Postpartum abdominal pain
Postpartum abdominal pain refers to injury to blood after childbirth, emptying of Chong and Ren vessels, lack of nourishment to the uterine meridians, or due to insufficient blood and qi deficiency leading to poor circulation and stagnation causing pain. Symptoms include dull lower abdominal pain after childbirth, preference for pressure, scanty lochia with pale color, dizziness, tinnitus, and weak fine pulse. Common traditional remedies are as follows.
[Formula One]
Dang Gui, Xuduan, Rou Gui, Chuan Xiong, Gan Jiang, Mai Dong each 40 grams, Shao Yao 60 grams, Wu Zhu Yu, Gan Di Huang each 100 grams, Gan Cao, Bai Zhi each 30 grams, Huang Qi 40 grams, 20 jujubes, 2000 milliliters of wine. Grind all herbs finely, wrap in cloth, soak in clean container with wine overnight, add 1000 milliliters of water, boil down to 150 milliliters, set aside. Warmly drink 15–20 milliliters before meals, three times daily.
This formula is suitable for treating postpartum deficiency and abdominal pain.
[Formula Two]
Dang Shen, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Zhi Gan Cao, Shu Di, Bai Shao each 10 grams, Dang Gui 15 grams, Chuan Qiong 7.5 grams, one mature hen, 500 grams pork, 500 grams miscellaneous bones, a little green onion and ginger. Clean the hen using standard method, chop pork into pieces, crush bones, wash remaining herbs, wrap in clean gauze soaked in water, place hen, pork, bones, and herb bag into pot, add sufficient water, bring to boil over high heat, skim off foam, add ginger and green onion, then simmer over low heat until chicken is tender. Remove herb bag, eat meat and drink soup.
This formula is suitable for postpartum abdominal pain due to blood deficiency and qi weakness.
[Formula Three]
Carp scales 200 grams. Wash scales, add sufficient water, simmer slowly until gelatinous. Take 60 grams each time, dissolve in yellow wine, warm drink, twice daily.
This formula is suitable for postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis.
[Formula Four]
Several crabs, wash thoroughly, place in bowl, steam until nearly cooked, add 1–2 tablespoons rice wine, steam briefly more. Drink broth, eat crab meat (may be dipped in cooked vegetable oil, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, etc.).
This formula is suitable for postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis.
[Formula Five]
Raw Achyranthes root 200 grams, wine 3000 milliliters. Boil with wine to extract 1200 milliliters of raw Achyranthes liquid, filter out residue. If using dried Achyranthes root, soak in wine overnight, then boil; divide according to personal tolerance and take in portions.
This formula is suitable for severe abdominal pain after childbirth.
[Formula Six]
Dang Gui, Yi Mu Cao each 30 grams, Chuan Xiong, Tao Ren, Gan Cao, Dan Pi each 10 grams, Pao Jiang 5 grams, white honey 50 milliliters. Boil first seven ingredients with 500 milliliters of water until reduced to 300 milliliters, filter out residue, add white honey and concentrate into paste. Take 30 milliliters each time, three times daily.
This formula is suitable for cold-induced lower abdominal pain due to blood deficiency after childbirth.
[Formula Seven]
Ze Lan 30 grams, glutinous rice 50 grams. First boil Ze Lan, filter out residue, use juice to cook rice into porridge, consume on empty stomach.
This formula is suitable for postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis.
[Formula Eight]
Red chrysanthemum flowers 30 grams, wine 2000 milliliters. Place herbs in wine, boil until reduced by half, drink half immediately; if pain persists, repeat.
This formula is suitable for stabbing abdominal pain after childbirth caused by wind pathogen invading the abdomen in women.
[Formula Nine]
Dang Gui, Shan Yao, Xuduan, Shu Di each 15 grams, E Jiao 9 grams, Ren Shen 6–9 grams, Mai Dong 9–15 grams, Rou Gui 3 grams, Gan Cao 3–6 grams.
Decoct and take once daily, twice per day.
This formula is suitable for abdominal pain due to qi and blood deficiency.
[Formula Ten]
One wild chicken, appropriate amount of flour. Remove feathers and internal organs from wild chicken, wash, take meat, mince into filling, season. Mix flour with water to make dough, wrap dumplings, boil until cooked, eat on empty stomach.
This formula is suitable for abdominal pain after childbirth due to physical weakness in women.
[Formula Eleven]
100 grams lean mutton, 50 grams fresh yam, 100 grams glutinous rice. Cook mutton and fresh yam separately until extremely soft, mash into paste, mix with mutton broth, add rice to cook into porridge, consume on empty stomach.
This formula is suitable for postpartum cold hernia abdominal pain.
[Formula Twelve]
300 grams hawthorn cake, 50 grams starch, 50 grams refined flour, 150 grams sugar, 30 grams honey, 500 grams vegetable oil (actual consumption 50 grams). Mix starch and flour with water to form paste, cut hawthorn cake into finger-sized strips, mix evenly with paste, fry one by one in vegetable oil heated to six or seven degrees (avoid sticking), fry until golden brown, remove. In another pan, add a little water, sugar, and honey, simmer over low heat until syrup thickens into block, mix with hawthorn strips, stir well, cool and store in bottle. Take two to three times daily.
This formula is suitable for postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis.
[Formula Thirteen]
Cinnamon bark 6–9 grams, appropriate amount of brown sugar. Decoct and drink, one dose daily, divided into two servings.
This formula is suitable for postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis.
[Formula Fourteen]
200 grams pig liver, 20 grams Wuyi powder, appropriate amount of flour. Wash pig liver, slice thinly along liver veins, mix Wuyi powder into slices, mix flour with water, coat liver surface, wrap externally with damp paper, place in hot ash to roast until cooked, remove paper and flour, consume on empty stomach.
This formula is suitable for postpartum waist and umbilical abdominal pain.
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