• Do I have to use rice wine, ginger, and sesame oil for confinement meals?
  • Is it really impossible to wash your hair and take a bath during confinement? What should I do?
  • I can't drink water during confinement, so what can I drink?
  • Is tea oil better? Or sesame oil?
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Confinement is the most important and self-controlling physiological change in a woman's life.
Confinement can help the body recover as soon as possible after childbirth, promote metabolism, and restore the youthful elasticity of the skin.
Effectively adjust the weak constitution and minor physical problems before pregnancy, such as: easy fatigue, back pain, cold hands, and feet...etc.
Adjusting the shortcomings of the body, such as a protruding lower abdomen, can be improved by taking advantage of the opportunity of confinement.

What is the "Correct Confinement Method" : Correct Diet Concept + Periodic Nutritious Diet

Correct diet concept: In the past, it was believed that due to physical weakness after childbirth, sesame oil chicken should be used as a tonic immediately, but this greatly hindered the removal of lochia and made it difficult to restore the body. After giving birth, as long as you follow the correct "step-by-step dietary supplement" method, and grasp the principle of lining up and supplementing later, you can grasp the important key to restoring your body after childbirth and improving your physique.
  • The first week/sesame oil pig liver ~ remove lochia
  • The second week/sesame oil waist ~ prevention of postpartum back pain
  • The third week to the full moon/sesame oil silky chicken ~ replenishing qi and blood, nourishing and strengthening the body
In addition, during the confinement period, it can be paired with fish soup or pork and beef.
Periodic nourishing diet: "Periodical nourishing diet" was jointly developed by Professor Peng Jingming and Taipei Medical University Doctor of Pharmacy. It is formulated according to the different constitutions of mothers who are deficient, cold, full, hot, and with different cooking purposes every week. Accelerate the recovery of the body and recuperate the postpartum physique.

Three elements of warming and nourishing food for confinement

In the postpartum dietary supplement, there are three indispensable elements that are used consistently, that is, 20% pure rice wine, full-bodied ginger, and pure flax oil, without adding any spices.
Strictly observe the taboos of life

Taboos in life

  • Do not take a bath or shampoo your hair to avoid the invasion of water, wind, and cold and the infection of "monthly wind", and reduce the occurrence of sequelae such as migraine, cold hands, and feet.
  • Stay in bed more, do not overwork, and avoid lifting heavy objects to avoid back pain in the future.
  • Dietary taboos: Avoid water, milk, porridge, and other foods with high water content, which can easily lead to internal organs, sagging breasts, protruding lower abdomen, and loose skin.
  • Avoid eating raw and cold foods, such as crickets, crab shells, bitter tea oil, pears, cabbage, loofah, and other cold foods. After eating, the mother's constitution will become cold, and it is easy to have cold hands and feet in autumn and winter. If breastfeeding, the baby is prone to diarrhea, so mothers should pay special attention to it!

The correct method of confinement

Everyone knows that there are three important physiological transition stages in a female friend's life, which determine the health of a woman. The first stage is the period of menarche from a little girl to a fertile woman; the second stage is the delivery period of becoming a mother after pregnancy in October; the third stage is the menopause after menopause.
Among these three stages, the production period is particularly important, because it enables women to finish confinement with patience and perseverance through their own maturity, autonomy, and requirements for self-health awareness. Usually, a mother who has done a good job in confinement will not only show a radiant and bright side on the outside, but also improve some physical discomfort since the menarche, and more importantly, lay a good foundation for the body and health. to welcome the arrival of menopause.

The most important thing for mothers during the confinement period is to have adequate rest, and the second is how to nourish the body, nourish qi and blood through correct dietary supplements and medicated diets.

During labor, women lose some blood (usually about 500 c.c. for natural births and about 1,000 c.c. for cesarean births) and a lot of sweat and body fluids. Therefore, the body of the mother will appear extremely weak, and the muscles, bones, and muscles of the whole body will also be in a state of loosening, so sufficient rest is required to restore physical strength.
As for the diet of the mother, it is a university question, not everything can be eaten, it must be restricted, and it must be principled and step-by-step.

