August 2, 2018
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【坐月也要健脾胃】補身前先健脾胃
#脾胃好才能吸收補品營養
#老少咸宜全家一齊飲都得
#星期五湯水
坐月健脾胃湯水
中國人常將「坐月飲食」與「補身」劃上等號，總覺得產婦應該每天進食大量滋補湯水，才叫坐好個月。在中醫角度，產婦於坐月期間需按個別體質情況調養，以助產婦恢復元氣、調養身心，而且在補身前，要先健脾胃，因為脾胃功能好，才能吸收食材中的營養，有助母乳生成及身體復原。
以下推介的健脾胃湯水，多用屬性平和兼具健脾胃功能的材料，包括淮山、茯苓、蓮子、芡實、黃豆，適合任何體質的產婦飲用，亦是適合全家大小飲用的健脾湯水。
坐月健脾湯水 －
節瓜粟米無花果湯
材料：節瓜2個、粟米連鬚2根、蓮子20克、芡實20克、黃豆40克、乾瑤柱4枚、無花果3枚
做法：
1. 節瓜去皮切塊，粟米連鬚去衣切段；其他材料沖洗乾淨備用。
2. 鍋中加入約2500毫升水，放入全部材料，武火煮至水滾，調至文火煮2小時，然後下鹽調味即可。
功效：健脾行氣利水。舒緩身體及四肢困重、腫脹、食慾差等。
Confinement Soup to strengthen the spleen
Chinese people always equate confinement diet to tonic replenishment and feel like postpartum women should have lots of replenishing soups to have a good confinement month. From Chinese medicine perspective, confinement month foods should be prepared based on individual body constitution to properly recover. Before trying to replenish the body, it is important to first strengthen the spleen. You need a healthy spleen to absorb nutrients from foods, improve breastmilk production and help the body recover.
Here’s a soup to strengthen then spleen and stomach. Most of the ingredients are mild such as Chinese yam, poria, lotus seeds, fox nuts soy beans. It is suitable for all types of body constitution and suitable for the entire family.
Confinement soup to strengthen the spleen- Fig soup with hairy gourd and corn
Ingredients: 2 hairy gourds, 2 ears of corn with silk, 20g lotus seeds, 20g fox nuts, 40g soy beans, 4 dried scallops, 3 figs
Preparation:
1. Peel hairy gourds and cut into pieces. Keep silk on corn and cut into pieces. Rinse all ingredients thoroughly.
2. Combine all ingredients with 2500ml of water and cook on high heat until boiling. Turn to low heat and simmer for 2 hours. Add salt to taste.
Effects: Strengthen the spleen, improve qi circulation and promote diuresis. Alleviate symptoms of heavy body and limbs, body swelling and poor appetite.
