According to Wu's analysis of postpartum women's physiological needs, it is suggested that postpartum women should be conditioned in five stages from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine:
Eliminate lochia, prevent colds, strengthen waist and kidney, and replenish weak vitality and stretch marks.
The first stage (removing lochia; Dispel wind and cold)
Whether it is a natural delivery or caesarean section, lochia will lead to various uterine diseases. In the early postpartum period, lochia should be eliminated, meridians should be warmed to dispel cold, diuresis should be used to reduce swelling, blood should be nourished to supplement iron, spleen should be strengthened and qi should be replenished, and heat and toxin should be removed, so as to lay a good foundation for early recovery.
The second stage (against the cold)
After giving birth to a child, women are prone to catch a cold because of their decreased resistance to physical exertion. During this postpartum period, it is necessary to calm the nerves, warm the middle warmer to dispel cold, return yang to dredge collaterals, enhance the body's resistance, reduce the intrusion of cold, and do a good job of body protection as soon as possible.
The third stage {nourishing blood and moistening intestines, stimulating appetite and strengthening spleen, nourishing yin and beautifying face}
This period is mainly to supplement the water lost by women during childbirth, reduce the occurrence of postpartum constipation and improve postpartum yellow dizziness. During this period of postpartum, you should nourish blood and kidney, moisten intestines and relax bowels, nourish yin and nourish blood, beauty beauty.
The fourth stage {strengthening the waist and tonifying the kidney}
Due to the serious injury of kidney qi during delivery, backache, soreness of waist and knees, blurred vision and memory loss are common phenomena of lying-in women. During this period, it is necessary to strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and replenish qi, and tonify the kidney and strengthen the body. The above symptoms can be improved after taking it.
The fifth stage {greatly replenish vitality}
During the postpartum period, it is necessary to dilute the stretch marks, replenish vitality, restore pulse, and replenish qi and blood; Promote blood circulation, regulate menstruation, activate human body function, fade stretch marks, beautify and moisturize skin.
Moon meal stage
The first stage (the first week) focuses on nourishing blood, enriching blood, removing blood stasis, removing lochia, expelling toxin and promoting diuresis.
Objective: To help the uterus discharge dirty blood, promote uterine contraction and restore the normal function of the uterus as soon as possible.
Pig liver: a food that breaks blood and produces blood, containing vitamins A 1, B2, B 12 and rich iron. Cooking with black sesame oil helps to drain the dirty blood and congestion in the uterus.
Adzuki bean: It has the effects of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, promoting blood circulation and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and strengthening heart.
Jujube: It has the functions of detoxification, neutralization and detoxification.
Purple rice: it is warm and sweet, which can help women to enhance intestinal peristalsis.
The recipe for the first week is as follows (for reference)
Soups: biochemical soup (taken for three to five days), ginger black tea (boiled with ginger, red dates and medlar), pork liver soup, red bean soup, loofah egg soup, shrimp skin cabbage soup, mushroom red dates soup, rape mushroom soup.
Porridge: Pork liver porridge, egg millet porridge, purple rice jujube porridge, mash egg, fungus jujube porridge, red bean peanut jujube porridge, yam red bean porridge, pork liver egg porridge, pork liver bamboo shoot tip porridge and vegetable porridge.
The second stage (the second week) is to tonify the kidney, strengthen the waist, strengthen the spleen, contract the pelvic cavity and uterus, and promote lactation and secretion.
Conditioning purposes: tonifying kidney, strengthening waist, strengthening spleen and promoting metabolism.
Pig waist: It can strengthen the kidney, promote metabolism in the body, strengthen the waist and help treat backache.
Red cabbage: rich in iron, it has the function of enriching blood and can be eaten by lying-in women.
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv : Strong waist, spleen and kidney.
The recipe for the second week is as follows (for reference)
Soups: trotters and soybean soup, Flammulina velutipes trotters pot, crucian carp, astragalus root and ginger soup, perch soup (which can be used during cesarean section), lotus seed and crucian carp soup, soybean sparerib soup, radish mutton soup, red mushroom and mullet soup (invigorating spleen and tonifying kidney), grass carp and winter melon soup, seasonal vegetable soup and loach bean curd soup (lactation period).
Porridge: all kinds of rice porridge (millet, rice, purple rice), chestnut pork loin porridge, Dangshen porridge (Dangshen sliced in advance), Angelica silky fowl porridge, bean sprouts pork kidney porridge, straw mushroom fish porridge, peach kernel red date porridge, papaya porridge and pineapple porridge (tranquilizing).
Note: According to the individual's physique and milk yield, a small amount of medicinal materials can be added to soup and porridge, such as Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Eucommiae Cortex, medulla Tetrapanacis, Semen Vaccariae, Fructus Lycii and Radix Angelicae Sinensis.
The third and fourth stages (the third and fourth weeks) mainly focus on regulating qi and replenishing blood, and the process of replenishing blood from childhood to big.
Conditioning purpose: to consolidate nutrition and improve physical fitness.
Meat, poultry, eggs and various nourishing soups can be eaten, which is a good food for postpartum recovery. Seafood is rich in minerals, low in cholesterol and easy to digest. Combined with traditional Chinese medicine, it can improve deficiency of both qi and blood, physical weakness, yellow face and less milk.
The third and fourth formulas are as follows (for reference)
Soups: Wuji Danggui Dangshen Soup, Mushroom Pigeon Soup, Danggui Cuttlefish Soup, Male Chicken Soup, Jujube Beef Soup, Seafood Mutton Pork Pot, Turtle Soup, Mutton Belly Soup, Lycium barbarum Sea Ginseng Soup, Carrot Fish Belly Soup, Black Fish Soup, Kelp Sparrow Soup, Rock Sugar Bird's Nest, and Papaya China Rana.
Porridge: all kinds of rice porridge, seasonal vegetable porridge, bird's nest chicken porridge, sea cucumber porridge, sesame beef bone marrow porridge, angelica black-bone chicken porridge, chicken porridge, eight-treasure porridge, ham porridge and sweet potato porridge.