(2009/07) July 2009 MTBs
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Beverly - CONGRATS !!! Reading your posts give me huge huge huge relief to hear that it is not as scary as it seems. i will stop reading any other posts on c-sect so that i will only have good memory of yours
glad that your bbies are ok, and good weight too. did u say they are in special nursery ? but 2 kg plus shld be ok right ? gues docs want to be k.s.
hbb - har ? cannot eat chix and eggs for 1 week after c-sect ? ok i vaguely remember some ppl saying this also but forgot. i better remember this time
YAM
my tea lady in the office tells me cant eat yam cos will itch. not sure if true
MILO
i drink everyday now leh... uh oh you mean too much will decrease BM ?? jia luk
netted bouncer - ok thanks for tip on touching the floor. will go check out some more.
hbb - har ? cannot eat chix and eggs for 1 week after c-sect ? ok i vaguely remember some ppl saying this also but forgot. i better remember this time
YAM
my tea lady in the office tells me cant eat yam cos will itch. not sure if true
MILO
i drink everyday now leh... uh oh you mean too much will decrease BM ?? jia luk
netted bouncer - ok thanks for tip on touching the floor. will go check out some more.
hbb, the papaya fish soup sounds so yummy! I heard that the papaya is good for BM ya? I took vernugreek leaf, the real veggie, bought from wet market one. Dunno what's the name here, but my maid bought for me in the wet market, she know the shape of the leaves. We called it daun katub. It's something like tapioca leave. Boil it then just drink the water (tasteless). The next day my BM supply tripled! once the nipple got pinch or sucked by the baby, it will squirt out like water fountain. no kidding!, it can be like 50cm high from your nipple shoot to the ceiling. hahaha...sometime my boy face also kena till wet.got 1 time also my nipple accidentaly press something then the milk shoot my husband face!
HERBS
i also quite clueless on what herbs. will just leave to CL, MIL and my mum to sort it out. i'm still taking birdsnest. never heard of it being heaty. thot its neutral. maybe its the herbs you cook with that makes it heaty ?
BIG TUMMY
yup my tummy is so big that i cant sleep at night, even though i use like 800 pillows. but i try to focus on good side is that big tummy = bigger bbies. my tummy is quite funny, like to be pointy pointy in front, even when i lie on my back, it is still quite pointy, not flopping to the sides. guess my girls like to hang out on the front seat
i also quite clueless on what herbs. will just leave to CL, MIL and my mum to sort it out. i'm still taking birdsnest. never heard of it being heaty. thot its neutral. maybe its the herbs you cook with that makes it heaty ?
BIG TUMMY
yup my tummy is so big that i cant sleep at night, even though i use like 800 pillows. but i try to focus on good side is that big tummy = bigger bbies. my tummy is quite funny, like to be pointy pointy in front, even when i lie on my back, it is still quite pointy, not flopping to the sides. guess my girls like to hang out on the front seat
Etirto,
The black fungus u are suppose to get it those that one is is grey and the other sideis balck.. not those both black kind.
that's what my mum told me.
the soup u can buy from Eu Yan Sang.. they have thos pre pack ones.. u can ask their Snr Sales staff to advise you.
I got this off different source..
Hope its helpful for you...
Week 1 menu design: Focuses on expelling discharge and water levels in the body, also helping the uterus recover to its original size. This is also the ideal time to recover body weight. Here, our main dish include pig liver and traditional post partum drink.
Sheng hua tang
------------------
Can get it from d Chinese herb shop.
The soup shld be taken once or twice only after the child birth.
Preparation:
· One packet of sheng hua tang herbals mix with 4 bowls of water (1000ml).
· Reserve the saffron (hong hua) from d herbals.
· Place it in the serving bowl, ready to use.
· Cook the rest of d herbal with water, bring to boil, then reduce to low heat.
· Cook till remain 1 bowl of soup.
· Strain well n pour over to the retained saffron immediately.
· Cover n soak for 15 min.
· Through sieve n serve hot....
Method 2:
· Boil it with 4 bowls of water. Once it is boil, switch to small fire.
· Brew it with small fire for 1 hour.
· Then turn off fire.
· Put the red flower herb in a bowl.
· Once the soup is ready, pour it into the bowl with red flower herb inside.
· Cover it for 10 mins and it is ready to drink.
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Week 2 menu design: Centers on easing waist and back pains and preventing post partum waist and back pains via pig kidneys and Chinese medicinal broth with Eucommia Bark (du zhong).
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Week 3~4 menu design: Focuses on replenishing blood, “chi” or energy levels, prevention from aging and improving circulation. Here, our main dish is black sesame oil chicken and Chinese medicinal broths.
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The concept of post delivery confinement relates to very specific post-natal care for one month after childbirth. Predominantly a Chinese practice, this one month period known as the confinement period is believed to be a crucial time where the new mother’s strength and vitality must be properly replenished to prevent ailments like premature ageing or rheumatism from setting in.
Apart from being a preventive measure against health problems, certain ingredients used in the special diet during the confinement period is also intended to help boost the body for milk production.
Various ingredients found in confinement food recipes eg. ginger, black vinegar, sesame oil, rice wine, eggs, red dates etc. are ingredients very commonly used in everyday Chinese cooking. These seemingly humble and simple ingredients make up the core of confinement food cooking due to their distinctive health-enhancing values targeted at strengthening and boosting the vitality of the new mother.
The specific health benefits of some confinement food ingredients and a sample of the dishes they are featured in can be found below:
Old Ginger
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A mainstay of confinement food, it is used mainly to dispel “wind” from the body. It is generally believed that the new mother will find significant traces of “wind” in her body after childbirth. If left unchecked, it may lead to ailments like rheumatism or inexplicable aches and pains later in life.
Ginger is also useful in supporting good intestinal digestion and overall blood circulation.
Most confinement dishes use some amount of old ginger. Some tasty confinement dishes featured in our menu using a fair amount of old ginger include Long Bean with Pork with Ginger, Stir Fried Fish with Ginger and Spring Onions as well as Stir Fried Chicken in Mushroom Sauce and Ginger.
