Soups after a birth › Around the first week
Steamed egg custard; eggs boiled in ginger and brown-sugar water (紅糖薑水煮蛋); ginger-vinegar eggs (薑醋蛋)
蒸水蛋
The tradition usually waits until about day 1
“No rush to build you up. Slowly does it.”
What the tradition says
The tradition holds that this is 補氣血, and that eggs are one of the very few foods safe to eat from day one.
Ingredientsserves 2
Also cooked then
Information only. This page records a food tradition and is not medical advice. Recovery differs for everyone. If you are breastfeeding, recovering from a caesarean, taking medication, or feeling unwell, speak to your doctor, midwife or a registered practitioner first. Full statement