If you want to force out the cold and dampness in your body during the month, you can do so by taking medication and acupuncture, as prescribed by your doctor.
During the month due to maternal weakness, low immunity, if contact with cold water, cold wind or eat cold food, inadvertently feel the cold and dampness, may lead to joint pain, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other discomforts, will not be conducive to post-partum physical recovery as well as breastfeeding, so the need for timely treatment.
1. Taking medication: Since women have just given birth, their qi and blood have not yet recovered, and they are still breastfeeding, so they should be careful in the choice of medication. You can follow the doctor’s instructions to take Jing, Fang, Si Wu Tang plus or minus, to consult the physician in advance whether it is possible to continue breastfeeding, if you must use, can suspend breastfeeding during the period of time you are taking the drug.
2. Acupuncture: Acupuncture has a two-way regulatory effect, which can not only replenish qi and blood, but also get rid of cold and dampness. Acupuncture can be Wind Pool, large vertebrae, Fenglong, foot Sanli, Yinlingquan and other points, to dispel wind and relieve the epidermis, remove dampness and relieve pain. It should be operated by a professional acupuncturist.
Forcing out cold and dampness can also try medicated baths as well as external treatments such as moxibustion, but all need to be used under the guidance of a physician, so as to avoid medicines that are not right for the symptoms and aggravate the weakness of qi and blood, as well as other discomforts.