Black Vinegar
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Traditionally known for its curative ability to help purify the blood and cleanse the arteries, black vinegar is used in one of the most popular confinement dishes, Pork Knuckles in Ginger and Vinegar. The generous amount of vinegar used in the cooking readily dissolves the calcium content in the pork bones, resulting in a delectable dish of succulent pork in healthy, calcium-rich gravy.
Sesame Oil
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Rich in Vitamin E, iron and calcium, sesame oil is used in many confinement food recipes largely due to its “heaty” nature as the new mother is advised to avoid “cooling” foodstuff which may unnecessarily induce “wind” in the body.
It also provides nourishment through improving circulation, overall strength and vitality.
Grilled Chicken with Sesame Oil and Ginger, Stir Fried Pig’s Liver with Ginger & Sesame Oil and Sesame Oil with Black Date Chicken Soup are just some of the delightful dishes using sesame oil, done to perfection by our highly skilled in-house chef.
Chinese Wolfberry, Boxthorn Fruit (Gou Qi)
----------------------------------------------
Very high in antioxidant properties, Chinese Wolfberry is commonly consumed to promote good eyesight. It particularly nourishes liver and kidney functions and is also greatly valued for delaying ageing, boosting energy and improving internal strength.
Our special in-house dishes featuring Chinese Wolfberry are Steamed Beancurd with Minced Pork & Chinese Wolfberry and Stir Fried Liver with Chinese Wolfberry.
Black Fungus
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Commonly known to alleviate “dryness” and promote circulation of the body, black fungus particularly aids in nourishing the lungs, stomach and liver.
More importantly, due to its rich iron content, it is exceptionally good for helping to purge the body of stale blood.
The home-cooked goodness of black fungus can be found in our confinement dishes like Chicken Soup with Wine & Black Fungus and Black Fungus with Cauliflower.
Angelica (Dang Gui)
---------------------------
Renowned for its main function as a blood tonic, Angelica is a potent Chinese medicinal tonic used for enhancing blood circulation. Its most common use is by women who consume it on a regular basis to maintain regularity in monthly menstruation cycles.
Mostly used in soup recipes, our menu features nutritious Double Boiled Angelica Chicken Tonic Soup as well as a delicious original creation, Soy Sauce Fish with Angelica.
Red Dates
----------------
Also known to nourish the blood like Angelica, red dates are used in soups or most commonly brewed with dried longan and Chinese wolfberry to be consumed in place of water during the confinement period as drinking plain water is generally discouraged due to the belief that plain water contains “wind”.
Cold water is particularly frowned upon as it may “chill” the body system still recovering from a weakened state after childbirth.
Longan Red Dates Tea using red dates and dried longan is provided free with our confinement meals.
We also offer Red Dates with Papaya Chicken Soup in our menu – a remarkably wholesome soup for purifying the blood and improving blood circulation.
Dried Longan
--------------------
A great tonic for the nourishment of the blood through reinforcing the blood-building functions of the heart and spleen, dried longan is also frequently consumed for its additional benefits like calming the nerves and promoting restful sleep.
Black Bean
------------------
Apart from being a rich source of fibre and folate, black bean provides excellent nutrition for blood circulation due to its iron concentration.
Combined with red dates which are also good for boosting improved blood circulation, Black Bean, Red Dates Spare Ribs Soup is one deliciously wholesome soup any new mother can certainly enjoy during her confinement period.
Tumeric
----------------
Primarily used in Asian curries, tumeric is a powerful antioxidant best known for its anti-inflammatory properties.
We feature a deliciously nutritious dish, Braised Tumeric Chicken in our confinement menu.
Pepper
---------------
Pepper has great antioxidant and anti-bacterial benefits which help promote good digestive tract health. It is generally consumed during the confinement period to help drive out “wind” in the body as well as to promote bowel regularity.
Our menu selections using pepper include Peppered Pig’s Stomach Soup, Black Pepper Chicken and Stir Fried Lean Meat in Black Pepper Sauce with Ginger.
Polygonum (He Shou Wu)
--------------------------------
A renowned Chinese tonic for the nourishment of hair, Polygonum is believed to help decelerate the greying of hair. Through boosting blood circulation, it is particularly effective for reducing postnatal hair loss.
Polygonum is also excellent for maintaining internal strength and vitality, reducing blood pressure and cholesterol on top of yielding anti-ageing benefits.
We cater two very nourishing soups, Pork Ribs Soup with Polygonum and Double Boiled Polygonum & Chicken in our menu.
Encommiae Bark (Du Zhong)
--------------------------------
Also commonly known as Eucommia Bark, by traditional Chinese medicinal definition, Encommiae Bark has warm and calming properties. Its consumption is specifically beneficial in helping to reduce stress and tension as well as to maintain good circulation.
Encommiae Bark is also a marvellous tonic for strengthening the kidneys, hence a life-saving remedy for back aches post delivery.
Encommiae Bark (Du Zhong) Healthy Soup is offered in our menu featuring an extensive list of nutritious soups guaranteed to enhance any new mother’s recovery during the confinement period.
Lily Flower
-------------------
Akin to the Encommiae Bark, Lily Flower is excellent for claming the nerves.
Fried Beancurd with Dried Lily Flower is a dish found in our menu, specially created to complement the postnatal confinement diet.
Preview additional nutritious selections of confinement dishes offered in our menu:
(1) Fried Rice with Ginger & Egg – This simple yet nutritious staple is extremely good for dispelling “wind”, invigorating internal strength, boosting circulation and promoting good complexion.
(2) Fish & Papaya Soup – The combination of rich protein from the fish and sap from the papaya is highly effective for stimulating the milk glands, boosting lactation and milk flow.
(3) Nourishing "Ba Zhen" Herbal Soup – A tonic soup excellent for nourishing the blood and stimulating blood circulation.
(4)"Hong Zao" Chicken – Featuring tender chicken pieces cooked in fermented wine, this dish is great for revitalizing general health.
(5)“Bei Qi” & “Dang Shen” (Astragalus Root & Codonopsis Tea) – A combination of 2 Chinese herbal tonics, this tea is extremely good for boosting general health, building internal strength and fighting post delivery fatigue.
(6) Lemon Grass "Sheng Yu" Soup – For repelling “wind” and cooling body “heatiness”.
