Blood is the lifeblood

Chapter 26 Finding the key to health——Women should replenish Qi and blood (3)
Breast milk is the baby's first diet. Whether the mother's milk is sufficient or not is directly related to the baby's health.The heat of breast milk, the quality and quantity of protein, fat, and carbohydrates are all suitable for the baby's digestion ability; breast milk also contains many immune antibodies, which can increase the baby's ability to resist diseases, and is the most ideal natural nutrition for babies .In addition, breastfeeding can also reflexively stimulate the uterus to contract and promote the recovery of the uterus as soon as possible.Therefore, mothers should breastfeed their babies as much as possible.

However, due to postpartum diet, emotion, work or sleep disorders, resulting in stagnation of liver qi and weakness of qi and blood, many mothers will suffer from milk deficiency.

"Great milk is formed by qi and blood", when qi and blood are strong, milk is naturally abundant.There are often three situations in which postpartum milk retention occurs.One is the obstruction of milk, mostly blood stasis and qi stagnation.The other is lack of milk, which is caused by maternal qi and blood deficiency.The third situation is breast infection, heat toxins gather in the breast, and even form mastitis.Therefore, the treatment of postpartum hypogalactia should start with nourishing qi and blood.

According to legend, the wife of Zuo Si, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, couldn’t produce milk after giving birth, and the baby screamed from hunger. Zuo Si was about to go out to find a good way to promote lactation. "Zuo Si hurriedly came to the mountain. It turned out that the singer was a folk doctor. He told Zuo Si that these two traditional Chinese medicines were his family's secret recipes. It is very effective for all pregnant women who do not have breast milk.

Zuo Si took the medicine powder prescribed by the doctor, rushed home, and gave his wife a drink of sweet wine. Sure enough, the effect was immediate, and the milk flowed continuously.Zuo Si was so moved that he chanted poems and chanted medicine, which spread the effective prescription widely.He wrote in the poem: "Postpartum breasts don't listen to me, and the goats don't need to be fried. Grind them finely and drink them with sweet wine. The smooth breast passages are like springs."

Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, also quoted the song "Pangolin, the king does not stay, and the breasts of women will flow after taking it" in "Compendium of Materia Medica".It can be seen from this that the characteristic of Wang Buliuxing is "doing things without stopping".Some people also emphasized that the reason why it is called Wangbuliuxing is because this medicine makes the mother's milk flow for a long time, even the emperor can't make it stop, it still flows continuously and flows unimpeded.

Of course, it’s not enough to have only Wang Buliuxing. Try the following prolactin conditioning program, which may allow you to restore a pleasant breastfeeding experience:

1. Pay attention to rest
Pay attention to rest, maintain the regularity of life, ensure adequate sleep, be happy, prevent overwork, and actively treat various chronic diseases.

2. Strengthen nutrition
The amount of milk is directly related to the nutrition of the parturient. Postpartum women should eat more high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin diets, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and pay special attention to adding chicken soup, fish soup, broth and other high-soup diets.

3. Regular breastfeeding
Early postpartum breastfeeding to stimulate the early secretion of milk, and then breastfeed every 3 to 4 hours, each time for about 15 to 20 minutes, alternate breasts on both sides, try to empty the breasts to maintain the maximum secretion of the breasts.

4. Medication
If necessary, Chinese medicine can also be taken for treatment, such as: 9 grams of wangbuliuxing, 12 grams of pangolin, 9 grams of Loulu, 9 grams of Akebia, 9 grams of angelica, 15 grams of Radix Astragalus, 20 grams of Codonopsis, and 15 grams of Danshen.One dose of decoction in water a day.In addition, acupuncture and moxibustion on acupoints such as Hegu and Shaoze also have a certain effect.

The top priority for postpartum women is blood supplementation
【Qi-Blood Health Sutra】Due to the expansion of blood volume and fetal needs during pregnancy, about half of pregnant women suffer from iron-deficiency anemia, and due to excessive blood loss during childbirth, some will be lost from human milk during breast-feeding.Therefore, the mother's first homework is to replenish blood.

Postpartum is a very critical life stage for women. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women’s essence and blood are exhausted during childbirth, and all joints of the body are empty, and the pulse and pulse are weak, resulting in reduced immune function and insufficient resistance. Wind, cold, and dampness are easy to invade human body, causing human disease.

Especially now, more and more women choose caesarean section, and the physical fitness of most caesarean section women is not as good as that of natural delivery women. Coupled with the major laparotomy, the postpartum women are weak and vital, and urgently need to replenish energy and blood.

