“Postpartum Confinement Prescription” is customized for you

• The three most important periods for women to condition their physique are “menstrual period, postpartum confinement period, and menopause.” In particular, “postpartum confinement period” accounts for the most critical period.
• The maternal body will undergo drastic change in the physiological structure and circulation function in order to nurture the fetus as the gestation for babies. Women will become extremely weak in qi and blood after having undergone natural birth or C-section, and therefore they require 30~40 days of confinement period so the maternal body can recovery and restore the previous function. The lack of proper conditioning now will draw out the potential problems in your body and even lead to more discomfort in next pregnancy and future menopause.

Principles of Diet

• Avoid cold and cool food: i.e. ice, drinks, pear, pomelo, grapefruit, watermelon, coconut, orange, tomato, wax apple, mung bean, lotus root, cucumber, bitter gourd, loofah, winter gourd, Chinese cabbage, turnip, eggplant, and kelp.
• Avoid roasted, deep-fried, spicy, and simulating food: i.e. pickled food, coffee, curry, Chinese BBQ sauce, chili.
• Eat less acidic food such as preserved plum, vinegar, and lemon.
• Less salt and eat food lightly seasoned.
• Cook food well and do not eat too much fruit even if the fruit is in season.
• Heat up the food before serving.
• In 7 days after postpartum and if the wound is swelling and aching, do not eat food prepared in sesame oil and wine. Eat shrimp and crab only after the wound has recovered.
• Do not eat ginseng.

What is the proper food?

• Vegetable: carrot, cabbage, water spinach, garland chrysanthemum, spinach, celery, and Gynura's Deux Couleurs.
• Fruit: Apple, guava, grapes, papaya, strawberry, cherry, and peach.
• Protein: Lukewarm milk, chicken, egg, fish, pork belly, pork liver, kidney, crab, and oyster.

How to incorporate postpartum food?

Maintain a balanced diet for the three meals during the postpartum period and incorporate with special postpartum food.

• Postpartum 1 ~10 days: Food should be mildly seasoned and based on chicken soup, fish soup ,and pork rib soup.
• Postpartum 10 ~ 13 days:  Food prepared in sesame oil is acceptable now. For example, pork liver stir-fried in sesame oil, kidney stir-fried in sesame oil, longan stir-fried in sesame oil, Eucommia kidney soup. Less salt and eat food with light seasoning.
• Pork liver, pork kidney, and longan stir-fried in sesame oil: Pan-fried old ginger with sesame oil into light brown color, add kidney, liver, and longan to stir well.
• Eucommia kidney soup:  Cook Eucommia and remove the liquid to set aside. Cut the kidney in half, remove the white tendon and cut the surface in the angular cut. Slice into 3cm length to side aside. Stir-fry the old ginger with sesame oil into light brown color. Add kidney to stir fry before adding some water to cook.  Pour in the Eucommia liquid and cook together. Add some rice wine and season.
• After postpartum 14 days: Chicken stir-fried with sesame oil can be served now.
• Chicken soup with sesame oil preparation: Heat the wok and pour in sesame oil. Add ginger to stir fry when the oil becomes hot. Add chicken to stir fry until medium well.  Pour in the water and wine in the ratio of 1:1, cook and turn to low heat immediately to cook for another 20~30 minutes.
• The doctor will prescribe medicine for Chinese medical preparation during the postpartum period.