Pork ribs & peanut soup (serves 4)
Ingredients :
Pork ribs 500gm
Fresh groundnuts 300gm
Red dates 12 pcs
Garlic 6 pcs
Huiji waist tonic 60-80ml (I think the waist tonic’s Chinese name is huiji bu yao jing. Can get at NTUC fairprice)
Instructions:
1. Clean pork ribs
2. Boil pork ribs with groundnuts in water and pour away water.
3. Put fresh water to boil and add in red dates and garlic to simmer for around 1 hour.
4. Add 60-80 ml of Waist tonic.
5. Serve immediately while hot, Gd for breastfeeding mums to drink as much hot soup as possible to help lactation
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BLACK CHICKEN & BLACK BEAN SOUP
(Good for new mothers who’ve lost lots of blood during delivery. This tonic is good for invigorating blood circulation. Take plenty of rest after drinking this soup to help speed up recovery!)
1 Black Chicken
200g Black Beans
2 cups Chinese Rice Wine / DOM
4 slices old ginger
2 Tbs Sesame Seed Oil
* Gut & Clean Chicken.
* Heat Oil then fry ginger slices and black beans until fragrant (approx 2 to 3mins). Then also add the chicken to fry about 5mins.
* Put all the ingredients into the crockpot and fill pot with HOT water until the level is about 1/2full. Boil for 2 to 3hrs until soup is fragrant.
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Pig’s trotters with vinegar – zhu jiao cu (serves 4)
Ingredients:
Red dates 12 pcs
Pig’s trotters 1 pc
Garlic 10 pcs
Black vinegar 2 tsps
Oyster sauce 1 tsp
Soya sauce 1 tsp
Huiji Waist Tonic 40-80ml
Instructions:
1. Clean and split pig’s trotters
2. Boil pig’s trotters in water and pour away water
3. Add vinegar, garlic, red dates, oyster sauce and soya sauce to pig’s trotters and simmer for 1 hour
4. Add 40-80ml of Waist tonic before serving
Pig trotters:
Remember to use sweet black vinegar and NOT the type you put in your mince pork noodles. The black dog brand is the common one.
If confinement, you should also add in ginger which you can fry in some sesame oil first.
Also, not sure if you should add oyster sauce during confinement
Papaya and Fish Soup
Ingredients:
Green (unripe) or semi-ripe papaya 700g
Fish, can b snakehead, carp, seabream, pomfret... 300g
Fish bones
Red dates 12 pcs
Dang Shen 2 pcs
Yuzhu 5g
Ginger 6 slices
huiji waist tonic 40-80ml
Instructions:
* Put fish bones, ginger, dang shen, red dates, yuzhu in water and boil for half an hour
* Add papaya and when papaya softens, add fish and simmer till fish is cooked
* Add 40-80 ml of waist tonic (i think u can get it at most supermarkets)
* Serve immediately. heard it's gd for breastfeeding mums to drink as much piping hot soup as possible as it helps lactation
Papaya and fish soup:
Use Fish bones cos if you don't finish the soup in one sitting, you can keep boiling it without ending up with a bowl of mushy soup at the end.
Also, throw in a piece of dried orange peel (can be bought from Chinese medical halls) to help rid the sometimes overpowering fish taste.
WAI-SAN CHICKEN TONIC
(Light Herbal Tonic. Soothes nerves of Tired New Mother, improves health)
1 Black Chicken
20g Wai San / huaishan (Dioscorea)
20g Kei Chee / qizhi (Medlar Seeds)
20g Dried Longan Flesh
Gut & Clean chicken. Scald in hot water for 3mins (or use the microwave).
Rinse herbs. Then put all ingredients in crockpot and fill pot ½ full with HOT water. Boil for 3 hrs until fragrant.
BLACK CHICKEN & BLACK BEAN SOUP
(Good for new mothers who’ve lost lots of blood during delivery. This tonic is good for invigorating blood circulation. Take plenty of rest after drinking this soup to help speed up recovery!)
1 Black Chicken
200g Black Beans
2 cups Chinese Rice Wine / DOM
4 slices old ginger
2 Tbs Sesame Seed Oil
Gut & Clean Chicken.
Heat Oil then fry ginger slices and black beans until fragrant (approx 2 to 3mins).
Then also add the chicken to fry about 5mins.
Put all the ingredients into the crockpot and fill pot with HOT water until the level is about 1/2full.
Boil for 2 to 3hrs until soup is fragrant.
TU-CHONG TONIC SOUP
(For mothers who have terrible backaches after delivery. This tonic helps strengthen your lumbar region.)
50g black beans, pan-fried without oil 20g Tu-Chong / duzhong (Eucommia)
10g Wai-san / huaishan (Dioscorea)
10g Medlar seeds (Kei-Chee/qizhi)
5g Longan flesh
500g Meat Bones
Scald the bones in Boiling water for 3 mins.
Rinse all herbs.
Put all ingredients in crockpot and fill 1/2 full with HOT water.
Boil for 3 hrs before drinking warm.
BATT-CHAN CHA ("8 Precious" Herbal Tea)
(This herbal mixture has the properties of building blood cells, improving circulation, and specifically to strengthen the Female Reproductive Organs)
1 packet Batt Chan Cha Herbal Mixture - from supermarkets/Chinese Medicine Shops
1 egg
Rinse all herbs & put in crockpot with the Egg (to hard-boil) and fill with ½ pot HOT water.
Boil for 2hrs.
Drink tea warm, preferably before bedtime.
Egg should be eaten.
TONG-KWAI & DATES TONIC
(Tong-Kwai is believed to build blood, improve circulation, and strengthen the Female Reproductive Organs. This is a very easy & palatable form of eating Tong-Kwai as the Dates lends a sweet taste to the tonic.)
1 small handful of Tong-Kwai
1 small handful of Black Dates (red dates also can be used)
Rinse all herbs & put in a small pot.
Boil, then simmer for 2hrs.
Drink tea warm - throughout the day.
CHICKEN WINE TONIC
(If you are not adverse to drinking too much wine, you can try this tonic. By the long boiling time, the alcoholic spirit would have evaporated. It Invigorates the blood circulation. Take before bedtime)
1 Black Chicken, approx. 300g,
3/4 cup Benedictine DOM (My confinement Nanny uses XO Cognac, and it has a lovely taste)
50g Medlar Seeds (Kei Chee / qizhi)
Gut & Clean Chicken thoroughly. Put all ingredients into crockpot and fill ½ full with HOT water. & boil for 3 hrs.
