From the perspective of modern medicine, postpartum women really need a period of recovery, that is, the puerperium, which is generally 6 weeks. If they are confined to the moon for only four weeks, it is not enough. This is one of them. Puerperal period is not supine, you can't open the window, you can't turn on the air conditioner, you can't wash your hair, you can't take a bath, but you can restore your physical science. The postpartum recovery of modern medicine is essentially different from the traditional confinement in China.
People often say that not confinement will affect health. There is indeed research in this field, which was done by the Department of Health Care for Women, Children and Adolescents of Peking University Institute of Public Health in Peking University.
This study investigated 2 1036 parturients in 105 counties, and obtained the following results:
1. With the increase of taboo behavior in the second month, the risk of illness is also increasing.
2. All kinds of taboo behaviors will not reduce the risk of illness within 2 years after delivery.
In other words, confinement will not only reduce the risk of future illness, but will increase it.
Item 2: The relationship between taboo behaviors and chronic pain of rural women in puerperium, Wang Xiaoli, Rebecca, Zhou Suizan, Wang Jing, Wang Jinlan, Shu Dong, China Maternal and Child Health Care, Vol.24, 2009, 3269-3272. I didn't find the full text online, so I am interested in private messages.
These research questionnaires investigated 18 13 postpartum women aged 5- 1 1 year. Most women abide by 28 kinds of taboo behaviors in puerperium; The prevalence of chronic pain in women is 55.8%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that there was no correlation between traditional taboo behavior and chronic pain in puerperium.
Conclusion: Women's traditional behaviors in puerperium will not reduce their risk of chronic pain within 5- 1 1 year after delivery.
Therefore, China people don't have to be confined.