Many women in northern my country have a tradition of using millet and brown sugar to take care of their bodies after giving birth. Millet porridge is rich in nutrition and has the reputation of "substituting ginseng soup".The reason why millet is favored by mothers is because of its high iron content, so it has a great effect on nourishing yin and blood for postpartum mothers. It can restore the weak and cold physique of mothers and help them recover their physical strength.

Everyone knows that patients who are hospitalized for surgery, even a minor operation to remove their appendix, are well cared for and given a period of rest.However, in such a major open surgery as caesarean section, the mother will start breastfeeding her baby before the anesthetic for the operation has receded, and now the mother and baby are in the same room, so the mother cannot get a good rest after the operation.Back home, most of the responsibility of taking care of the baby is borne by the mother, so many mothers have physical discomfort before the baby is full moon, such as backache and leg pain, dizziness, memory loss, poor sleep, etc., and even Postpartum depression occurs, which is related to the weakness of the parturient and the failure of Qi and blood to recover in time.

In addition, the incision of caesarean section is now mostly made of transverse incision.In this case, the Ren Meridian, the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin, the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming, the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin, and the Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin that run vertically in the abdomen will be damaged, and the functions of the corresponding viscera will also be affected to varying degrees. , Most people still feel numb in the skin of the incision after one year, which shows that the local blood vessels are still not running smoothly.

In addition, breastfeeding itself is also a kind of dedication of qi and blood, because milk is part of the mother's blood, so it also aggravates the deficiency of qi and blood in the parturient.Therefore, postpartum women should pay attention to rest, and eat more food that nourishes qi, blood and kidney in the diet, so as to restore health as soon as possible, and at the same time provide high-quality milk for the baby to ensure the normal growth and development of the baby.The following introduces some blood-enriching food therapy prescriptions, which can be eaten by cesarean section and vaginal delivery women.

1. Take 5 grams of angelica, 3 grams of astragalus, and 5 grams of tongcao. Use these three herbs to cook a bowl of concoction every day, and add a spoonful to all kinds of food for the puerpera. Play the role of nourishing qi and blood and promoting milk.At the same time, the dosage of the three traditional Chinese medicines is not large, which is suitable for people who are weak and tonic slowly, and will not get angry.

2. Wash the red dates and fry them in an iron pan until the skin turns black. Put them in a bottle for later use. Take 4-6 pieces of fried red dates and 4-6 pieces of longan every day, and make tea with water for regular drinking.People with severe internal fire can add 6 to 10 capsules of medlar to drink together.Red dates fried in an iron pot have the effect of warming the stomach. At the same time, the fried red dates are easy to soak and can fully utilize its nutrients. Therefore, drinking this tea every day can nourish qi and blood, regulate the spleen and stomach, cure insomnia, and stop sweating role.

3. Take 1 catty of eel and half a catty of lean pork, add 5 to 8 slices of ginger, 2 to 3 green onions, and 10 cloves of garlic, and then add condiments and braise in soy sauce. Regular consumption can nourish the kidneys, remove kidney cold, and enrich blood. Function, treatment of body aches, weakness of waist and knees, weakness of limbs, etc.

In addition, eat more high-protein foods such as mutton, beef, sea fish, sea shrimp, sea cucumber, and fresh vegetables and fruits, and try not to eat vegetables and fruits that are out of season.Cold food will reduce the secretion of milk, such as buckwheat, coix seed, mung bean, crab, snail, snail, snail, mussel, mullet, persimmon, grapefruit, banana, kiwi, sugar cane, watermelon, melon, bitter melon, water chestnut, Water spinach, etc., puerpera should try not to eat or eat less.

After the incision of the cesarean section is healed, use a hot water bottle to heat the incision twice a day, preferably for 1 to 2 months or longer. This can promote blood circulation, help dredge meridians, and prevent gynecological diseases.

Imbalance of yin and yang is the root cause of menopausal problems

【Qi-Blood Health Sutra】A woman Qiqi is about 49 years old with imbalance of yin and yang in her body, weak kidney qi, less qi and blood in the Taichong channel, and both liver and kidney are in a state of imbalance.Anger, irritability, etc., are all manifestations of excessive anger and poor liver qi.

Menopause is a biological process in women.At about 50 years old, women's ovarian function decreases, menstruation gradually stops, and they enter menopause.Common symptoms of menopause include menstrual disorders, hot sweating, palpitations, insomnia, irritability, dizziness, forgetfulness, mental depression, abnormal consciousness, chest tightness and sighing, foreign body sensation in the throat, edema, loose stools, itchy skin, etc.

Until now, humans have not found an effective way to deal with menopause. In life, we have seen too many women and even men suffering from menopause.