(Note: If you're boiling soup as well for your meals, you may do what my confinement nanny did to save some time & space. She put this tonic in a double-boiler container, and put it into the soup which was boiling in the crockpot.)
TONG-KWAI / PUK-KAY CHICKEN TONIC
1 black chicken
20g sliced Tong-Kwai / dangshen (angelica)
20g Puk-Kay / beiqi (astragalus)
Gut & Clean the chicken.
Rinse herbs.
Put all ingredients into crockpot and fill ½ full with HOT water.
Boil for 3 hrs
The black fungus u are suppose to get it those that one is is grey and the other sideis balck.. not those both black kind.
that's what my mum told me.
the soup u can buy from Eu Yan Sang.. they have thos pre pack ones.. u can ask their Snr Sales staff to advise you.
I got this off different source..
Hope its helpful for you...
Week 1 menu design: Focuses on expelling discharge and water levels in the body, also helping the uterus recover to its original size. This is also the ideal time to recover body weight. Here, our main dish include pig liver and traditional post partum drink.
Sheng hua tang
------------------
Can get it from d Chinese herb shop.
The soup shld be taken once or twice only after the child birth.
Preparation:
· One packet of sheng hua tang herbals mix with 4 bowls of water (1000ml).
· Reserve the saffron (hong hua) from d herbals.
· Place it in the serving bowl, ready to use.
· Cook the rest of d herbal with water, bring to boil, then reduce to low heat.
· Cook till remain 1 bowl of soup.
· Strain well n pour over to the retained saffron immediately.
· Cover n soak for 15 min.
· Through sieve n serve hot....
Method 2:
· Boil it with 4 bowls of water. Once it is boil, switch to small fire.
· Brew it with small fire for 1 hour.
· Then turn off fire.
· Put the red flower herb in a bowl.
· Once the soup is ready, pour it into the bowl with red flower herb inside.
· Cover it for 10 mins and it is ready to drink.
-----------------------
Week 2 menu design: Centers on easing waist and back pains and preventing post partum waist and back pains via pig kidneys and Chinese medicinal broth with Eucommia Bark (du zhong).
----------------------------
Week 3~4 menu design: Focuses on replenishing blood, “chi” or energy levels, prevention from aging and improving circulation. Here, our main dish is black sesame oil chicken and Chinese medicinal broths.
-----------------
The concept of post delivery confinement relates to very specific post-natal care for one month after childbirth. Predominantly a Chinese practice, this one month period known as the confinement period is believed to be a crucial time where the new mother’s strength and vitality must be properly replenished to prevent ailments like premature ageing or rheumatism from setting in.
Apart from being a preventive measure against health problems, certain ingredients used in the special diet during the confinement period is also intended to help boost the body for milk production.
Various ingredients found in confinement food recipes eg. ginger, black vinegar, sesame oil, rice wine, eggs, red dates etc. are ingredients very commonly used in everyday Chinese cooking. These seemingly humble and simple ingredients make up the core of confinement food cooking due to their distinctive health-enhancing values targeted at strengthening and boosting the vitality of the new mother.
The specific health benefits of some confinement food ingredients and a sample of the dishes they are featured in can be found below:
Old Ginger
-----------
A mainstay of confinement food, it is used mainly to dispel “wind” from the body. It is generally believed that the new mother will find significant traces of “wind” in her body after childbirth. If left unchecked, it may lead to ailments like rheumatism or inexplicable aches and pains later in life.
Ginger is also useful in supporting good intestinal digestion and overall blood circulation.
Most confinement dishes use some amount of old ginger. Some tasty confinement dishes featured in our menu using a fair amount of old ginger include Long Bean with Pork with Ginger, Stir Fried Fish with Ginger and Spring Onions as well as Stir Fried Chicken in Mushroom Sauce and Ginger.
Black Vinegar
-------------
Traditionally known for its curative ability to help purify the blood and cleanse the arteries, black vinegar is used in one of the most popular confinement dishes, Pork Knuckles in Ginger and Vinegar. The generous amount of vinegar used in the cooking readily dissolves the calcium content in the pork bones, resulting in a delectable dish of succulent pork in healthy, calcium-rich gravy.
Sesame Oil
----------------
Rich in Vitamin E, iron and calcium, sesame oil is used in many confinement food recipes largely due to its “heaty” nature as the new mother is advised to avoid “cooling” foodstuff which may unnecessarily induce “wind” in the body.
It also provides nourishment through improving circulation, overall strength and vitality.
Grilled Chicken with Sesame Oil and Ginger, Stir Fried Pig’s Liver with Ginger & Sesame Oil and Sesame Oil with Black Date Chicken Soup are just some of the delightful dishes using sesame oil, done to perfection by our highly skilled in-house chef.
Chinese Wolfberry, Boxthorn Fruit (Gou Qi)
----------------------------------------------
Very high in antioxidant properties, Chinese Wolfberry is commonly consumed to promote good eyesight. It particularly nourishes liver and kidney functions and is also greatly valued for delaying ageing, boosting energy and improving internal strength.
Our special in-house dishes featuring Chinese Wolfberry are Steamed Beancurd with Minced Pork & Chinese Wolfberry and Stir Fried Liver with Chinese Wolfberry.
Black Fungus
------------------
Commonly known to alleviate “dryness” and promote circulation of the body, black fungus particularly aids in nourishing the lungs, stomach and liver.
More importantly, due to its rich iron content, it is exceptionally good for helping to purge the body of stale blood.
The home-cooked goodness of black fungus can be found in our confinement dishes like Chicken Soup with Wine & Black Fungus and Black Fungus with Cauliflower.
Angelica (Dang Gui)
---------------------------
Renowned for its main function as a blood tonic, Angelica is a potent Chinese medicinal tonic used for enhancing blood circulation. Its most common use is by women who consume it on a regular basis to maintain regularity in monthly menstruation cycles.
Mostly used in soup recipes, our menu features nutritious Double Boiled Angelica Chicken Tonic Soup as well as a delicious original creation, Soy Sauce Fish with Angelica.
