My back aches and my legs cramp, I’m cold and sweaty and dizzy. Freckles all over my face and hair falling out, I gained twenty pounds after giving birth. Let’s take a closer look at this great poem. The first line: “The back pain and leg cramps”. The causes of unbearable back pain in new mothers include: lying in bed, fetal compression, and postpartum qi and blood deficiency. Therefore, after getting through the first few difficult days, starting to move appropriately in a gradual manner will help the flow of qi and blood throughout the body, remove the pain, and also help to get rid of the bad dew. At the same time, as there is a lot of sweating during labor, sweating and injury to fluids will easily result in a deficiency of fluids (i.e., not enough water in the body), and cramps, which may be considered by modern medicine to be a deficiency of certain micronutrients, will occur. Therefore proper hydration, or the appropriate use of some of the more supple Chinese herbal dietary treatments, can also help. For example, Silver Ear Lily and Lotus Seed Soup, or slightly add some Angelica, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, and Maitake Dolomites while cooking the soup. Also, also because of the lack of fluid, many women in labor will be constipated. You can also use the methods mentioned above. In addition, some friends like in pregnancy and postpartum long-term use of calcium and trace element supplements, but according to my personal observation, it seems that these two drugs, easy to cause constipation, we can according to the specific circumstances, use as needed. The second sentence: fear of cold sweating dizziness. Mothers, especially new mothers, the birth process is very difficult, will deplete a lot of qi and blood, that is, what we call postpartum more weak. When the vital energy is weak, it is not enough to form a protection on the surface of the body, and will be afraid of cold and easily attacked by wind and cold. Similarly, because of the inability of the vital energy to protect the surface of the body, women in labor are prone to sweating. That is why in the past, women in labor were required not to wash their hair, not to go out, and to light fireplaces in their rooms. But now, pay attention to cleanliness, so as to avoid bacterial infection; appropriate clothing to protect cold, etc. can be. Some other women experience a vague pain in the abdomen. One of the reasons is caused by contractions, and the other is also related to the body cold. At this time, it is generally recommended to cook some angelica ginger lamb soup to drink. Women who are afraid of cold and sweating can also add an appropriate amount of astragalus, eucommia, antifungal and cinnamon in the soup. Dizziness is also caused by insufficient fluid and vital energy as mentioned above, as well as a weak postnatal body. At this time, the mother should pay attention to the amount of exercise, prevent falls, and get plenty of rest. Again, Angelica Ginger Lamb Soup can be used as appropriate. The third sentence: freckles all over the face hair fall. Although it is not as exaggerated as freckles all over the face, many new mothers do slowly find more and more freckles on their face, and their face does not look as good as before. And the hair keeps falling out. I’ve heard an exaggeration that the hair is like dandruff, falling with the wind. One of the reasons for this is that I have a post-partum body condition that is characterized by a lot of deficiency and stagnation. Chinese medicine says that “hair is the rest of blood”, and when the blood and qi are insufficient, the hair, as the “rest of blood”, is of course the first to be sacrificed. The face is also a place of very rich blood circulation, insufficient qi and blood stagnation and blood stasis, will be reflected in the face. Therefore, Chinese medicine says that “to look and know is called God”, many internal problems of the body, take a look at the face, you can know. Another reason for freckles and hair loss is improper or untimely postpartum conditioning. Everyone’s constitution is different, and some women who have always had a weak constitution or who have always had disharmony between qi and blood should be properly conditioned in a timely manner after giving birth. For individual physique, the tonic on the tonic, tonifying the heart, spleen, liver and kidney; the pass on the pass, through the qi and blood through the meridians. Through proper conditioning, improve the constitution, to achieve the state of qi and blood harmonization, those who fall out of the hair, will slowly grow back (please ask: the departure of the hair, in the end, is the pursuit of the wind, or you do not stay?). . Similarly, the color spots on the face will slowly fade and even disappear, and the face will slowly redden from dull yellow. At the same time, I personally think, in terms of facial skin improvement, internal and external dress will have better results Oh. Fourth sentence: after giving birth to twenty pounds of fat. For a small portion of the population, twenty pounds are considered small. The current social phenomenon, in fact, is my consistent opposition. Maternity during pregnancy, sitting during the month, a large number of “tonic”, (mother-in-law to do the meal, with tears also want to eat it all!) A large amount of phlegm-dampness accumulates in the body. Phlegm-dampness hinders the normal functioning of the spleen and stomach, and also tends to block the flow of qi and blood. And disharmony between qi and blood is the main cause of problems in the body (as mentioned in previous articles, so I won’t ramble on). In fact, scientists concluded in the 1950s that an additional intake of 300kcal or 10-15g of protein is sufficient for energy supply during pregnancy. In the 80’s, scientists put forward the theory of “efficient energy utilization”, pregnant women in the middle and end of pregnancy, basal metabolic rate decreases, the energy saved, enough for fetal growth and development, and do not need to consume a lot of “supplements”. Personally, I would recommend that you should control your diet instead, especially during your menstruation period. The main principle should be to eat a light diet, small meals. Millet porridge, yam porridge, lotus seed soup, crucian carp soup and so on, are good choices. Not only is it easy to digest, but it can also replenish qi and blood, and promote menstruation and lactation. It is good for both the mother and the baby. If after reading the above paragraph, still do not understand the postpartum body, look at the Yellow River will know. The Yellow River is known as the Chinese nation’s “mother river”, originally clear water, both sides of the wind forest beautiful and lush. But after feeding the children of China, it is full of holes and bloated. Before and after the two like two people, a world of difference, saddening.