Can I drink Chinese medicine during the confinement period?

1. Ejiao

Donkey-hide gelatin is sweet and mild in nature, has significant blood-replenishing effects, and can nourish yin and moisten dryness. It has been hailed as a holy medicine for blood-replenishing since ancient times.

Donkey-hide gelatin can directly act on the hematopoietic chain, increase the number of bone marrow hematopoietic cells, white blood cells, red blood cells and hemoglobin. Therefore, women who bleed heavily after delivery are very prone to anemia. Eating some donkey-hide gelatin can help replenish blood and regulate menstruation.

Usage: After the postpartum lochia is completely discharged, you can use donkey-hide gelatin

Take 5-6 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, smash it and put it in a bowl, add boiling water, add white sugar (rock sugar or brown sugar) or honey, stir and drink.

If excessive bleeding during childbirth causes pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations, etc., you can use 15 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 30 grams of astragalus, and 15 jujubes to boil the juice and take it. Use it for 3 consecutive days and it will be effective.

Note:

It is best not to take donkey-hide gelatin for more than 1 month. In addition, avoid eating radishes and drinking strong tea while taking donkey-hide gelatin.

2. Longan (Longan meat)

Longan meat is sweet and warm in nature. It nourishes the heart and spleen, nourishes blood and calms the mind. It can be used to treat insufficient heart blood, palpitations, etc.

Usage: For postpartum weakness, anemia, etc., you can stew chicken with longan meat, angelica, wolfberry, and a few red dates, or use longan meat to boil eggs every day. It can promote blood circulation, regulate menstruation, and promote physical recovery.

Longan meat should not be taken too much per day, 10-15 grams per day, and the maximum dose should not exceed 60 grams

3. Astragalus

The typical symptom of a postpartum mother is Qi deficiency. Astragalus is slightly warm in nature and has the effects of replenishing and raising Yang, consolidating the exterior and stopping sweating, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

Directions: Astragalus Chicken Stew

4. Tongcao

Tongcao soup has the best effect on promoting lactation. Commonly used soups for promoting lactation include Tongcao pig trotter soup, Tongcao crucian carp soup, Tongcao prawn and loofah soup. When making soup, the dosage of Tongcao is 3-6 grams.

Note: It is best to drink Tongru Decoction 3-5 days after giving birth. If you drink it right after giving birth, it is easy to cause milk accumulation when the milk comes in, and you may also suffer from mastitis.