Red Dates
----------------
Also known to nourish the blood like Angelica, red dates are used in soups or most commonly brewed with dried longan and Chinese wolfberry to be consumed in place of water during the confinement period as drinking plain water is generally discouraged due to the belief that plain water contains “wind”.
Cold water is particularly frowned upon as it may “chill” the body system still recovering from a weakened state after childbirth.
Longan Red Dates Tea using red dates and dried longan is provided free with our confinement meals.
We also offer Red Dates with Papaya Chicken Soup in our menu – a remarkably wholesome soup for purifying the blood and improving blood circulation.
Dried Longan
--------------------
A great tonic for the nourishment of the blood through reinforcing the blood-building functions of the heart and spleen, dried longan is also frequently consumed for its additional benefits like calming the nerves and promoting restful sleep.
Black Bean
------------------
Apart from being a rich source of fibre and folate, black bean provides excellent nutrition for blood circulation due to its iron concentration.
Combined with red dates which are also good for boosting improved blood circulation, Black Bean, Red Dates Spare Ribs Soup is one deliciously wholesome soup any new mother can certainly enjoy during her confinement period.
Tumeric
----------------
Primarily used in Asian curries, tumeric is a powerful antioxidant best known for its anti-inflammatory properties.
We feature a deliciously nutritious dish, Braised Tumeric Chicken in our confinement menu.
Pepper
---------------
Pepper has great antioxidant and anti-bacterial benefits which help promote good digestive tract health. It is generally consumed during the confinement period to help drive out “wind” in the body as well as to promote bowel regularity.
Our menu selections using pepper include Peppered Pig’s Stomach Soup, Black Pepper Chicken and Stir Fried Lean Meat in Black Pepper Sauce with Ginger.
Polygonum (He Shou Wu)
--------------------------------
A renowned Chinese tonic for the nourishment of hair, Polygonum is believed to help decelerate the greying of hair. Through boosting blood circulation, it is particularly effective for reducing postnatal hair loss.
Polygonum is also excellent for maintaining internal strength and vitality, reducing blood pressure and cholesterol on top of yielding anti-ageing benefits.
We cater two very nourishing soups, Pork Ribs Soup with Polygonum and Double Boiled Polygonum & Chicken in our menu.
Encommiae Bark (Du Zhong)
--------------------------------
Also commonly known as Eucommia Bark, by traditional Chinese medicinal definition, Encommiae Bark has warm and calming properties. Its consumption is specifically beneficial in helping to reduce stress and tension as well as to maintain good circulation.
Encommiae Bark is also a marvellous tonic for strengthening the kidneys, hence a life-saving remedy for back aches post delivery.
Encommiae Bark (Du Zhong) Healthy Soup is offered in our menu featuring an extensive list of nutritious soups guaranteed to enhance any new mother’s recovery during the confinement period.
Lily Flower
-------------------
Akin to the Encommiae Bark, Lily Flower is excellent for claming the nerves.
Fried Beancurd with Dried Lily Flower is a dish found in our menu, specially created to complement the postnatal confinement diet.
Preview additional nutritious selections of confinement dishes offered in our menu:
(1) Fried Rice with Ginger & Egg – This simple yet nutritious staple is extremely good for dispelling “wind”, invigorating internal strength, boosting circulation and promoting good complexion.
(2) Fish & Papaya Soup – The combination of rich protein from the fish and sap from the papaya is highly effective for stimulating the milk glands, boosting lactation and milk flow.
(3) Nourishing "Ba Zhen" Herbal Soup – A tonic soup excellent for nourishing the blood and stimulating blood circulation.
(4)"Hong Zao" Chicken – Featuring tender chicken pieces cooked in fermented wine, this dish is great for revitalizing general health.
(5)“Bei Qi” & “Dang Shen” (Astragalus Root & Codonopsis Tea) – A combination of 2 Chinese herbal tonics, this tea is extremely good for boosting general health, building internal strength and fighting post delivery fatigue.
(6) Lemon Grass "Sheng Yu" Soup – For repelling “wind” and cooling body “heatiness”.
Pork ribs & peanut soup (serves 4)
Ingredients :
Pork ribs 500gm
Fresh groundnuts 300gm
Red dates 12 pcs
Garlic 6 pcs
Huiji waist tonic 60-80ml (I think the waist tonic’s Chinese name is huiji bu yao jing. Can get at NTUC fairprice)
Instructions:
1. Clean pork ribs
2. Boil pork ribs with groundnuts in water and pour away water.
3. Put fresh water to boil and add in red dates and garlic to simmer for around 1 hour.
4. Add 60-80 ml of Waist tonic.
5. Serve immediately while hot, Gd for breastfeeding mums to drink as much hot soup as possible to help lactation
-----------------------------------------------------------
BLACK CHICKEN & BLACK BEAN SOUP
(Good for new mothers who’ve lost lots of blood during delivery. This tonic is good for invigorating blood circulation. Take plenty of rest after drinking this soup to help speed up recovery!)
1 Black Chicken
200g Black Beans
2 cups Chinese Rice Wine / DOM
4 slices old ginger
2 Tbs Sesame Seed Oil
* Gut & Clean Chicken.
* Heat Oil then fry ginger slices and black beans until fragrant (approx 2 to 3mins). Then also add the chicken to fry about 5mins.
* Put all the ingredients into the crockpot and fill pot with HOT water until the level is about 1/2full. Boil for 2 to 3hrs until soup is fragrant.
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Pig’s trotters with vinegar – zhu jiao cu (serves 4)
Ingredients:
Red dates 12 pcs
Pig’s trotters 1 pc
Garlic 10 pcs
Black vinegar 2 tsps
Oyster sauce 1 tsp
Soya sauce 1 tsp
Huiji Waist Tonic 40-80ml
Instructions:
1. Clean and split pig’s trotters
2. Boil pig’s trotters in water and pour away water
3. Add vinegar, garlic, red dates, oyster sauce and soya sauce to pig’s trotters and simmer for 1 hour
4. Add 40-80ml of Waist tonic before serving
Pig trotters:
Remember to use sweet black vinegar and NOT the type you put in your mince pork noodles. The black dog brand is the common one.
