Can pregnant women eat Polygonum multiflorum?

Can pregnant women eat Polygonum multiflorum? This question is very important for all pregnant friends. For most people, Polygonum multiflorum may not be very well known. This is mainly because it is difficult for most people to see Polygonum multiflorum in real life. Most people have seen Polygonum multiflorum on TV, and mostly in shampoo commercials. But if we just look at the shampoo commercials, we can also know some of the effects of Polygonum multiflorum.

A pregnant woman's body is very weak and fragile. In reality, people are quite considerate in protecting pregnant women. They usually stay at home and rarely go out. Of course, they still need to engage in normal exercise. In addition, there are many things that pregnant women need to pay attention to in their diet. So, can pregnant women eat Polygonum multiflorum? Let's talk about this issue in detail below.

Polygonum multiflorum contains lecithin, as well as enquinones such as chrysophanol, rhein and rhein, which can combine with cholesterol, reduce the intestinal reabsorption of cholesterol, lower blood lipids, prevent atherosclerosis, and also have an inhibitory effect on human tuberculosis bacteria. The chrysophanol contained in Polygonum multiflorum can also promote intestinal motility and prevent constipation. Polygonum multiflorum generally has no side effects, but it can cause laxative effects and mild diarrhea, so it should not be taken by people with loose stools.

Suggestions: Applicable people: those who are preparing to get pregnant. People in the pregnancy stage can eat it, but they have excitatory gland function during pregnancy and should not eat too much.

Main effects: nourishing blood and yin; moistening the intestines and relieving constipation; stopping malaria; dispelling wind; detoxifying. It is used to treat dizziness and vertigo due to blood deficiency, palpitations, insomnia, soreness of waist and knees due to liver-kidney yin deficiency, premature graying of hair, tinnitus, spermatorrhea, dry intestine and constipation, physical weakness due to long-term malaria, itchy rashes, sores, scrofula, and hemorrhoids.

1. Compendium of Materia Medica: This substance is warm in nature and bitter in taste. Bitterness nourishes the kidney, warmth nourishes the liver, and can astringe the essence and qi. Therefore, it can nourish the blood and benefit the liver, consolidate the essence and benefit the kidney, strengthen the tendons and bones, and darken the hair. It is a good tonic, neither cold nor dry, and its efficacy is better than that of Rehmannia glutinosa and Asparagus cochinchinensis. When Qi and blood are in harmony, diseases such as wind deficiency, carbuncle, and scrofula can be cured.

2. "Bencao Huiyan": Because of its astringent nature, it can be used for those with slippery semen, to stop dysentery and diarrhea, and to stop those with long-term malaria and weak qi. This is also an imaginary word. If the Yuan Yang is not solid and the semen is wasted, the Zhong Qi is weak and diarrhea occurs, or the spleen is exhausted and malaria occurs continuously, these three symptoms should be treated with sweet and warm nurturing medicines.

Therefore, through careful reading of the above text, we can know that for pregnant women, it is generally better not to eat Polygonum multiflorum. This is mainly because of the excitatory gland function in the body of pregnant women, so it is better not to eat it. In fact, there are many things that pregnant women cannot eat, such as fried foods, foods with high fat content, spicy and cold foods, etc.