After pregnancy, the immune system and resistance of expectant mothers will decrease due to physiological changes. This is especially true in spring, when the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and the weather can be unpredictable, making pregnant women more susceptible to symptoms such as cold and cough. However, there are some medications that pregnant women cannot take. So what should you do if you have a cough? What can you eat to recover quickly? Today, I recommend three medicinal diets for pregnant women to treat cold and cough symptoms, so you no longer have to endure the discomfort.
1. Onion and Ginger Soup
Ingredients: 1 onion, 30g ginger, green onion, moderate amount of brown sugar.
Method:
1. Wash the ginger and cut into slices; peel and cut the onion into large pieces; cut the green onion into sections.
2. Place a pot on the stove, add water and bring to a boil. Add the onion, ginger, and green onion and cook for 20 minutes. Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Serve hot.
Benefits:
1. Onion: Has the effects of lowering blood pressure, refreshing the mind, relieving stress, preventing colds, anti-aging, and preventing osteoporosis.
2. Ginger: Has the effects of inducing sweating, warming the lungs, stopping coughs, and detoxifying. It can treat diseases such as colds, vomiting due to stomach cold, cough, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and poisoning from eating fish and crabs.
3. Onion and ginger soup: This soup has the effects of dispelling wind and cold, warming and refreshing, refreshing the mind, and treating colds and coughs.
2. Ginger and Brown Sugar Tea
Ingredients: 10g ginger, 5g brown sugar, 3 red dates.
Method:
1. Wash the ginger and slice it thinly. Soak the red dates in a small amount of water and then remove.
2. Use boiling water to warm the tea cup, drain the water, and raise the temperature of the tea set to stabilize the temperature after brewing the tea leaves.
3. Put the ginger slices, brown sugar, and red dates in the tea cup, pour in boiling water, cover the cup with a lid, and let it steep for about 10 minutes before drinking.
Benefits:
1. Ginger: With a mild and spicy taste, it can dispel wind and cold, induce sweating, and is very effective in treating colds and coughs.
2. Brown sugar: Warm in nature and sweet in taste, it enters the spleen and can nourish the blood, invigorate the spleen and warm the stomach, and moisten the heart and lungs.
3. Red dates: Have the effects of nourishing the blood, promoting blood circulation, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, preventing and fighting cancer, and beautifying the skin.
4. Ginger and brown sugar tea: The combination of ginger, red dates, and brown sugar can invigorate Qi and nourish blood, dispel cold and protect the lungs, relieve colds and coughs, improve appetite, and relieve menstrual pain.
3. Walnut and Ginger Porridge
Ingredients: 15g walnut kernels, 5g ginger, 10g red dates, 80g glutinous rice, 2g salt.
Method:
1. Soak the glutinous rice in water until it expands, then wash it; wash the red dates and remove the pits, then cut into slices.
2. Add water to a pot and bring the glutinous rice to a boil over high heat, then pour in the ginger juice.
3. Add the walnut kernels, ginger, and red dates, and cook until thick. Add salt and mix well.
Benefits:
1. Walnut: Has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening tendons and bones, relieving asthma and nourishing the intestines, enhancing brain function, and boosting immune system.
2. Ginger: Has the effects of inducing sweating, warming the lungs, stopping coughs, and detoxifying. It can treat diseases such as colds, vomiting due to stomach cold, cold cough, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
3. Glutinous rice: Supplements the middle and invigorates Qi, invigorates the spleen and nourishes the stomach, and stops spontaneous sweating. It has a certain relieving effect on poor appetite, bloating, and diarrhea.
4. Walnut and ginger porridge: This porridge has the effects of invigorating the middle and replenishing Qi, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the body and brain, inducing sweating and dispelling cold, warming the lungs and stopping coughs, and treating colds and coughs.
