Longan Tea For Confinement
To serve scoop some longans and dates into individual cups and pour the tea.
Longan tea for confinement. This dish is suitable for daily consumption. They use quality brown rice which costs more than the norm. Red date tea is usually included in confinement food menu when ordering from confinement food caterers. Bring to a boil then simmer for about 30 to 40 minutes.
Usually confinement nanny will prepare and store the tea in a thermo flask for mum s daily consumption. Free 250g homemade roasted rice tea worth 160 and 8 days worth of red dates longan tea 5 different herbs and ingredients to consume as a replacement for plain water during confinement. Red dates tea help improve qi boost blood circulation and immune system. Wolfberries have a naturally sweet and herbal taste so you can put more of these if you like.
Add sugar to taste if desired. Place the dried red dates dried longan dried orange and water into a soup pot. For generations women have been consuming red dates tea during their menstruation or confinement period in order to nourish their blood and improve their immune system. I usually put two handfuls.
Red dates dried wolfberry fruit radix codonopsis and dried shelled longan confinement radix codonopsis and red dates tea radix codonopsis 60 gm effective against asthma polydipsia fever spontaneous sweating and metrorrhagia red dates 60 gm invigorating blood reduces frequent urination and nourishes complexion. This is because women after delivery will suffer from swelling or water retention problem and will be advised to avoid water during confinement. Dried longans are sweet so depending on what you like you can put in about 30 pieces. However drinking red dates and longan.
Water is not drank during the confinement period as it is regarded as cooling and may result in abdominal wind. The confinement nanny says to prepare a thicker red date tea the proportion of the ingredients will have to be increased. Longan is also used as anti depressants in traditional chinese medicine as they have shown to have an effect on the central nervous system. Known to improve qi and boost blood circulation this warm red and black dates tea is suitable for daily consumption and is easily prepared with the help of a slow cooker.
Red dates tea for confinement is good for after birth recovery but not during early stages of pregnancy. Do ask the nanny for her red dates tea recipe which you can learn and make next time. The red dates 20 pieces and black dates 4 pieces these are great for that special herbal taste that does. The crock pot can prepare enough tea for the whole day.
Red and black dates tea is a staple in traditional chinese confinement offering gooey sweetness and natural benefits to postpartum mothers.