Since most patients suffering from postpartum rheumatism are breastfeeding, it is not recommended to add Western medicine and Chinese herbal medicine for internal use to reduce the impact on the health of the baby (there are no reports of side effects of Chinese medicine on the mother and child though).
I. External treatment and soaking with Chinese herbs can be used.
Patients with postpartum rheumatism generally have a combination of obvious joint pain (such as finger joints, shoulder joints, both knee joints, etc.), fear of wind and cold, aggravated by cold and damp, which can be relieved by keeping warm. There are even patients with facial paralysis in the wind; general joint swelling is not obvious, accompanied by morning stiffness; spontaneous sweating, sweating more, the more sweating joint pain, etc..
The use of Chinese herbal infusion can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, warm the meridians and disperse cold.
To use, soak the herbs in tap water for 1 hour, then decoct them, first with high heat and then boil them (martial fire), and then continue to decoct them with low heat for 30 minutes (civil fire).
Caution.
1, because the infusion requires more water than the amount taken orally, requiring at least 2000ml of water.
2, soaking generally need to put both feet and calves into the medicinal water.
3, soak the water temperature needs to be warm, such as the water temperature is too low, affecting the effectiveness of the medicine.
4, bubble bath preferably a small amount of sweat, but not too much sweat, because it is said that patients with postpartum rheumatism is insufficient yang, sweating too much leads to more yang deficiency.
5, each soak generally in about 10-20 minutes, according to the patient’s body adjustment, the beginning of the time is shorter, after adaptation can be enhanced soak time, but preferably not more than 30 minutes. 1-2 times a day.
Second, topical medication for local swollen and painful joints.
Some patients with only partial joint pain or individual joint pain after other methods of treatment can use local joint moxibustion.
When using moxa stick need to pay attention to
1, moderate distance: no local warmth at a greater distance, near the skin feel burning unbearable, to moderate distance.
2, time: each need to use moxibustion 10-15 minutes, local skin must be moxibustion red, otherwise the treatment effect can not be achieved.
Third, other methods
Local joints can be used to relieve symptoms by acupuncture, and can also use plasters and other means to relieve symptoms.
In conclusion.
After using the above treatment can relieve the symptoms, but from the cause of postpartum rheumatism, external treatment is only a plan of equity during the lactation period, the final solution requires internal consumption of Chinese medicine and patients to strengthen exercise to improve physical fitness, to play a once and for all results.