For pregnant women with cough, dietary therapy is a good choice
1. Drink pear juice
Pear juice is a natural cough treatment. It relieves inflammation in the throat and bronchi, thereby relieving coughs. For pregnant women, drinking pear juice also has a certain effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire.
Making pear juice at home is very easy. Just put pears and some water in a blender and blend for a few minutes, then strain out the residue. Add a little honey or brown sugar to it to improve the taste, and you can control the sugar according to personal preference.
However, when drinking pear juice, pregnant women should not add too much honey or brown sugar to avoid excessive sugar intake. If you have a sore throat, add a little ginger and cumin, which is also good for relieving sore throat.
2. Eat wolfberry
Lycium barbarum is a very nutritious traditional Chinese medicine. It can enhance human immunity and regulate body functions, and is particularly beneficial to women. At the same time, wolfberry can also relieve coughs because it can protect the lungs from inflammation.
Pregnant women can eat a little wolfberry at any time. At the same time, it is also possible to add wolfberry to porridge or soup and cook it together. The remaining wolfberry can be soaked in water and used as a drink, which can clear away heat and detoxify, which is very beneficial to the body of pregnant women.
It should be noted that wolfberry is a relatively warm natural food. Pregnant women should not eat too much, especially in the early stages of pregnancy, and should be used with caution.
3. Drink longan tea
Longan is a nourishing and calming ingredient. When the human body is in a bad state, it is easy to have problems such as anxiety and bad mood. Longan tea can solve these problems very well.
The method of making longan tea is also very simple. Put the longan, red dates, wolfberry and chrysanthemum into a tea cup, pour boiling water into it and brew for 5-10 minutes. When drinking, you can add an appropriate amount of ingredients such as rock sugar or mung beans to reduce heat and cool down. Drinking a cup every day not only relieves coughs, but also benefits your health.
In fact, there are many ways to make longan tea. You can pick and change the recipe according to your preference. At the same time, pregnant women should also pay attention to their own physical constitution when choosing longan tea, and the appropriate amount is appropriate.
4. Eat lotus root
The therapeutic value of lotus root is very high. It can clear away heat and detoxify, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. It is also rich in trace elements and has a good alleviation effect on iron deficiency and pregnancy-induced hypertension in pregnant women.
Pregnant women can boil lotus root into soup, or steam it and add some vinegar and honey for consumption. This not only has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, but also improves the delicious taste of lotus root.
It should be noted that because lotus root is of cooling nature, pregnant women are taboo on eating it within three months of pregnancy, and other cooling items such as bitter melon, winter melon, mung beans and other foods should also be restricted.
Summary
Although cough in pregnant women is aThis is a very common phenomenon, but with the above dietary therapy methods, we can better protect our body during pregnancy. Of course, correct treatment is also required, and a reasonable combination is required according to the symptoms of cough and physical constitution. If the situation is serious, please seek medical treatment in time and follow the doctor\’s instructions for treatment.
