Early consultation is recommended for postpartum rheumatism

  Birth is a normal life stage that most women go through, and folk “theories” about postpartum recuperation (menstruation) are also varied and mixed. According to Chinese medicine, in October, the mother’s qi and blood mainly guarantee the growth and development of the fetus, and the process of labor consumes qi and loses blood, which makes the mother’s body show the characteristics of “multiple deficiency and stasis” during this special period after childbirth. “Multiple deficiencies” mainly refer to deficiency of Qi and blood; “multiple stasis” mainly refers to stagnation of Qi and blood.  During this special period, if you are not careful with the care, you may feel wind and cold, invade the skin, limbs and meridians, and further aggravate the stagnation of qi and blood, which will easily lead to the occurrence of “postpartum rheumatism”. The main manifestations are: local or whole body skin, muscles, joints and other parts of the fear of wind, cold, soreness and other symptoms, the pain site can be left, right, up, down, wandering, and at the same time can be accompanied by weakness, sweating, loss of appetite, poor sleep and other symptoms.  Formally based on the special state of “many deficiencies and stagnation” after childbirth, ordinary medicine for dispelling wind and dampness is not necessarily suitable for postpartum rheumatism. A reasonable TCM treatment plan should be formulated according to each patient’s specific situation, using the “help of the righteous and dispel the evil”, in order to achieve good results.  Routinely, after the symptoms of “postpartum rheumatism” mentioned above, the sooner you consult a doctor, the easier it is to recover; on the contrary, if you delay formal treatment, it can often lead to prolonged and difficult to cure. After thousands of years of development, Chinese medicine has accumulated many remedies for postpartum recuperation, which are unique in their curative effects. Under the careful treatment of Chinese medicine rheumatologists in regular hospitals, most of the patients with “postpartum rheumatism” who seek timely treatment have recovered well.