Causes of postpartum lochia

Many female friends who have just given birth have lochia during the confinement period because they did not clean their lower body in time. This causes a lot of torture to the bodies of female friends. So how should we deal with lochia during confinement? The following article will popularize it for everyone.

1. Causes of postpartum lochia

The reason why women have unclean lochia after childbirth is generally related to physical weakness, mostly due to qi deficiency, blood stasis or blood heat. Women with qi deficiency have insufficient blood and qi before delivery, and they lose blood during delivery and do not take good care of themselves after delivery, which results in damage to the spleen and qi due to overwork and inability to absorb blood. Those with blood stasis have lochia congestion and poor blood circulation. Women with blood heat lose blood during delivery and suffer from yin deficiency, which causes blood heat to run wildly.

2. The harm of postpartum lochia

1. Postpartum lochia that is not completely discharged may lead to local and systemic infection, and in severe cases, sepsis may occur.

2. The residual lochia caused by cesarean section can easily cause the incision to become infected, rupture or heal poorly, and may even require hysterectomy.

3. The most important thing to pay attention to is the removal of lochia, as the most likely thing to happen is late postpartum hemorrhage or even massive hemorrhage and shock, which endangers the life of the mother.

Treatment of postpartum lochia

The treatment of postpartum lochia should be based on the main principles of tonifying deficiency and removing blood stasis. Tonifying deficiency should focus on tonifying Qi and blood, while removing blood stasis should be combined with Qi-regulating drugs, with the idea that when Qi flows, blood will flow. Traditional Chinese medicine has long been researching the problem of postpartum lochia. The famous Chinese medicine recipe "Postpartum Lochia Cream" is a special medicine used by Chinese medicine to treat this problem.

Postpartum lochia cream is a famous traditional prescription, which combines astringency and hemostasis with blood circulation and blood stasis removal. It has the effects of both promoting circulation and maintaining health, and its characteristics of invigorating qi and nourishing yin are also in line with the pathogenesis of female physical weakness, making the treatment effect more comprehensive. Therefore, this prescription has been highly praised by Chinese medicine practitioners for thousands of years and is still used today, enduring.

We have learned how to deal with postpartum lochia. Friends who have just given birth can use hot water to gently wash their lower body to avoid lochia caused by long-term inactivity. Friends who have severe postpartum lochia should go to the hospital for examination.