If confinement, you should also add in ginger which you can fry in some sesame oil first.
Also, not sure if you should add oyster sauce during confinement
Papaya and Fish Soup
Ingredients:
Green (unripe) or semi-ripe papaya 700g
Fish, can b snakehead, carp, seabream, pomfret... 300g
Fish bones
Red dates 12 pcs
Dang Shen 2 pcs
Yuzhu 5g
Ginger 6 slices
huiji waist tonic 40-80ml
Instructions:
* Put fish bones, ginger, dang shen, red dates, yuzhu in water and boil for half an hour
* Add papaya and when papaya softens, add fish and simmer till fish is cooked
* Add 40-80 ml of waist tonic (i think u can get it at most supermarkets)
* Serve immediately. heard it's gd for breastfeeding mums to drink as much piping hot soup as possible as it helps lactation
Papaya and fish soup:
Use Fish bones cos if you don't finish the soup in one sitting, you can keep boiling it without ending up with a bowl of mushy soup at the end.
Also, throw in a piece of dried orange peel (can be bought from Chinese medical halls) to help rid the sometimes overpowering fish taste.
WAI-SAN CHICKEN TONIC
(Light Herbal Tonic. Soothes nerves of Tired New Mother, improves health)
1 Black Chicken
20g Wai San / huaishan (Dioscorea)
20g Kei Chee / qizhi (Medlar Seeds)
20g Dried Longan Flesh
Gut & Clean chicken. Scald in hot water for 3mins (or use the microwave).
Rinse herbs. Then put all ingredients in crockpot and fill pot ½ full with HOT water. Boil for 3 hrs until fragrant.
BLACK CHICKEN & BLACK BEAN SOUP
(Good for new mothers who’ve lost lots of blood during delivery. This tonic is good for invigorating blood circulation. Take plenty of rest after drinking this soup to help speed up recovery!)
1 Black Chicken
200g Black Beans
2 cups Chinese Rice Wine / DOM
4 slices old ginger
2 Tbs Sesame Seed Oil
Gut & Clean Chicken.
Heat Oil then fry ginger slices and black beans until fragrant (approx 2 to 3mins).
Then also add the chicken to fry about 5mins.
Put all the ingredients into the crockpot and fill pot with HOT water until the level is about 1/2full.
Boil for 2 to 3hrs until soup is fragrant.
TU-CHONG TONIC SOUP
(For mothers who have terrible backaches after delivery. This tonic helps strengthen your lumbar region.)
50g black beans, pan-fried without oil 20g Tu-Chong / duzhong (Eucommia)
10g Wai-san / huaishan (Dioscorea)
10g Medlar seeds (Kei-Chee/qizhi)
5g Longan flesh
500g Meat Bones
Scald the bones in Boiling water for 3 mins.
Rinse all herbs.
Put all ingredients in crockpot and fill 1/2 full with HOT water.
Boil for 3 hrs before drinking warm.
BATT-CHAN CHA ("8 Precious" Herbal Tea)
(This herbal mixture has the properties of building blood cells, improving circulation, and specifically to strengthen the Female Reproductive Organs)
1 packet Batt Chan Cha Herbal Mixture - from supermarkets/Chinese Medicine Shops
1 egg
Rinse all herbs & put in crockpot with the Egg (to hard-boil) and fill with ½ pot HOT water.
Boil for 2hrs.
Drink tea warm, preferably before bedtime.
Egg should be eaten.
TONG-KWAI & DATES TONIC
(Tong-Kwai is believed to build blood, improve circulation, and strengthen the Female Reproductive Organs. This is a very easy & palatable form of eating Tong-Kwai as the Dates lends a sweet taste to the tonic.)
1 small handful of Tong-Kwai
1 small handful of Black Dates (red dates also can be used)
Rinse all herbs & put in a small pot.
Boil, then simmer for 2hrs.
Drink tea warm - throughout the day.
CHICKEN WINE TONIC
(If you are not adverse to drinking too much wine, you can try this tonic. By the long boiling time, the alcoholic spirit would have evaporated. It Invigorates the blood circulation. Take before bedtime)
1 Black Chicken, approx. 300g,
3/4 cup Benedictine DOM (My confinement Nanny uses XO Cognac, and it has a lovely taste)
50g Medlar Seeds (Kei Chee / qizhi)
Gut & Clean Chicken thoroughly. Put all ingredients into crockpot and fill ½ full with HOT water. & boil for 3 hrs.
(Note: If you're boiling soup as well for your meals, you may do what my confinement nanny did to save some time & space. She put this tonic in a double-boiler container, and put it into the soup which was boiling in the crockpot.)
TONG-KWAI / PUK-KAY CHICKEN TONIC
1 black chicken
20g sliced Tong-Kwai / dangshen (angelica)
20g Puk-Kay / beiqi (astragalus)
Gut & Clean the chicken.
Rinse herbs.
Put all ingredients into crockpot and fill ½ full with HOT water.
Boil for 3 hrs
lostsangel
New Member
LS,
Hi Did i update you that I went to BB Kingdom supposedly to get a bb changing table with drawers.. In the end, we got a bb cot.. haha.. so funny! Realised that we can use our existing drawers and put a changing tray on the top instead. But we got the cot from there, its really quite useful cos realised that we did not have anywhere for bb to sleep in and cot is definitely safer than putting her on the ground mattress.
Hi Did i update you that I went to BB Kingdom supposedly to get a bb changing table with drawers.. In the end, we got a bb cot.. haha.. so funny! Realised that we can use our existing drawers and put a changing tray on the top instead. But we got the cot from there, its really quite useful cos realised that we did not have anywhere for bb to sleep in and cot is definitely safer than putting her on the ground mattress.
lostsangel
New Member
Bestberries,
You can do it too, am sure your delivery will be very smooth as well!!
Yeah, my best friend who had twins told me tat during her last month, she slept sitting up.. so poor thing lei.. So i think not easy ya.. Jiayou!
You can do it too, am sure your delivery will be very smooth as well!!
Yeah, my best friend who had twins told me tat during her last month, she slept sitting up.. so poor thing lei.. So i think not easy ya.. Jiayou!
sunsweet, no almost all wet market have. I bought mine last time from holland market, my friend bought it from gimmoh (she also have indon maid).
