Can I wash my hair during confinement?

Pregnant women are extremely weak after giving birth. In order for new mothers to recover in the shortest possible time and not develop any illness, they need to stay in confinement after giving birth. The so-called confinement means resting for a month after delivery, and there are many living habits that need to be paid attention to during this period. So can women wash their hair during confinement? This is a problem that bothers all women.

Not washing your hair during the confinement period is to prevent bacteria from entering the scalp and to prevent the scalp from getting cold. However, not washing your hair for a month in the hot summer is a terrible thing. This is also the reason why many women do not want to have children, because they are afraid of various habits during the confinement period.

Almost every elderly person said so, and they also threatened that if you don't listen to the elderly and wash your hair and take a bath during the confinement period, you will "inhale" the "wind" and the wind will enter your brain, causing headaches for the rest of your life, and the "wind" will enter your bones, causing body pain in old age that cannot be cured.

Can I wash my hair while I am in confinement? In fact, the so-called "wind" is simply equivalent to "catching a cold". In the past, it was not so easy to get hot water, so people used well water or mountain water to wash their hair and take a bath. Postpartum women are weak, and they are prone to "catching a cold" and hurting their bodies if they wash with cold water from the mountains.

Of course, if you hold the idea that it is better to believe it than to risk your lifelong health, and firmly believe in traditional wisdom and are afraid of being poisoned by "wind", but still want to cleanse your body, you may want to try the following folk bathing methods.

Use lemongrass. Hakka people do not use ginger. Postpartum women use lemongrass to boil water for bathing, which has the same effect as ginger in dispelling wind. Elderly people say that using dried ginger peels to boil water for bathing and washing hair can relieve headaches. Most Chinese medicine practitioners also agree with this method because ginger has the effect of dispelling wind. However, to use this method, you must start preparing at least three months before delivery. Store the ginger peels from each cooking and boiling pork trotters with ginger, and dry them. Otherwise, it will not be enough for daily bathing and washing hair during the more than 30 days of confinement.

Can you wash your hair during confinement? The above is the relevant introduction. In the past, people did not wash their hair during confinement, but modern people still wash their hair. In fact, as long as you use hot or warm water to wash your hair, and do not wash your hair for too long, and blow it dry immediately after washing, it is still okay. The key is not to wash your hair too frequently, otherwise it is not good for your health.