Myth one, postpartum rheumatism must be treated within 100 days Currently advocate breastfeeding, 100 days after delivery women in the breastfeeding period, taking internal medicine will enter the bloodstream, through the breast milk fed to the child. Treatment of postpartum rheumatism drugs will generally have to replenish gas and blood or yang and yin tonic Chinese medicine, at the same time will be added to activate blood stasis medicine, the baby’s body does not necessarily need these substances, traditional Chinese medicine is concerned about the balance of yin and yang, the child for the “pure yang of the body”, can be damaged by its yang can not be damaged by its yin, postpartum rheumatism patients are mostly yang deficiency, taking it is not inevitable that the child will have an impact. The patient of postpartum rheumatism is mostly Yang deficiency, which will inevitably affect the child after taking it. At the same time, the composition of traditional Chinese medicine can not be characterized, if the symptoms are not serious, it is recommended that you can use commonly used traditional Chinese medicines to make medicinal meals (refers to both as medicine and food can be taken) or the use of topical medicines for treatment. Postpartum rheumatism can be treated after the patient stops breastfeeding, which will not make much difference from the clinical point of view. Myth 2, postpartum rheumatism can be treated by sweating 1, postpartum rheumatism is mostly caused by feeling the wind, cold, dampness and heat, and one of the methods of Chinese medicine for treating exogenous diseases is to use sweating to expel the exogenous evil. But first of all, the patient’s physical condition is better, otherwise in the use of sweating medicine at the same time with the use of qi and blood tonic medicine. The reason why postpartum rheumatism occurs, the root cause of the patient’s deficiency of positive qi, qi and blood deficiency, and then feel the external evil caused by, if just a sweat, will be more damage to the positive qi. 2, some patients use a lot of sweating medicine, the whole body sweating, and even can not stop, some can be wet through the quilt, this is even more undesirable, many patients sweating joints can not move, life can not take care of themselves. Chinese medicine believes that sweat for the transformation of yang qi, sweating after the death of yang, yang outside for the guard, will lead to persistent sweating more than. Myth three, postpartum rheumatism must wear more clothes Many patients come to the clinic, wearing very thick clothes, even in summer, this is not desirable. Patients with postpartum rheumatism do not harmonize yin and yang, and are prone to spontaneous sweating. If they overdress and sweat a lot, it will lead to a weaker body. Therefore, patients are advised to dress appropriately, as long as they do not feel cold. At the same time, bring a coat, wear it when cold, take it off when exercise and heat; it is best to bring 1-2 dry towels, if sweating, dry the sweat, because the human body in the sweat, the pores are developed, wind, cold and dampness will enter with it, while sweating underwear will be wet, with the body to cover the dry clothes will be very cold, resulting in aggravation of the condition. Myth four, postpartum rheumatism must be bed rest postpartum rheumatism patients need appropriate exercise to improve physical fitness. There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine, “lying down for a long time hurts the qi”. The human body needs to exercise, strengthen the metabolism, generally can take a small amount of exercise methods, each activity is not too long. At the same time movement is not limited, jogging, walking and so on can be, generally after exercise at night normal sleep the next day, the physical recovery 80% as appropriate, if more fatigue, reduce the amount of exercise, and vice versa, increase the amount of exercise. Myth five, postpartum rheumatism can be cured by giving birth to a second child in the folk often say, do not rule out the possibility of this, theoretically speaking, is not very feasible, I encountered the majority of patients with significant aggravation of the condition. In traditional Chinese medicine, the reason why the patient appeared postpartum rheumatism, is the patient’s own physical weakness, if the pregnancy, the child’s innate qi will be insufficient, while the body to provide a person with a person is still insufficient, and then pregnant with a baby, it is not adding insult to injury! Myth six, postpartum rheumatism after the development of rheumatoid arthritis At present, rheumatoid arthritis from the point of view of Western medicine, the etiology of unclear, at the same time, from the point of view of epidemiology, there is no evidence to support this view. Clinically, most patients with rheumatoid arthritis do not have a history of postpartum rheumatism. Myth 7, stop medication immediately after symptomatic relief Many patients stop medication immediately after symptomatic relief or disappearance, which is the reason why many patients relapse, in fact, patients see only the appearance, postpartum rheumatism is due to the lack of qi and blood, the liver and kidney deficiency on the basis of feeling the wind, cold, dampness, heat and other evils from the recovery of positive qi needs a long period of time.