Abt the picture of it...I remember my friend bought the venugreek pill from GNC, on the bottle got the picture of the leave, I think got sharp sharp end like that...(btw, my friend told me the GNC pill doesn't work)
I found some image from web; it's called Katuk.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://dobelden.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/katuk.jpg&imgrefurl=http://dobelden.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/berbahagialah-penyuka-lalapan/&usg=__9qcggiSwGrQ9G5eXTcgZZSgGPJ8=&h=485&w=364&sz=62&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=yPPL_xYBfllqVM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddaun%2Bkatuk%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX
Abt the picture of it...I remember my friend bought the venugreek pill from GNC, on the bottle got the picture of the leave, I think got sharp sharp end like that...(btw, my friend told me the GNC pill doesn't work)
I found some image from web; it's called Katuk.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://dobelden.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/katuk.jpg&imgrefurl=http://dobelden.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/berbahagialah-penyuka-lalapan/&usg=__9qcggiSwGrQ9G5eXTcgZZSgGPJ8=&h=485&w=364&sz=62&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=yPPL_xYBfllqVM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddaun%2Bkatuk%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX
sunsweet, thanks so much for lots of info.
btw, how to store these herbs like red dates, etc? have to put in the fridge? I worry about moldy.
Red dates Tea:
couple of times I try to boil red dates tea, it tasted sour. any idea whY? do I put to much or boil too long? it supposed to be sweet, rite?
btw, how to store these herbs like red dates, etc? have to put in the fridge? I worry about moldy.
Red dates Tea:
couple of times I try to boil red dates tea, it tasted sour. any idea whY? do I put to much or boil too long? it supposed to be sweet, rite?
etirto
Ok mayb i ask my maid she also from indo but she is young so dont know she know tis sort of things or not.. i rem my mil told me to take out the seed from red dates and it may not get so sour.. You can try.. Also dun leave it over nite best to drink finish the day itself. Cant fridge it coz during confinement not suppose to drink cold drinks.. heeheeheehee... i think alot of us here would have njoy it more if can have it cold..
Ok mayb i ask my maid she also from indo but she is young so dont know she know tis sort of things or not.. i rem my mil told me to take out the seed from red dates and it may not get so sour.. You can try.. Also dun leave it over nite best to drink finish the day itself. Cant fridge it coz during confinement not suppose to drink cold drinks.. heeheeheehee... i think alot of us here would have njoy it more if can have it cold..
Etirto
nono no chilled one! im no tradtional person.. i v ang moh pai but i still feel we shldnt take them chill =) for the goodnes sof our own body
wan eat ice cream? yes i tink small amt can thou LOL
wah the leave so power?! must go find manz!! jus boil like that rite??
bestberries
i tink some ppl observe the no chicken n egg while some does so it varies w individual
and yes yam causes some of us to itch
nono no chilled one! im no tradtional person.. i v ang moh pai but i still feel we shldnt take them chill =) for the goodnes sof our own body
wan eat ice cream? yes i tink small amt can thou LOL
wah the leave so power?! must go find manz!! jus boil like that rite??
bestberries
i tink some ppl observe the no chicken n egg while some does so it varies w individual
and yes yam causes some of us to itch
jeslyngenevieve
New Member
Wah...long long thread since ytd nite..haha.. took me more than 20 mins to read..im a real slow reader man..
Congrats to Beverly to the safe delivery of her cute lil twins!!...
Next is elijah's mummy.. do keep us updated kays?
n i think aft tat will be HBB liao..hahaha..
ETirto,
i don think we can take any chilled things during confinement leh.. heard its not good for yr health.. jus haf to sacrifice for that one month?.. =)
anw, besides dong cong cao n malt tea.. are there anything else we shud avoid during confinement for the sake of BF?.. cos my MIL sms my hubbie telling him even ginger n sesame oil cannot take.. which i find it weird? cos i tot in confinement period, practically EVERY single dish is full of ginger n sesame oil?... =\ can someone enlighten me?
anw.. today i had bad pains.. like contractions type from noon till now... but was telling myself.. as long as water bag don burst.. shud be safe ba..? im hoping bb wld hold on till at least 38 weeks.. which is jus abt 3 more weeks away... =|
Congrats to Beverly to the safe delivery of her cute lil twins!!...
Next is elijah's mummy.. do keep us updated kays?
n i think aft tat will be HBB liao..hahaha..
ETirto,
i don think we can take any chilled things during confinement leh.. heard its not good for yr health.. jus haf to sacrifice for that one month?.. =)
anw, besides dong cong cao n malt tea.. are there anything else we shud avoid during confinement for the sake of BF?.. cos my MIL sms my hubbie telling him even ginger n sesame oil cannot take.. which i find it weird? cos i tot in confinement period, practically EVERY single dish is full of ginger n sesame oil?... =\ can someone enlighten me?
anw.. today i had bad pains.. like contractions type from noon till now... but was telling myself.. as long as water bag don burst.. shud be safe ba..? im hoping bb wld hold on till at least 38 weeks.. which is jus abt 3 more weeks away... =|
jasminechenx
Active Member
hahah.... am still shopping around.... not much contraction though... sigh... let this be a quick one.....;p
wow, sunsweet, thanks for info..
Bestberries, I only singleton and I also find difficult to turn when I sleep.God's blessing I have no problem sleeping, just tummy is heavy, so many ppl asked if I having twins (so wish it's is so they can grow up together and sharing ans caring).
Bestberries, I only singleton and I also find difficult to turn when I sleep.God's blessing I have no problem sleeping, just tummy is heavy, so many ppl asked if I having twins (so wish it's is so they can grow up together and sharing ans caring).
Dear all,
I am now living in France, just to share with girls that overhere the doc. prescibe Omega multi vitamin 1 month before delivery to prepare us for breastfeeding. And we are suppose to take it throughout breastfeeding period. So for those that are not able to cook the papaya fish soup, maybe can try to get Omega instead. Anyway is just another vitamin but all the women take it here. The brand i have is OBIGOBS (Vitamines, mineraux, Omega-3) not sure if you can find it i Sing. Hope the abvoe info helps.
