishes vital energy. If taken for a long time or in excessive amounts, it will cause excessive qi and depletion of yin, and excessive fire due to yin deficiency. Excessive fire will disturb the fetus, endanger the fetus, and is not conducive to eugenics. Longan is sweet and warm in taste, and has the effects of benefiting the heart and spleen, replenishing qi and blood, and calming the nerves. However, sweetness can produce phlegm, and phlegm stagnation can cause qi stagnation, which can lead to qi disorder, stomach qi reflux, vomiting, and long-term damage to yin. Sweetness and warmth can also help fire, and fire can move yin and blood, and blood will flow wildly, which is bound to cause bleeding. In this way, pregnant women will "see blood" and give birth prematurely. Therefore, ginseng and longan soup is not only not conducive to eugenics, but on the contrary, it is not conducive to the physical and mental health of mother and baby.

In fact, except for ginseng and longan, all warm and tonic foods are not suitable for pregnant women. Tonics during pregnancy should follow the principle of "coolness before delivery and avoid heat and warmth". According to the specific condition, tonics should be taken according to dialectical treatment. If you think that "taking tonics will never go wrong", and take tonics without authorization, the result may be counterproductive and harmful to both mother and baby.

Longan is a sweet and warm blood tonic. Therefore, during pregnancy, for the health of pregnant women and fetuses, some pregnant women often eat some longan for nourishment, and friends and relatives also give longan to pregnant women as a nutritional supplement. In fact, this practice is incorrect.

Longan is a nutritious food, but it is a "forbidden fruit" for pregnant women. According to Chinese medicine, longan is warm in nature and sweet in taste. Sweetness and warmth can easily help fire, move the fetus and blood. Pregnant women who eat it can easily cause qi disorders, miscarriage or premature birth. In severe cases, it can endanger the lives of pregnant women and fetuses.

Longan peeled and dried, it is longan. Although longan and longan are not edible during pregnancy, they are good for women in labor, and their nutritional effects can help women give birth smoothly.

Therefore, pregnant women should not eat longan or longan supplements. You can eat some medicines or foods that clear heat and nourish yin or clear and moisten the body.