What is postpartum insomnia?

Whether it is an abortion operation or a miscarriage, the damage to women's body and mind is also very great. Some women will experience many discomfort symptoms after an abortion. Some women are too stressed after an abortion, which causes them to be unable to sleep or sleep well at night. So, what should you do if you can’t sleep at night after an abortion? The following web editor will introduce to everyone how women can recover better after abortion.

What to do if you can't sleep at night after abortion

Insomnia is caused by excessive mental anxiety, too much pressure, or emotional restlessness, which are the main causes of insomnia. In addition, excessive liver fire will also affect the quality of sleep. You can take Huanglian Shangqing Pills or Shugan Liqi Tea, both of which can relieve liver heat. After the abortion, pay attention to rest, chat with your family more, confide in them, and distract your attention. This is a very good way to relieve work pressure. If the sleep quality is poor, you can also drink boiled milk and wash your feet with warm water for 15 minutes before going to bed, which are very helpful for sleep quality.

After an abortion, you must pay attention to conditioning, try to eat well, sleep well, pay attention to improving nutrition, enhance the body's resistance to disease, and promote the early repair of damaged organs. After an abortion, you should eat more fish, meat, eggs, beans and other protein-rich foods and fruits rich in vitamins to speed up the body's recovery. Diet therapy should be carried out immediately; it is not suitable to eat raw and cold food, spicy food, and a standardized diet can refer to the normal diet after childbirth. In addition, in life, you should compare the taboos after childbirth, do not take a bath, do not drink cold food, and keep warm clothes to prevent cold.

Not suitable for getting angry or tired. You should rest in bed for 2-3 days after the abortion. You don't need to do heavy physical work, move things, lift things, and avoid intense exercise within half a month after the abortion. There is no need to delay the rest period. Of course, pregnant women who have had miscarriage or artificial miscarriage are best to rest and recuperate for about 21 to 30 days. Ensure human rehabilitation treatment. Of course, you don't have to stay in bed all day and night, as lying in bed all day and night is not conducive to the discharge of postpartum lochia.

Post-abortion nutritious meal recipes are highly recommended

1. Raw egg and jujube soup:

Food: 2 eggs, 10 jujubes, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Method: Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil, then beat in the raw eggs and cook. When the water boils again, add the dates and brown sugar and simmer for 20 minutes.

Function: It has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood. Suitable for regulating Qi and blood deficiency caused by anemia, illness and childbirth.

2. Ginseng and Astragalus Chicken Soup:

Food: 1 free-range chicken, 50 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 50 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 50 grams of yam, 4 red dates, and appropriate amount of rice wine.

Method: 1. Slaughter the old hen, remove the feathers and internal organs, chop into pieces, and blanch in water; 2. Soak the old hen meat in rice wine, then pour in boiling water, add the other four ingredients around the chicken, and stew until cooked.

Directions: Take in multiple doses.

Function: It has the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing blood. Suitable for adjustment after abortion.

3. Alfalfa Seed Egg Soup:

Food: 5g of alfalfa seeds and 2 raw eggs.

Preparation: Crush the alfalfa seeds, put them in a ceramic pot, add cold water, first boil the water, then simmer for 20 minutes; add peeled raw eggs and simmer for another 30 minutes.

Directions: Take once a day in the morning on an empty stomach, eat eggs and drink the soup.

Function: Nourishes Qi and blood, nourishes the kidneys, strengthens yang and nourishes the fetus. Alfalfa seeds, also known as golden tea seeds, are the seeds of the legume plant alfalfa. They are commonly used in folk customs in Shaanxi Province, China to treat threatened abortion and its kidney deficiency type (fetal movement disorder, lower body bleeding, low back and calf pain, weak physique, tinnitus and dizziness, poor appetite, frequent urination at night, sallow complexion, pale tongue, weak and slightly slippery pulse, and weak radial pulse) and fetal movement disorder caused by falls, and generally can achieve good therapeutic effects. But it is ineffective for inevitable miscarriage and habitual abortion.

4. Ginseng and angelica pork kidney soup:

Food: 5g wild ginseng, 10g angelica root, 2 pig tripes (pig kidneys).

Preparation: Wash the wild ginseng and angelica root; wash the pig stomach and remove the endometrial smelly tendons. Put ginseng, Chuanxiong and pork tripe into a pot, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for minutes.

How to use: Take once every morning on an empty stomach, drink porridge, cut the cooked pork tripe into slices and mix with light soy sauce to eat, repeat 7 times.

Function: Nourishes Qi and blood, calms the mind and nourishes the fetus. Wild ginseng is a great tonic for qi and blood, calms the mind and nourishes the fetus; Chuanxiong replenishes blood, qi and relieves pain; pig kidneys nourish kidney essence. This health-preserving medicinal diet can be used as an auxiliary treatment for pregnant women with threatened abortion due to deficiency of qi and blood. The clinical symptoms are restless fetal movement, red discharge from the lower part, weakness in the limbs, laziness and few words, dry skin due to deficiency of qi and blood, sallow complexion, pale and tender tongue, greasy white tongue coating, and soft and weak pulse.

5. Chicken with Eight Treasures for Pregnancy:

Food: 15g of Codonopsis pilosula (or 3g of wild ginseng), 12g of coix seed, 5g of raw licorice, 10g of cooked rehmannia, 10g of angelica root, 10g of red peony root, 10g of stir-fried Atractylodes macrocephala, 15g of Eucommia ulmoides, 250g of lean pork, 1 firewood chicken, and appropriate amounts of condiments such as onion, ginger, salt, and wine.

Preparation: Prepare all the above 8 kinds of medicines, wash them, put them into a clean tea bag and tie the mouth; slaughter the old hen, blanch it in boiling water for 3 minutes, pick it up and drain it; wash the raw pork and slice it. Put the chicken, pork and medicine bag into a large stone pot, add cold water, bring to a boil, add seasonings, then simmer over low heat for 1 hour and serve.

How to use: Take off the medicine bag, drink porridge and eat meat as three meals.

Function: Nourish Qi and blood, strengthen the kidneys and nourish the fetus. This dish is extremely fresh and refreshing, with rich juice, flavor and nutrition. Those who suffer from threatened miscarriage due to deficiency of blood and qi can benefit greatly from taking this dish. Eating this dish before the symptoms of threatened abortion appear during pregnancy has a very good preventive effect on habitual abortion.