Can I eat sand nuts when I’m pregnant?

You can eat sand nuts in moderation when you are pregnant. Sand nut is warm in nature, pungent in flavor, and belongs to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. It has the efficacy of resolving dampness and opening the stomach (normalizing gastrointestinal function by removing dampness), moving qi and relaxing the middle, warming the spleen and stopping diarrhea (relieving diarrhea by warming the spleen), and tranquilizing the fetus. Sand nuts can be clinically used to treat dampness obstruction of qi stagnation (due to dampness obstruction caused by the body’s qi is not smooth), epigastric (abdominal) distension, do not think of food, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, pregnancy obstruction (early pregnancy, the emergence of heavy nausea and vomiting, dizziness and anorexia, or even food into the vomit), the fetus restlessness and other conditions, so you can eat a moderate amount of sand nuts during pregnancy. However, during the medication, it should be noted that the adverse effects of this drug are not clear, pregnant people should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to regulate the use of medication, to avoid overdose of fetal growth and development have a certain impact, and for the yin deficiency with hot people are not recommended to take. In addition, pregnant people should try to avoid spicy, greasy, stimulating food during the use of drugs. The medication should be taken according to the doctor’s prescription.