Ms. Chen is 50 years old and was diagnosed with menopausal syndrome.Before that, Ms. Chen had a harmonious family, a smooth job, and good interpersonal relationships. But now, her life is very bad. She has a tense relationship with her children and is suspicious of her husband. I am still very irritable now, and I have also taken some medicines for anxiety, but the effect is not satisfactory.What is the actual cause?

"Nei Jing" said: "A woman is seven years old, her kidney energy is strong, and her teeth grow longer. On the twenty-seventh, the heaven is guizhi, the Ren channel is open, the Taichong channel is strong, and the menstruation is at the current time, so there is a son... Qiqi, the Ren channel Deficiency, Taichong pulse declines, the sky is exhausted, and the tunnel is blocked, so the shape is broken and childless." The theory of traditional Chinese medicine in "Internal Classics" believes that when a woman is 14 years old, the kidney energy is strong, and the blood in the Chongmai is sufficient. With menstruation, you can give birth.When Qiqi is about 49 years old, the balance of yin and yang in the human body is out of balance, the kidney qi is weak, and the qi and blood in the Taichong channel are weak, and menopause will occur. At this time, the liver and kidney are in a state of imbalance.Kidney deficiency "water does not contain wood" will affect the imbalance of yin and yang in the liver.Anger, irritability, etc., are all manifestations of excessive anger and poor liver qi.In other words, climacteric syndrome is actually a manifestation of Qi and blood disorders.

Some people have mild menopause symptoms, while others have severe symptoms. This will have a great impact on women's lives, but as long as you work hard to adjust the treatment, you can also reduce menopausal troubles and go through menopause with peace of mind.

The following are suggestions made by experts based on the experience of Chinese medicine for thousands of years to effectively deal with "all symptoms before and after menstruation", that is, menopausal syndrome:

1. Psychological adjustment
A healthy mind is the foundation, and a few points are very important:

(1) Regular work and rest;
(2) Keep exercising;
(3) Make more friends;
(4) Participate in more group activities;

(5) Cultivate or restore hobbies;

(6) Maintain a normal sex life;
(7) Learn to be humorous.

2. Menopausal diet

(1) Menopausal women who are in a trance, often sad and crying, unable to control themselves, insomnia and night sweats

Ganmai jujube porridge: 20 grams of jujube, 100 grams each of barley and japonica rice, 15 grams of licorice, cook together into porridge.Can be eaten frequently, on an empty stomach.It has the effect of benefiting Qi, calming the nerves, calming the mind and beautifying the skin.

(2) Menopausal women who are angry, depressed, restless, forgetful and insomnia

Albizia julibrissin porridge: 100 grams of fresh albizia juliensis, 100 grams of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar.Cook over low heat until cooked through.Serve warm 1 hour before going to bed at night.Can soothe the nerves and relieve depression, promote blood circulation and delight the face.

(3) Menopausal women with mental disorders, moodiness, and poor appetite

Suanzaoren japonica rice porridge: 50 grams of Suanzaoren and 100 grams of japonica rice.First fry the sour jujube kernels to taste, and then add them together with japonica rice to make gruel.One dose per day for 1 consecutive days.

(4) Menopausal women with palpitations, limb weakness, forgetfulness, and rough skin

Lotus seed lily japonica rice porridge: 50 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of lily, and 30 grams of japonica rice, cook together to make gruel, take it once a day in the morning and evening.

(5) Menopausal women with dizziness, upset and irritability, heavy menstrual blood, and hot hands and feet

Stir-fried shredded pork with wolfberry and winter bamboo shoots: 50 grams each of wolfberry and winter bamboo shoots, 100 grams of lean pork, and eat as usual stir-fry.

(6) Menopausal women with dizziness, bad diet, sleepiness and fatigue

Goji berry and mulberry jujube soup: 20 grams of wolfberry, 20 grams of mulberry, 20 grams of red dates, decoct in water, once a day.

3. Physical exercise
Physical exercise can regulate the central nervous system and endocrine system and improve metabolism in the body.

(1) Do a set of Tai Chi every day;

(2) It is also good to practice the "Five Animals" invented by Hua Tuo;

(3) If you have time, go for health massage;
(4) Go jogging for 3 kilometers in the morning;

(5) Practice Qigong for 30 minutes before dinner;

(6) Take a walk with family and friends.

At critical times, you can also choose Chinese patent medicines that invigorate the kidney and regulate the liver, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Zhibai Dihuang Pills, Jinkuishenqi Pills, etc. These are good medicines that have been around for a long time and are widely used. You can choose the one that suits you.

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