Postpartum

Longan & Red Date Tea

Name: Longan & Red Date Tea
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 servings

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SERVINGS

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Easy

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#iron

#vegetarian

#blood_building

#confinement

A warming blood-nourishing sweet tea for confinement — longan, red dates and goji simmered together; gently sweet, a comforting snack once lochia clears.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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19%

DAILY RDI

Vitamin C

16mg

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11%

DAILY RDI

Folate

68.6µg

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DAILY RDI

Iron

2.1mg

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Longan red date tea is a common warming blood tonic drink in confinement.

🔬 Modern Science

Dates and longan provide iron and energy and are warming and 'blood-nourishing'; being warming, use less during lochia — overall a gentle iron drink.

ℹ️Limited evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Pit dates; rinse longan and goji.

Simmer with water 20 min.

Drink warm; eat the fruit too.

💡桂圆性温，恶露未净先少放。

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🦴Calcium

3%(32mg)

💪Protein

5%(3.7g)

⚡Zinc

4%(0.5mg)

Vitamin C

19%(16mg)

Folate

11%(68.6µg)

Iron

8%(2.1mg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] 中国营养学会.《中国哺乳期妇女膳食指南2022》.

哺乳期需增加铁与水分；注意桂圆温热适量。

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