Good medicine to treat headaches in postpartum women
According to traditional medicine, postpartum headaches are called "winter headaches".
The disease is common in women with weak health, giving birth after 35 years old, addicted to drugs, alcohol, tobacco or suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes, blood clotting disorders... During childbirth, loss of strength, blood loss, infection with wind or toxic blood odor in the body rising up also causes headaches.
If the disease is caused by excessive bleeding, the head will occasionally ache, light in the morning and heavy in the afternoon, sometimes the pain will ease, sometimes it will ease; both temples will ache, the eyelids will also ache, the face will be yellow, the person will not be hot, not cold. If the disease is left untreated for a long time, the person will become weaker and weaker, the headache will never be cured, becoming a disease of the head wind.
If the disease is caused by stagnant blood, the headache will be mild in the morning and severe in the evening, sometimes painful and sometimes better; but the temples and eyelids do not hurt, the person is still normal, not too thin and weak, the abdomen is full and painful. If the disease is left untreated for a long time, the headache will continue to ache, the disease will become more and more severe, suddenly falling down, limbs will cramp, and it will become a stroke.
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Red dates are a medicinal ingredient in the "Eight Treasures Decoction" that has the effect of replenishing blood and qi, and is very good for women who have headaches after giving birth.
Some remedies:
Disease caused by excessive bleeding, use the following prescription: 12g ginseng, 12g white poria, 12g angelica, 12g white peony, 12g white atractylodes, 12g astragalus, 12g rehmannia root, 12g ligusticum wallichii, 12g licorice, 3 slices fresh ginger, 3 jujubes, 12g manjing seeds. Boil 6 bowls down to 2 bowls, divide into 2 doses.
If the temples and eyelids do not hurt, it means there is no external wind. Use the following prescription: 12g ginseng, 12g poria, 12g angelica, 12g white peony, 12g atractylodes, 12g astragalus, 12g rehmannia, 24g ligusticum wallichii, 12g licorice, 3 slices of fresh ginger, 3 jujubes.
The disease is caused by stagnant blood, use the following prescription: 8g of chuan khung and 120g of dang quy. Grind into powder, take 10g each time, boil with 1 bowl of water and 2 cups of wine, take half a bowl and drink hot at once.
If the temples and eyelids are also painful, it is due to external wind. Use the following prescription: 8g of Ligusticum wallichii, 120g of Angelica sinensis, 120g of Manjing Zi. Grind into powder, take 10g each time, boil with 1 bowl of water and 2 cups of wine, take half a bowl hot at a time.
Note:Women should avoid eating foods (that cause heartburn) such as chicken, goose, goat, crab, and fish, as well as fatty foods and spicy, hot, aromatic, or stimulating foods such as pepper and coffee...
Although the disease is cured, the person's blood and energy are both weak, his complexion is pale, and his spirit is tired. Therefore, he should be given the "Eight Treasures Decoction" medicine every day: 8g ginseng, 12g white poria, 12g rehmannia root, 8g ligusticum wallichii, 12g white peony root, 8g licorice, 12g angelica root, 5 red dates, 5 slices of ginger. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.
According to Health and Life