Horseradish during pregnancy - useful properties and therapeutic effect

For women who do not represent their diets without flavorful spices, it is not easy during the baby's bearing. Gynecologists recommend future mothers to limit the use of such products, and it is better to completely exclude them from the daily menu. But if the desire to eat something sharp is so great that it takes all the thoughts of a woman, you can occasionally pamper yourself. Horseradish during pregnancy is the safest of spices for stew or boiled fish. A small amount of crushed spicy roots will bring even a benefit, but only in the absence of contraindications to their use.

. Useful properties of

. It should be noted immediately that there are no biologically active substances useful to the human body in the shop season. The composition of horseradish includes compounds that have a high volatility. In the process of heat treatment or fermentation, they simply evaporate into the surrounding space. If a pregnant woman has a desire to eat something spicy, then you need to prepare the seasoning yourself, chopping the roots and adding a little olive oil and salt.

It's interesting: Doctors recommend that men who plan to become fathers include the roots of horseradish in their diet. Thanks to its constituent phytoncides, vitamins and microelements, quantitative and qualitative laboratory parameters of sperm are significantly increased.

The high concentration of ascorbic acid in fresh horseradish roots contributes to the increase in the resistance of a woman during the carrying of a child to viral, fungal and bacterial infectious agents. Any cold in this period is extremely undesirable, since almost all pharmacological drugs are contraindicated for future mothers. They can not soar their legs, carry out inhalation procedures with essential oils, apply rubbers and mustard plasters. Therefore, the importance of prevention is difficult to overestimate. It is with this wonderful horseradish, saturating the body of women with phytoncides and microelements. What else is a perennial plant useful for pregnancy:

• organic acids( malic, citric, oxalic) in small amounts prevent excessive gas production and development of its negative symptoms - nausea, vomiting, rumbling and bubbling in the abdomen;
• bioflavonoids increase the elasticity of veins, arteries and capillaries, normalize the blood supply of internal organs with molecular oxygen, nutrients and biological substances necessary for the body of the mother and baby;
• trace elements, potassium, magnesium, copper, iron, molybdenum increase the functional activity of the central nervous system, eliminate the anxiety and anxiety characteristic of women during this period of life;
• phytoncides( anthocyanins) prevent the destruction of free radicals of cells, have a beneficial effect on the appearance of a woman - the condition of the skin, hair and nails.

It is impossible to unequivocally answer the question, whether it is possible for pregnant females. Very much in its roots and leaves folic acid. Gynecologists often additionally prescribe vitamin to pregnant women for proper intrauterine growth and development of the baby. Also seasoning their roots of this perennial plant has a lenient properties. In the period of gestation the growing uterus squeezes the intestines, preventing normal defecation. Organic acids from horseradish roots stimulate smooth muscle muscles of the digestive tract, facilitating the passage of stool.

Treatment and prevention of respiratory infections

To protect yourself from infectious agents in the off-season helps the use of crushed horseradish roots. Plant phytoncides stop inflammation, prevent the penetration of bacteria and viruses into the lower parts of the bronchial tree. It is enough to eat daily just 0.5 teaspoon of spicy seasoning with a piece of dried white bread to avoid sore throats, flu, tracheitis, sinusitis or bronchitis. The use of fresh roots is unacceptable on an empty stomach because of the presence of caustic essential oils in it.

Tip: If the future mother has developed a runny nose, nasal congestion and general malaise, then you need to eat a teaspoon of seasoning with rusk and drink a glass of cranberry mors or infusion of rose hips. This will help to eliminate swelling of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract.

Dry and wet cough

The mustard oil contained in the horseradish roots has the ability to reduce the viscosity of phlegm in the upper and lower respiratory tract. The use of a teaspoon of spicy seasoning can dilute the thick mucus firmly attached to the inner shells of the bronchi and larynx. And bioflavonoids take part in its evacuation from the body.

Gradually the woman's condition begins to improve:

• is a productive cough;
• pain and sore throat disappear;
• improves nasal breathing.

Together with thick mucus viruses, pathogenic bacteria and fungi are derived, as well as toxic compounds released during their growth and reproduction.

Recommendation: The horseradish roots contain a small amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids. These substances have the ability to purify blood vessels from cholesterol blocks. At the same time, the concentration of useful lipids in the veins and arteries only increases.

Application of seasoning during breastfeeding

The use of seasoning from horseradish leaves during lactation increases the functional activity of the gastrointestinal tract and the hematopoiesis of a woman. But extremely negatively affects the baby. Together with the mother's milk, the mustard oil and a large amount of caustic organic acids penetrate the baby's body. What happens to the baby:

• has digestive problems - bloating, painful colic, chronic diarrhea or constipation;
• appear excessive nervous excitability, problems with sleeping and falling asleep, tearfulness;
• burns the mucous membranes of the digestive organs, which in the future can cause erosive or catarrhal gastritis.

Therefore, the question of mothers of newborns and babies about whether it is possible to feed the horseradish, gynecologists respond negatively. Even the use of a pinch of spicy roots with a piece of meat or bread can cause a disturbance in the work of the stomach and intestines in the baby.

Harm and contraindications

The use of spicy condiments always increases the body's need for clean water. And about the time of bearing a baby this can negatively affect the work of the kidneys. Excess load on paired organs will lead to the formation of edema on the face, hands, ankles. Therefore, gynecologists do not recommend that women have a horseradish seasoning in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. At these times, because of the squeezing of the growing uterus of the kidneys, bladder and urethra in many women, the process of urination is disrupted. The liquid remains in the body and is distributed throughout the body in the form of edema.



There are more reasons to abandon the acute seasoning during pregnancy:

• if a pregnant woman has a history of erosive, hyperacid, catarrhal gastritis, the use of horseradish will provoke heartburn, acidic eructation, pain in the epigastric region, putrefactive and fermenting processes;
• flavonoids from the chemical composition of spicy roots are able to reduce the viscosity of the blood, which is very dangerous if any bleeding occurs;
• essential oils have a tonic effect on the smooth muscle fibers of internal organs, including the uterus, and this can provoke premature birth or miscarriage;
• organic acids contained in horseradish are exposed to excessively long metabolism in the liver, slowing down the processes of the breakdown of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, as well as their absorption.

During pregnancy, many women experience hypertension as a result of increased stress on the cardiovascular system. The use of horseradish roots can cause an even sharper rise in blood pressure. A pregnant woman can not make a decision on introducing horseradish into her diet. Consultation with a gynecologist will help to avoid the development of serious complications.