The article will talk about which berries are useful and which berries are harmful during pregnancy.
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Delicious and rich in vitamins berries, such as: viburnum, lingonberries, blueberries and blueberries during pregnancy very often become an obsessive idea for expectant mothers. This is not surprising, because these sweet and sour fruits contain a whole storehouse of useful substances, of which, like bricks, a new organism is built.
But not all of the listed berries are completely safe during the period of bearing: blueberries and blue can eat without fearing, but the use of viburnum can cause such severe consequences that it is better to exclude it from the diet of a pregnant woman in general.
Kalina during pregnancy: beneficial properties and contraindications
Kalina has long been known as a very potent and extremely effective means to combat many ailments:
- It helps to treat a cold, as it contains shock doses of vitamin C
- Treats digestive tract diseases
- Strengthens immunity
- Raises the level of hemoglobin due to the high iron content
- Beneficial affects the work of the kidneys
- Reduces blood pressure, which is capable of a very limited number of plant products
But the very substance that reduces blood pressure, namely viburnin, is a danger to expectant mothers.
Important: Kalina during pregnancy is contraindicated due to the fact that its bark and fruits contain viburnin. This substance increases the tone and contractility of the uterus. And this, in turn, is practically a synonym for the threat of miscarriage at the beginning of pregnancy, and the threat of premature birth at the end.
From several berries, for sure, nothing will happen, and even from a whole handful, if it was eaten at a time, probably too. But drinking fruit drinks from viburnum during pregnancy, and regularly, is definitely not worth it. It is this opinion that can be found in literary sources. In the Encyclopedia "Medicinal Plants", edited by Ilyina, it is written that Kalina is undesirable for pregnant women at all.
The fact that viburnum provokes the tone of the uterus and stimulates its contractions is very bad for pregnant women. However, its same properties will be useful in childbirth!
Berries of viburnum interspersed with sugar or decoction of raspberry bark will speed up the process of the baby’s appearance, so they will be useful with weak labor.
Kalina is also used in other cases when the uterine tone will not interfere, for example, with abundant and painful menstruation and immediately after childbirth.
Kalina from coughing during pregnancy
To make a vitamin drink from a cough from viburnum, make the following as follows:
- Put the berries of fresh or thawed viburnum in a cup
- Pull them with sugar
- Add boiling water or warm boiled water
But, given that viburnum can harm during pregnancy, you should not use a whole bunch of berries, as advised in ordinary cough recipes. For pregnant women, only 6-7 viburnum berries are placed in a drink, and even this is due to certain risks. Some, instead of diluting viburnum with water, add it to tea. For the treatment of colds, both the first and second option is equally effective.
Blueberries during pregnancy benefits and harms
Blueberries are very useful and capable of curing many diseases, in the old days in Russia it was even called a "young berry." Nowadays, blueberries extracts are part of many pharmacy drugs. So why not use natural blueberries, like a medicine?
Side effects from the use of blueberries during pregnancy
Contraindications for taking blueberries during pregnancy are minimal. Berries and a decoction of leaves have astringent effects, which is not very good for pregnant women, since they, as a rule, have a tendency to constipation. In addition, blueberries are contraindicated, in cases where the expectant mother suffers from urolithiasis or liver diseases.
Blueberry benefits during pregnancy
The magical combination of vitamins, trace elements and other substances necessary for the body makes blueberries with an excellent medicine. For women who expect a baby, such beneficial properties of this berry are especially relevant:
- Blueberries stimulates metabolic processes, which means that it will help easily cope with hormonal restructuring during pregnancy
- This plant helps to get rid of toxins, has a diuretic and choleretic effect. Without harmful substances, the body will be much easier to cope with the double load. But the same properties of blueberries make it dangerous for women who suffer from urolithiasis or gallstone disease, as they can provoke an attack
- Blueberries are dietary and at the same time a delicious product, so it is suitable for the diet of those who are afraid to gain excess weight
How to use blueberries during pregnancy?
For the preparation of drug raw materials, almost all parts of the plant are used: berries, twigs, leaves and even roots. Blueberry leaves should be collected in May-June, when they already contain many useful substances, but still quite fresh.
- To make a decoction, pour 100 g of dried blueberries with a liter of water, then bring the pan to a boil, cover with a lid and insist within at least 15 minutes
- Blueberry leaves can be brewed directly in the cup, like ordinary tea. For 200 ml of water, you need to take a tablespoon of dried leaves. First, the leaves are poured with a small amount of boiling water and insisted for 15 minutes, then the remaining water and sugar are added
Blueberry leaves during pregnancy are used as a natural and harmless anti -inflammatory agent:
- With a cold, drink infusion or tea from blueberries
- With angina and stomatitis, the throat is rinseed with the same decoction
- In inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, tea from blueberries are drunk
- Иногда отвар из листьев черники используют и наружно для того, чтобы снять с кожи воспаление
Blueberries beneficial properties during pregnancy
- From the berries, blueberries and sugar make jam and canned compotes, which are then used as vitamin blanks. For pregnant women, it is especially important that the berries of blueberries contain iron and vitamins of group B, which are so important in the first trimester
- A decoction is made from the leaves. Two tablespoons of raw materials are poured with a glass of boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes, then the decoction is insisted until it cools down. Such a decoction is used as a soft laxative and helps normalize the work of the intestines
Fresh berries of lingonberries during pregnancy: benefits and contraindications
Fresh lingonberries are an excellent tool for strengthening immunity and a source of vitamins necessary during pregnancy.
- There are a lot of vitamin C in these berries, necessary for everyone and everyone, especially the future mothers
- Brusnika is also rich in vitamins of group B, which are not only important for the development of the nervous system of the fetus, but also help the future mother to remain in the good mood of the spirit. A good mood is very important for pregnant women.
- The content of carotene, useful for vision, is even higher in lingonberries than in carrots.
- A complex of vitamins contained in this berry makes it an excellent means to maintain immunity and combat a cold
But Brusnika also has its disadvantages. These berries are quite acidic, so they are contraindicated in the ulcer of the stomach and gastritis, which is accompanied by increased acidity.
Important: even women with a healthy gastrointestinal tract are not recommended to eat lingonberries on an empty stomach
In addition, lingonberries during pregnancy are contraindicated for women prone to uterine bleeding and expectant mothers who have low blood pressure.
Brusnika leaves use during pregnancy from edema: Recipe
Two tablespoons of leaves should be thrown into 200 ml of boiling water and warm in a water bath for half an hour. After that, the decoction is insisted for 2 days and filter. The finished infusion is taken 50 ml 2-3 times a day.
Lingonberry during pregnancy in the early stages
Among gynecologists there is no unequivocal opinion about the use of lingonberries during pregnancy: some advise it to everyone, since this is an excellent source of vitamins, others are categorically configured against the use of lingonberries with pregnant women, especially in the early stages. The reason for the fears is that lingonberries can increase the tone of the uterus and dilutes blood, which increases the likelihood of bleeding.
Fruit drinks and compote from lingonberries during pregnancy: recipe
Making a lingonberry compote is very simple:
- You need to take 200-300 grams of berries per liter of water, depending on how rich the compote you want to get
- Bring to a boil and cook for another 7 minutes
- Add sugar to taste, you need to no more than a tablespoon without a slide per liter
- If desired, you can add other berries to lingonberries: rose hips, raspberries or currants
To make a frit from lingonberries:
- Mash 200 g of berries
- Add sugar to lingonberry, in a ratio of 2: 1
- Pour a mixture of water (you need about 300 ml water)
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly
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