Patient's question:
I gave birth to a baby boy on April 28th. After May 15th, I started moving things and doing household chores. In June, I noticed that my hands and joints were aching, especially after touching cold water. In the morning, my hands were stiff, and I was afraid to bend them. I searched many websites and found that it might be postpartum wind. What are the treatments for postpartum fever?Doctor's answer:
A folk remedy for treating postpartum wind, composed of 30g of ginger, white parts of scallions, and an adequate amount of brown sugar.[Usage] Take twice daily, decocted for 3-4 days.
[Indications] Postpartum wind
[Combined with External Wind-Cold Postpartum Body Pain No. 2 Formula] 100g of scallions, 9g of perilla leaves, and 50g of brown sugar.
[Usage] Decoct the first two medicinal herbs with water, then add brown sugar and take warm, once daily, for 3-5 days.
Indications: Postpartum body pain of wind-cold type, characterized by joint pain throughout the body, difficulty in flexion and extension, or pain without a clear location, or limb stabbing pain, swelling, weakness in lifting, thin white coating, fine and wiry pulse, and severe pain.