Confinement Herbs
Pregnancy @ 34 weeks
Time is getting really near and I really need to get things done fast.
Can see how much herbs we use during our confinement? Huh…I really cannot imagine myself eating them!
Thanks to the help from “Ku Mah” (nanny’s SIL) for helping me get them from one of the shop she knows very well.
I even had to make space clearance in my fridge to store all these. (Bye-bye to all my baking ingredients!)
List of herbs prepared for confinement (according to the daily herb intake list and advice from my CL)
For daily red dates drink
- 1kg Tong sum
- 1kg Meddler Seeds (kei chee)
- 1kg Red dates
- 1kg Blue dates
- 1 pkt Dried Longan Flesh
- RM2 Pak kei
Others
- RM20 Anglelica (Tong Kwai)
- RM20 Pao Sam
- 2 pkt Sen Hua Tang (pre packed. Suitable only for mummies with vaginal delivery)
- 3 pkt Pak Chan (pre packed)
- 3 pkt Sap Chuen (pre packed)
Optional of expensive herbs
- Ginseng (Yan sam)
- Gao Lai Sam
- Tong Chong Chou
Hope the shopping list above is useful to mummies who wish to strictly follow taking Chinese Herbs for confinement.
Just a note: Herbs are widely graded so shop according to our budget. Do only purchase from shops you trust so that you get good grade herbs with good bargain.
Hope that after taking these to heal myself properly, I can recover the beauty of my aging body by just simply taking the natural progesterone to retain my youth.
wow.. so many herbs, i remember during my time, i did not eat that much
oh, time is near .. i feel “kan cheong” for u la… hehehe
Hmm… is good to eat food which is “pou” like herbs, i won surprise so much u have here, u got twin la ….
anyway , hope to hear from ur good good news soon .
yeah la, me too…I remembered during my confinement also didn’t have that many…but maybe cos my mom did for me and she was also didn’t know much…
i remembered during my confinement i requested the CL to buy for me n she brought a box to my house full of herbs n i finished all !! i din noe i can finished the whole thing hahah
Ya it’s good to nourishing yourself after delivery. Time files still have few more weeks for your EDD.
You’re so prepared!!! I’m leaving it to my Mum
wow…these herbs sounds ‘greek’ to me…I am terrible when come to herbs…
Lile Paik Ling, my mom will go n shop for me…
the first week i was still ok with those herbs…after that just felt like vomiting when i saw the herbal soup every day and night.
oh, your red dates drinks have a lot of ingredients… mine was just red dates and kei chee and later, got lazy so only use red dates only!
am all excited for you…
oh my….thank god i dun have to bother abt all these stuffs during ‘my time’. my mom took care of everything…
hehehe
i dunno what i ate also the CL cook, i ate and complaint “eat eat eat how to loose weight?” hehe so stupid of me last time.
i dont bother about these drinks before and during my confinement time, busy with pumped milk…hehe
Elders used to say that confinement is the best time to “poh” yourself as your body will absord all the herbs nutrition, here wishing you a safe delivery and happy “poh..ing”
1 thing off ur mind? Good. I was vy lucky my MIL bot all the herbs for me. So I don’t hv to ‘farn’ myself.
Confinement herbs? I never knew there were such thing.
My mum just made me something and added some brandy or chicken soup with some herbs but nothing that was prepacked for confinement.
you are soooo ready already! that’s nice!
Looks like you are one prepared momma! Anytime soon….and actually the red dates drink is quite tasty, yes?
Great list you have there. Very useful for those without confinement lady of experienced help at home.
geee…..although quite troublesome, it seems fun to prepare everything by myself this time. Learn a great deal out of the herbs, which could be useful (for my DIL) in future!
Hey, the red dates drinks I had in my first confinement is very delicious (using the combination of ingredients above). Anyone need the measurement of the ingredients for the red date soup, do let me know.
Wow, u hv a real long list. I didn’t eat this much herbs during this confinement. I thot kei chee is called wolfberries in Chinese? No?
Shireen
i remember my ex-CL tried to add some into my chicken essense, but since I din like it, i drank it plain. Hope I can obediently taking them this time.
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