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Chinese Confinement: The Early Days

16 October 2012 4,852 views 3 Comments

 

 

The journey for Chinese Confinement #7 started about 4 days ago.

This page is about Chinese Confinement in the early days. True “body-recovering” doesn’t actually happen until past days 10-12. That’s when you take out the heavy artillery. For now, the first 10-12 days (some say 8-10) should be light, mild and “taking it easy”. This doesn’t mean you can eat “cooling foods” or take showers and let your hair to air dry, it means your diet is light. From various sources at the wet mart and Chinese herbalists, the advice is to drink these light teas and lay off the power herbs.

I will continue to add as I learn more here, but here’s a start.

You can also read forward to prepare for Chinese Confinement: The Final Days (Day 13-30).

 

Chinese Confinement drinks, teas & soups (for the early days):

Wood Ear & Red Dates Tea
Black Bean, Rice and Ginger Water
Chinese Yam with Apples and Corn in Chicken Broth
Green Papaya, Fish & Dried Octopus Soup
Herbal Pork Soup with Longans (and Ginger)

 

Chinese Confinement foods and snacks (for the early days):

Steamed Pork Patty with Ginger
Ginger & Green Onion Sauce
Soy Sauce Chicken Wings and Feet



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