First of all, the mother's diet should follow the principle of "postpartum warming and nourishing", that is, the postpartum mother's constitution is generally of the deficiency-cold type. Therefore, in the selection of ingredients, the attributes should be warm and avoid cold and cold. Material. When cooking, only rice wine, ginger, and black sesame oil can be used, and seasonings such as salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, vinegar, and chili pepper are absolutely not allowed.

In addition, it is a periodical dietary supplement, that is, in the first week after giving birth, you should eat sesame oil and pork liver to eliminate lochia; in the second week, you should eat sesame oil and kidney flower to prevent back pain; Nourishes blood.

For mothers who want to breastfeed, they can also eat some milk supplements such as ginger shredded sea bass soup or pig's feet peanuts during confinement to promote milk secretion and also change the content of the meal.

Green vegetables and fruits are generally cooler, so there are fewer types of vegetables that can be eaten during confinement. Usually, green vegetables are red phoenix, sweet potato leaves, orchid, red amaranth, cauliflower, spinach, green beans, etc.; fruits can be chosen from grapes, cherries, peach, sweet peach, papaya, guava, red apple, etc.

Shenghua decoction is the first recipe after childbirth. Generally, it can be taken for 7 days for a natural birth, 12-14 days for a cesarean section, and 3-5 days for those who are particularly weak. To achieve better results, Shenghua soup must be boiled with rice wine. It must be noted that Shenghua soup must be taken in small sips before meals, divided 6-7 times, and consumed slowly within a day.

Other beverages, such as liver-nourishing soup, Guanyin skewers, longan, Huangqi tea, etc., are good postpartum beverages. After boiling red dates, longan, and astragalus with rice wine, drink it instead of water. In addition to promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, it is also good for drinking Supplementing iron, accelerating the metabolism of anesthetics, and invigorating qi and blood, mothers can drink it according to different stages of postpartum.

Be sure to wear a belly belt after giving birth, and keep it for one month, it can restore the organs to their original positions, prevent visceral sagging, restore a flat lower abdomen, prevent back pain, reduce stretch marks and strengthen wound healing.

Some other taboos in daily life, such as taking more rest, not going out, not washing your hair, not taking a bath, not blowing air-conditioning, wind chill, not crying, not reading books, newspapers, TV for a long time, etc. Concept and perseverance. If you can abide by it and do it, I believe it will be absolutely beneficial to the effect of confinement and your own body.

All in all, confinement is not an easy task for the mother, and she needs to be placed under "house arrest" for a month with many restrictions. As long as the puerpera faces it with a normal heart, an optimistic and cheerful mood cooperates with the above-mentioned correct confinement method, plus the spiritual support and assistance from the husband and family members, it is the best way for the puerpera to go through the confinement period smoothly. method!

Do confinement meals have to use rice wine, ginger, and sesame oil?

"Prenatal cool tonic, postpartum warm tonic", is the principle of maternal prenatal and postpartum dietary conditioning. That is to say, the prenatal constitution of the mother is of the dry and hot type, so it is necessary to use a cool tonic; while the postpartum constitution is of the deficiency-cold type, it must be conditioned with a warm tonic.

For postpartum warming and nourishing dietary conditioning, in addition to the choice of dietary ingredients, such as fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, etc., must be warm ingredients, the seasoning depends on the three elements of confinement cooking - rice wine, ginger, and sesame oil.

The properties of wine are hot, spicy, and sweet, and the main ingredients are ethanol, alcohol oil, fatty aldehydes, lipids, aldehydes, etc.

The main function of wine is to clear the blood vessels and keep out the cold, to promote the medicinal potential to clear the meridians, benefit the joints, and dispel the cold in the stomach. Appropriate use can strengthen the mind, improve blood circulation, relieve fatigue, and promote sleep.

The taste of ginger is warm and slightly spicy, and the main ingredients are protein, fat, sugar, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin, calcium, phosphorus, gingerol, aspartate, and gingerol.

The main functions of ginger are to sweat and relieve fever, warm the middle and stop vomiting, warm the lungs and relieve cough, stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, and promote blood circulation.

Ginger is widely used in confinement cooking, mainly using ginger ingredients to activate.