Pregnant women with internal heat should eat these three types of food

If expectant mothers are not careful, they may get angry, especially in dry weather. After getting angry, not only will they have dry mouth and tongue, but they may also feel restless, and some expectant mothers may even get angry. At this time, expectant fathers may prepare some cooling food for expectant mothers to lower their internal heat and calm their minds.

1. Bitter tasting foods. Bitter food is the best food for reducing fire and is the natural enemy of fire. If a expectant mother gets angry, the preferred food should be bitter tasting food. Because bitter foods contain bitter substances such as alkaloids and urea, which have antipyretic, antipyretic, and fatigue relieving effects. The best bitter food is bitter melon. Whether it's cold, stir fried, or soup, as long as the bitter melon can be cooked and not lose its green color, it can achieve the goal of reducing heat. In addition to bitter gourd, bitter foods such as almonds, bitter vegetables, bitter tea, celery, and mustard greens are also good for clearing fire and relieving heat!

2. Fresh fruits and vegetables.

It is easy to get overheated in summer, but there are more fruits and vegetables in summer. If pregnant women get overheated in summer, they can eat more sweet and refreshing fresh fruits and tender vegetables, such as cabbage, cauliflower, watermelon, hawthorn, apples, grapes, etc. These foods are rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and silicon, which have the effect of calming the mind and reducing fire.

3. Other fire reducing foods

Soybeans: Soybeans not only nourish yin and reduce fire, but also supplement protein that is consumed in large quantities due to high temperatures.

Watermelon: Watermelon has a cool nature, and eating it will not cause excessive heat or annoyance. It also contains rich potassium salts, which can compensate for the body's deficiency in potassium salts. But be careful not to put watermelon in the refrigerator for more than 3 hours, otherwise it will produce a large number of bacteria, and pregnant mothers may easily experience diarrhea if they eat it.

Milk: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that milk has a slightly cold nature and has the effects of nourishing yin, relieving heat and toxins, and can also replenish the water lost by the body due to excessive sweating in summer. Therefore, in summer, it is advisable to drink milk to reduce internal heat. However, it should be noted not to freeze milk into ice cubes for consumption, as many of the nutritional components of milk will be destroyed by doing so.

Strawberries: Strawberries are not only delicious, but also have rich nutritional value. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effect of reducing internal heat, clearing heat, reducing fever, and relieving annoyance.