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Can postpartum women eat Eucheuma officinale?
Authentic Eucheuma officinale is made from donkey hide, which has good effects of nourishing yin, building blood, and calming the fetus. When giving birth, Eucheuma officinale should be eaten according to the situation. After giving birth, it should be eaten after the wound has healed, and it should be eaten in moderation. Excessive consumption can lead to body heat.
1. After giving birth, lochia will appear. If it is cesarean section, there will be a wound, so it is not recommended to eat Eucheuma officinale immediately. Eucheuma officinale is for blood building, but it also has the effect of promoting blood circulation, and Eucheuma officinale itself is a fire-inducing medicine, and after eating it, the wound is not easy to heal. It is best to eat it after lochia disappears or the wound has healed.
2. During the production process, a large amount of blood loss may occur in the human body. Eating Eucheuma officinale is beneficial for blood building and blood production, and has a good effect on improving anemia. However, there is a problem that Eucheuma officinale is a medicine that is rich in essence and easy to cause indigestion after taking it, affecting the transportation and transformation function of the spleen and stomach. Postpartum women may not have very good spleen and stomach function either, and it takes some time to recover and regulate. Therefore, although Eucheuma officinale is good, it is not recommended to eat it immediately after childbirth. It can be used after one or two weeks when the spleen and stomach function has recovered better.
3. Therapeutic effects of Eucheuma officinale
(1) Hemostasis and hematinic: Eucheuma officinale has a high efficacy in the treatment of anemia, hemoptysis, recovery of hemoglobin, postpartum leukorrhea in women, aplastic anemia, leukopenia, pre- and postpartum blood deficiency, thrombocytopenia, and functional uterine bleeding, with a total effective rate of 79.7%. Eucheuma officinale has a significant anti-anemic effect, significantly shortening the extracorporeal coagulation time, and can also treat hemorrhagic anemia. Eucheuma officinale has a significant promoting effect on the red blood cells and hemoglobin of ischemic animals, can promote the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells in the body, and has also clarified the mechanism of Eucheuma officinale in stimulating the generation of white blood cell growth factors. Research has found that different doses of Eucheuma officinale have a significant leukocytosis effect, and it is preliminarily recognized that the leukocytosis effect of Eucheuma officinale is that it can promote the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells in the body.
(2) Eucheuma officinale has a significant hematinic effect, and its efficacy is superior to that of iron preparations. (Can postpartum women eat fish? The preferred choice for postpartum women is crucian carp)
(3) Antishock: In anesthetized cats, severe hemorrhagic shock is induced by repeated bloodletting from the femoral artery. Intravenous injection of approximately 8ml/kg of 5% to 6% Eucheuma officinale solution can restore extremely low blood pressure to normal levels and has a relatively long-lasting effect. In addition, histamine is injected intravenously into anesthetized cats to lower blood pressure. At this time, isotonic sodium chloride solution is injected repeatedly for 4 times, with each injection of 10ml, and there is no significant increase in blood pressure. Subsequently, 20ml of 5% Eucheuma officinale solution is injected intravenously, and blood pressure gradually recovers to normal.