Bleeding gums during pregnancy? Don't just ignore it! Be careful, minor gum bleeding should not be taken lightly, as the consequences can be severe, including premature birth! Come and see, four simple dietary therapies to help improve your gum condition, and learn how to prevent gum bleeding.
1. Stuffed Bell Peppers
Soften dried mushrooms, chop them finely. Chop green tomatoes, onions, and ham into small dice. Cut green and red bell peppers in half, remove the seeds, and chop one half finely. Scrape the inside of the other half and set aside. Heat salad oil in a wok, add all the diced ingredients and stir-fry until fragrant. Add cooked rice and curry powder and mix well. Place the fragrant rice into the hollowed-out halves of the bell peppers. Bake in an oven at 170°C for 25 minutes.
2. Huang Hua Sheng Di Congee
Place daylily flowers, Rehmannia root, and lotus root node into a gauze bag. Add 500ml of water and boil until it reduces to 250ml. Remove the herb bag, add japonica rice to cook into a congee, and season with sugar. Eat for breakfast.
3. Honey Orange Chicken
4 oranges, 100g chicken breast, egg white, fine salt, MSG, starch, water starch, cooking wine, and适量 amount of celery leaves, white radish shreds. First, wash the oranges, cut them in half, and place them on a plate. Peel the remaining oranges and dice the pulp. Wash the chicken breast, dice it, and marinate it in a bowl with fine salt, MSG, egg white, cooking wine, and starch. In another bowl, mix fine salt, cooking wine, and water starch to make a thin starch slurry. Heat a wok over a flame, pour in salad oil, and when it reaches 3-4成热 (about 120-150°C), add the chicken dice and stir until separated, then drain the oil. Return the chicken and orange dice to the wok, add the starch slurry, stir quickly, and remove from heat. Pour the mixture onto the halved orange peels on the plate and garnish with white radish shreds and celery leaves. This recipe is rich in vitamins C, B1, B2, carotene, niacin, dietary fiber, and trace elements such as iron, zinc, and calcium.
4. Red Pepper Salad with Lotus Root
2 red peppers, 1 tender lotus root, sugar, ginger, sesame oil, fragrant vinegar, and fine salt. First, wash the lotus root, red peppers, and ginger. The final rinse should be with warm boiled water. Peel the lotus root and slice it thinly. Place the slices directly into a container, add fine salt and about 300ml of cold water, and soak until soft. Remove and arrange on a plate. Remove the seeds and stems from the red peppers, shred them, and place them on top of the lotus root. Shred the ginger. Sprinkle sugar, fragrant vinegar, and ginger shreds over the lotus root and red pepper shreds, let it marinate for a while, then drizzle with sesame oil and mix well.
5. Miao Gen Congee
Maogen (Imperata cylindrical rhizome) is cold-natured and affects the Lung, Stomach, and Bladder meridians. It has the effects of cooling blood to stop bleeding, clearing heat and promoting urination, and clearing heat from the Lung and Stomach. It can be used for stomach heat and discomfort, nausea, lung heat with cough and wheezing, vexation, bitterness in the mouth, thirst, and gum bleeding. Its effect of clearing heat, dampness, and toxins is relatively mild. Besides people with a damp-heat constitution, it is also suitable for the general population to consume during the summer.
In addition, patients with gum bleeding should avoid fried, stir-fried, spicy and irritating, and hard foods to prevent aggravating fire and bleeding, such as large peppers, ginger, onions, chives, and various pickled foods in vinegar. They should also avoid seafood and other "trigger" foods that can provoke bleeding and worsen the condition, such as shrimp, crab, and sea fish.
There are many causes of gum bleeding, but especially for pregnant women, effective prevention can yield twice the results with half the effort. Here are some suggestions for treating and preventing gum bleeding:
1. Rinse your mouth after every meal and at night. Patients with gingivitis can use mouthwash to kill most pathogenic bacteria in the oral cavity and periodontium, and to freshen breath.
2. Insist on brushing your teeth in the morning and evening. Patients with gingivitis should use medicated toothpaste. It is best to buy several different types of medicated toothpastes with hemostatic effects and use them alternately, preferably from different brands.
3. Use dental floss daily (preferably after every meal and before going to bed). Those with large interdental spaces should also use interdental brushes to remove debris and food residues from the tooth surfaces and periodontium, preventing the formation of plaque and tartar.