Lotus seeds are a common ingredient used by ordinary people to make soup. Eating lotus seeds can achieve the effect of clearing heat and reducing fire, and also have good nourishing functions for the lungs. However, not all people are suitable for consuming such a health food ingredient. Can pregnant women eat lotus seeds?
Lotus seeds are relatively cold in nature, and pregnant mothers may cause damage to yin energy after consuming them. Excessive consumption may also harm fetal qi. So whether pregnant women can consume lotus seeds depends on their specific physical condition.
If women are in a state of excessive blood flow, they can consume lotus seeds appropriately to achieve the effect of reducing heart fire. However, if it is a state of deficiency fire, it cannot be consumed and safer foods can be eaten.
For pregnant women who often experience dry stools and constipation, lotus seeds are also not suitable for consumption. Because lotus seeds have the effect of astringent intestines and stopping diarrhea, if women with this type of constitution eat cold lotus seeds, it is easy to cause intestinal dryness, blood dryness, and aggravation of yin deficiency and internal heat symptoms, which are not conducive to their own and fetal health.
If a pregnant woman has poor spleen and stomach, poor sleep, or a cold constitution, it is not suitable to consume lotus seeds. In order to reduce the negative effects of lotus seeds' coolness, pregnant mothers can add some warm stomach, tonifying qi, and nourishing blood ingredients when consuming them, which can achieve a good neutralizing effect, such as red dates, lilies, red beans, and so on.
