Friday, 8 July 2011

Confinement Recipe 1

Following tonic or soup should on be consumer on week 2 onwards after labor.

 八珍补血补气排骨汤
Double Boiled "Ba Zhen" Pork Rib  Tonic


何手乌
Double Boiled "He Shou Wu" (Polygonum)  Chicken Soup
(It benefits the liver & kidney, blackens the hair and defies aging)


杜仲排骨
Duzhong (Eucommia Bark) Pork Rib soup
(Eucommia Bark is one of the best herbs for strengthening the kidneys . It also help to lower blood pressure and is specially beneficial to those who suffer from high blood pressure during pregnancy)

猪脚醋/ 醋排骨
Black Vinegar Trotter / Pork Rib
(The Chinese believe that black vinegar purifies the  blood & cleanse the arties while the old ginger drives out the wind. As a precaution against the vinegar being  too acidic & therefore weakening the stomach, the  glutinous ligaments and collagen of the pig’s trotters   are in the dish to serve as a lubricant)  

天麻
#Double Boiled "Tian Ma"Chicken" Soup
(This soup benefits the liver, expels wind, eases anxiety and tonifies the blood)


准山芡实煲瘦肉开胃汤
Double Boiled Lean Meat w/Dioscorea  Yam Soup    



credits: http://www.natalessentials.com/conf_menu.html 

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