I am now living in France, just to share with girls that overhere the doc. prescibe Omega multi vitamin 1 month before delivery to prepare us for breastfeeding. And we are suppose to take it throughout breastfeeding period. So for those that are not able to cook the papaya fish soup, maybe can try to get Omega instead. Anyway is just another vitamin but all the women take it here. The brand i have is OBIGOBS (Vitamines, mineraux, Omega-3) not sure if you can find it i Sing. Hope the abvoe info helps.
mashybrainz
New Member
Katuk according to etirto & where u may be able to find them:
http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2009/05/28/sauropus-androgynus/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katuk
http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2009/05/28/sauropus-androgynus/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katuk
HBB, we are good friend.. I also only hv one constipation and I hv it since I preg, somemore that time I can do after each meal due to the duphaston I was prescribed.. and now the piles is longer. I applied the cream doc gave me but no help, massage told me I have to keep pushing it in to help. But still no help..
kim
i got brown discharge during my 5th week (or is it 6th) of pregnancy
the moment i saw i fly down to kkh cos i was v worried so they gave me 2 weeks of duphaston thou the doc say shld b old blood..
it stop aft half a day thou.. and the duphaston gave me hell
i was already puking like duno wat aft i ate duphaston i puke even more
and i stop the pill aft 1 week cos i dreaded puking 10 times a day
yes not the pile swell up liek a mini float as wat u describe! bumpy float thats it! grrrr
certain area is bigger
i got brown discharge during my 5th week (or is it 6th) of pregnancy
the moment i saw i fly down to kkh cos i was v worried so they gave me 2 weeks of duphaston thou the doc say shld b old blood..
it stop aft half a day thou.. and the duphaston gave me hell
i was already puking like duno wat aft i ate duphaston i puke even more
and i stop the pill aft 1 week cos i dreaded puking 10 times a day
yes not the pile swell up liek a mini float as wat u describe! bumpy float thats it! grrrr
certain area is bigger
Bestberries & HBB, the duphaston actually stop bleeding (or shedding of the uterus lining like mensus) and
thickens lining to aid the embryo(s) sticking in the uterus. Yes, almost 100% prescribed to women who has assisted pregnancy,
but if anyone who suspect their womb being too weak to "hold" the bb or those has bleeding during early pregnancy are usually given.
When my gf conceived naturally after 2 failed IUI, her doc also gave her.
I usually tell friends who are "weak" to ask from their doc.
I also usually feel the bump, but now already can't see there anymore due to size of tummy.
thickens lining to aid the embryo(s) sticking in the uterus. Yes, almost 100% prescribed to women who has assisted pregnancy,
but if anyone who suspect their womb being too weak to "hold" the bb or those has bleeding during early pregnancy are usually given.
When my gf conceived naturally after 2 failed IUI, her doc also gave her.
I usually tell friends who are "weak" to ask from their doc.
I also usually feel the bump, but now already can't see there anymore due to size of tummy.
Jamie
Hehehe.. sometimes what we've planned will not turn out to be the way.. So did u get their Dreami cot? I bought that one from them too
O yea, I went to Raffles City Robinson last evening to find the bouncer that u told me but only saw 1 type there.. Very exp! Usual price $179.90 (now $139.90). I remembered seeing the cheaper one for newborn to toddler rocker @Centrepoint Robinson. How much did u get yours last time?
HBB & Sunsweet
Thank u both for the very useful cooking tips! Btw, do u have the recipe for red dates tea? Will u all add black dates in it (besides dried longan)? I forgot the comparison already like how many red dates, how many longan for how much water? As I'll be flying my CL from indo, she might not be here yet during my stay in hospital so thinking to teach my maid to boil daily for me instead.
Hehehe.. sometimes what we've planned will not turn out to be the way.. So did u get their Dreami cot? I bought that one from them too
HBB & Sunsweet
Thank u both for the very useful cooking tips! Btw, do u have the recipe for red dates tea? Will u all add black dates in it (besides dried longan)? I forgot the comparison already like how many red dates, how many longan for how much water? As I'll be flying my CL from indo, she might not be here yet during my stay in hospital so thinking to teach my maid to boil daily for me instead.
mashybrainz
New Member
etirto
your katuk mtd is really interesting. Think i'll try that if my BM is low.
your katuk mtd is really interesting. Think i'll try that if my BM is low.
morning everyone
waiting for my hb to come n pick up us.
start of a new chapter in life today... no more help from nurses... feeling jittery....
missed the bb movement in tummy already.
for mummies who r going c-sect, do ask yr gynae to do a good clean up of the womb. i realised that this time my lochia is so much lesser. i asked gynae why. he told me he did a more thorough clenup of all the excess tissue in the womb. that's why i experience less lochia, less wind n tummy goes down faster. hmmm... i wonder how much weight i've shed off the last 3 days.
waiting for my hb to come n pick up us.
for mummies who r going c-sect, do ask yr gynae to do a good clean up of the womb. i realised that this time my lochia is so much lesser. i asked gynae why. he told me he did a more thorough clenup of all the excess tissue in the womb. that's why i experience less lochia, less wind n tummy goes down faster. hmmm... i wonder how much weight i've shed off the last 3 days.
jasminechenx
Active Member
hmmm
HBB
i also have the same prob leh... cant see it but can feel it each time i clean up.... got worse after my 1st delivery though.... now wondering if it will be even worse after #2 is delivered?....
HBB
i also have the same prob leh... cant see it but can feel it each time i clean up.... got worse after my 1st delivery though.... now wondering if it will be even worse after #2 is delivered?....
ls
I did buy black dates n nan zao bt haven chk w e medical shop hw much to put. I rem either one of them cannot put too much else will b sourish.
bt I tink main thg is e red dates n longan.
bbethan
thanx for e tips on clearing up e inside.
u take care n rest well for ur confinment yea
jasmine
ya in fact I try to wash instead of using papers bt seems like e papers nt culprit
I did buy black dates n nan zao bt haven chk w e medical shop hw much to put. I rem either one of them cannot put too much else will b sourish.
bt I tink main thg is e red dates n longan.
bbethan
thanx for e tips on clearing up e inside.
u take care n rest well for ur confinment yea
jasmine
ya in fact I try to wash instead of using papers bt seems like e papers nt culprit