Plenty of ginger

Here is the 2.5-plus pounds of ginger root that my mother-in-law has stocked up on in preparation for postpartum care. The Chinese believe that lots of "heat" leaves your body when you give birth, so you need to eat lots of "heaty" foods and rest a lot in the month after giving birth to regain your energy. Sounds logical to me. Some heaty foods include ginger, sesame oil, and meat.