Chrysanthemum is rich in volatile oil, which can promote digestion and increase appetite, supplement fiber, and promote intestinal peristalsis. Regular consumption by pregnant women can promote defecation, moisten the intestines, and also supplement carotenoids. Lettuce has high nutritional value and can supplement fiber and vitamin C. Due to the health of the fetus, it can also accelerate blood circulation, so pregnant women can use lettuce and chrysanthemum.

The benefits of eating chrysanthemum for pregnant women: The volatile oil with a special fragrance in chrysanthemum helps to relieve middle qi and regulate qi, promotes digestion and increases appetite, and the contained rough fiber helps to promote intestinal peristalsis and defecation, achieving the purpose of purging intestines and promoting bowel movement.

Chrysanthemum is rich in vitamins, carotenoids, and various amino acids, with a sweet and flat taste, which can nourish the heart and calm the mind, moisten the lungs and nourish the liver, stabilize emotions, and prevent memory decline; in addition, chrysanthemum has a fragrant smell, which can dissipate phlegm and relieve depression.

Chrysanthemum contains a variety of amino acids, fats, proteins, and high levels of mineral salts such as sodium and potassium, which can regulate the metabolism of body fluids, promote urination, and eliminate edema; chrysanthemum contains a volatile oil and substances such as choline, which have the effects of lowering blood pressure and nourishing the brain. Chrysanthemum is rich in vitamin A precursor and folic acid, which are very important for pregnant women and are indispensable for the healthy development of the fetus.

Pregnant women should pay attention to eating chrysanthemum: Chrysanthemum is pungent and slippery, and those with stomach weakness and diarrhea should not eat it in large quantities. Chrysanthemum is turbid and causes heat, and excessive intake is prohibited in one sitting.

What vegetables should pregnant women not eat

Absolute taboos: amaranth (red amaranth, slippery in nature)

Relative taboos: radish, bitter melon (both cool in nature), eggplant, water chestnut (both cold in nature), kai lan, rapeseed, black fungus (invigorates blood), coriander, chive (excites the uterus)

Edible vegetables: Chinese cabbage, white crane, broad bean, spinach, cauliflower, bell pepper, tree ear mushroom, scallion, winter melon, snow peas, sweet potato, soybean sprouts, cucumber, carrot, cowpea, enoki mushroom, cabbage, amaranth, asparagus, soybean, mushroom, pumpkin, lotus root, oyster mushroom, celery, green pepper, yam, lettuce, luffa, garlic stem, chrysanthemum, potato, lettuce, shiitake mushroom, Chinese cabbage, oyster mushroom, tomato, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, shiitake mushroom, onion, silver ear, lettuce, kidney bean, taro, bamboo shoot, purple cabbage, purple sweet potato.