Waiting for a child is one of the most beautiful periods in a woman's life. However, often it is overshadowed by attacks of toxicosis, the need to abandon the usual products, the fear of catching a viral infection. Ginger will help with all these pregnant women.
Root from all diseases
The root of ginger is truly a storehouse of vitamins and minerals, so necessary during pregnancy. Eat ginger in fresh and pickled form, but most often it is recommended that pregnant women drink tea with ginger.
In the first trimester of pregnancy, this fragrant sunny drink will help future mothers cope with morning sickness and vomiting, constipation and heartburn. Warm tea with ginger is irreplaceable for pregnant women and for colds, flu, bronchitis, headache. In addition, it strengthens the immune system and improves metabolism, reduces the risk of blood clots and restores strength. You can drink ginger tea pregnant between meals in the morning or in the afternoon, and in the evening it is necessary to limit its use.
There are several important rules for making ginger tea:
- If you are preparing tea for the treatment of colds and flu, boil water with ginger for 10 minutes in an open bowl.
- If you use ground dried ginger instead of grated fresh ginger, reduce its amount by half and heat tea on low heat for 20-25 minutes.
- Brew ginger in a thermos, let the drink infuse for several hours.
- Ginger tea can also be consumed as a soft drink. Add to it leaves of mint, ice and sugar to taste.
The best recipes of tea with ginger for pregnant women
Classic tea made from fresh ginger
1-2 tbsp. l. fresh ginger root, grate on a fine grater and pour 200 ml of boiling water. Cook for 10 minutes on low heat, tightly covered with a lid, remove from heat and leave for 5-10 minutes. Add 1-2 tsp. honey and stir well. Drink tea before or after eating small sips.
If you do not have a fresh root at hand, prepare tea from ground ginger: 1/2 or 1/3 tsp. Powder pour 200 ml of boiling water, close the lid and leave for 3-5 minutes. Do not forget to add honey.
Ginger tea with lime
Lime and peeled ginger slice, put in a thermos or jar, pour boiling water and insist for at least an hour.
Ginger drink for colds
Boil 1.5 liters of water, add 3-4 tsp. grated ginger, 5 tbsp. l. honey and stir well. Pour in 5-6 tbsp. l. juice of a lemon or an orange, wrap a jar with a towel or pour a drink into a thermos and let it brew for 30 minutes. Drink hot.
Traditional tea with ginger root
During the preparation of your favorite tea, add 2 tsp to the teapot. grated ginger. Pouring a drink, put honey, lemon and a pinch of red pepper into the cup.
Ginger tea from cough
With a dry cough rubbed root of ginger mix with lemon juice and honey, pour boiling water and let it brew for 20 minutes. When wet coughing is useful ginger, infused with hot milk (1-2 tablespoons grated root for 200 ml of milk) with the addition of honey.
Who ginger is not an assistant?
Future mothers, of course, worried about the question: can pregnant women drink tea with ginger. Doctors do not recommend eating ginger if you suffer from digestive system diseases (ulcers, colitis, esophageal reflux) or cholelithiasis. The ginger root can provoke a rise in blood pressure in pregnant women, as well as premature contractions, so you should not drink ginger tea in the second half of pregnancy.
In reasonable doses tea with ginger during pregnancy will help to improve well-being and cope with some problems of this difficult period.