Medicine Traditions
  • Home
  • About
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
Sentry Page Protection
Please Wait...

Postpartum

Postpartum has always been recognised as a delicate time which benefits from good regimen. Various traditions are found around the world, often with good foundation.

In the immediate Postpartum period the new mother must be monitored for bleeding, full expulsion of the placenta, and then over the next days to check for any signs of infection.

Protecting mother and baby from cold, wind and drafts is common to many societies but is probably most strong in the Chinese custom.

After these precautions, a nourishing diet which is easy to digest and which promotes milk are commonly used.

Recipes:
Lamb and Dang Gui Soup
Chicken Soup


Western Tradition

General for After Birth
1. Date stones, Cumin, Grains of Paradise, Saffron taken with wine. (Natura exenterata, Philiatros, 1655)
2. Coldness before or after Birth, Calamus, Clove, Nutmeg, Galangal, Cinnamon (equal parts). Powder and heat in wine, then take, (Natura exenterata, Philiatros, 1655)
3. Fresh Mother of Thyme (1 spoonful) is beaten with salt and taken in broth as soon as possible following birth relieves afterpains.
4. Winter Cherries, Ginger, Black and White Pepper are cooked, then add Ghee and Sugar. (Ayurveda)
5. Sesame, Ginger, Cumin, Parsnip (Ayurveda)
6. Licorice, Lotus Seed, Sugar
(Ayurveda)


Expel the Afterbirth
Antidotum Haemagogum (Nicholas)
Birth Powder

Troches for the Womb
Pacific 6 (Zhi byed drug pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
Auscpicious Conqueror (Bkra shis rnam rgyal) (Tibetan)


Postpartum Weakness
1. Egg Yolks taken promotes strength after birth.

Syrup of Five Opening Roots
Royal Confection of Kermes (Mesue)
Antidotum Haemagogum (Nicholas)
Stanyajanana Rasayanum
Auscpicious Conqueror (Bkra shis rnam rgyal) (Tibetan)



Postpartum Pain
1. Half a dram of Bayberries taken in wine. (Culpeper)
2. Motherwort and Chinese Lovage (Chuan Xiong)
3. Motherwort, Chickweed
4. A plaster of Onions boiled soft mixed with oil, Cumin, and Egg yolk.
5. Marshmallow decocted in wine, mixed with oil and applied
6. Cinnamon, Saffron, Vervain
7. Wormwood; Motherwort, Elder leaf (1 handful each), Bean flour ()quarter pound), two Egg yolks, boil in water until thick and apply to the navel. (Natura exenterata, Philiatros, 1655)

Powder Against Postpartum Pain
Powder for After-pains (Lemery)
Powder for After-pains (Midwife to Queen of France)
Antidotum Haemagogum (Nicholas)
Troches for the Womb
Auscpicious Conqueror (Bkra shis rnam rgyal) (Tibetan)


Postpartum Fever
Abbots Confect of Rose
Auscpicious Conqueror (Bkra shis rnam rgyal) (Tibetan)


Postpartum Bleeding
Syrup of Coral
Cooling Powder of Gems
Troches of Spodium (Mesue)
Astringent Pills
Royal Confection of Kermes (Mesue)


TCM Classification

Blood Deficiency
Si Wu Tang
Bu Gan Tang
Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang


Qi Deficiency
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang


Qi and Blood Deficiency
Ba Zhen Tang
Gui Pi Tang


Blood Stasis
Tao Hong Si Wu tang
Sheng Hua Tang


-----------------------------

Retention of Lochia
Sheng Hua Tang
Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
Shi Xiao San

Note: there are some practitioners that believe Sheng Hua Tang should be taken as a matter of course after delivery.


Postpartum Weakness
Si Wu Tang
Bu Gan Tang
Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Ba Zhen Tang
Gui Pi Tang



Postpartum Depression
Gui Pi Tang
Ba Zhen Tang


Postpartum Pain
Jiao Ai Tang
Sheng Hua Tang

Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
Shi Xiao San



Postpartum Bleeding
Gu Chong Tang
Jiao Ai Tang


Postpartum Fever
Xiao Chai Hu Tang




Research
1. Prescription of Kampo Formulations for Pre-natal and Post-partum Women in Japan: Data From an Administrative Health Database
2. Randomized Double Masked Trial of Zhi Byed 11, a Tibetan Traditional Medicine, Versus Misoprostol to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage in Lhasa, Tibet

Home
ABOUT
Brief Overview
RESOURCES
Timeline

materia medica – FREE
Materia Medica – PRO
Chinese Classification
Western Classification

Humoral Medicine

Diseases & Formulas
Resources
Theory
Links & Texts
Patient Resources

Shop
Texts for Sale
Contact us

TERMS OF USE
PRIVACY POLICY


© MedicineTradition 2015–2023
  • Home
  • About
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog