Thursday 9 March 2023

Chinese Tonic Herbs Medicine during Confinement 中医坐月子产后调理

 

Chinese Tonic Herbs Medicine during Confinement  坐月子产后调理

 

“Confinement Prescriptions” are customized for your need during your confinement.


In olden days, it is important for women to condition their physique during their confinement period, and menopausal period.”

The maternal body will undergo drastic change in the physical structure in order to nurture the fetus during their pregnancy.

Women health is weak when they undergo natural birth.  They can feel weak in Qi and Blood气血.  Therefore it is time to give them tonic during the 30~40 days of confinement period so the maternal body can recovery and restore to a good healthy conditions. 

The lack of proper conditioning during their confinement period may lead to  potential problems in your body in the next pregnancy and future menopausal period.

Some people may take ginseng 泡参,人参 which is not recommended.

Hence, we recommend you come to our clinics where our Singapore qualified TCM physicians will customize and prescribe TCM herbal medicine for your confinement period. After the natural birth, for the first week, we need to expel the lochia 恶露(Lochia is the vaginal discharge you have after giving birth) from your body  After that we will prescribe herbal medicine tonic to nourish your body, strengthening your Qi and Blood 气血 for the next 30 days. 

Menopausal period

Some women may experience discomfort such as hot flushes, palpitations, agitation, bad mood, depression during their menopausal periods.  Our team of physicians are trained to prescribe herbal medicine for woman during their menopausal period.

Restriction of food during confinement period

·         Avoid cold and cooling food such as

Ice-cream, gassy drinks, cold drinks, watermelon, coconut,        

cucumber, bitter gourd, winter gourd, Chinese cabbage and kelp.

·         Avoid roasted, deep-fried, spicy, coffee, curry and chili.

·         Eat less acidic food such as preserved plum and pickled food,

·         Avoid prawn, scrabs, squids, shrimps

·         In 7 days after postpartum and if the wound is swelling and aching, do not eat food prepared in sesame oil and wine.

·         Do not eat ginseng.


  

This lady gave birth to a lovely child after taking TCM medicine and also taking tonic herbs to nourish herself during her confinement period