How to deal with joint pain during confinement

If a woman develops postpartum disease during the confinement period, she should receive treatment during this period, because the confinement period is the best time to recover from postpartum disease. Among them, mothers who are in the confinement period must be careful to avoid being blown by the wind and touching cold water, because both of these conditions may lead to the invasion of cold air, thereby causing related confinement diseases. What should a woman do if she experiences joint pain during the confinement period?

How to treat postpartum joint pain

1. Early detection and early treatment

Postpartum diseases are best treated during the confinement period. Many postpartum diseases can be cured during the confinement period. If you do not pay attention to it and fail to discover it in time, the longer the postpartum disease is delayed, the greater the damage to the body and the more difficult it will be to cure. Generally speaking, postpartum illnesses such as colds must be cured in time during the confinement period. You can take a bath in a basin with Chinese herbal medicine to completely evaporate the cold in the body. After treatment in this way, you must not be exposed to colds again, otherwise the cold will invade your body more seriously. For other problems like low back pain and joint pain, you need to pay attention to rest during the confinement period and avoid overwork.

2. Symptomatic treatment

For a series of postpartum symptoms, you should not seek medical treatment randomly or trust folk remedies. You should go to the hospital for examination in time, determine the symptoms and causes, and receive symptomatic treatment. In order to avoid careless use of medication, aggravating the condition or missing the best time for treatment.

3. Diet adjustment

During the confinement period, nourishing diet plays a great role in the body's recovery as soon as possible. Adequate nutrition accelerates the body's recovery, makes up for the loss from previous childbirth, and strengthens the physical body. Supplementing more calcium and avoiding low back pain caused by osteoporosis are essential parts of staying away from postpartum diseases.

Recipes for postpartum joint pain

1. Boil mugwort leaves in water for bathing: Use 100g fresh mugwort leaves (50g dried product) and a few slices of ginger to boil half a bucket of water, then pour the water into a hot water tub at a suitable temperature for bathing.

Function: Mugwort has the effects of regulating qi and blood, warming the meridians, expelling cold and dampness and relieving pain. Postpartum mothers are prone to wind, cold and dampness due to deficiency of qi and blood, so they should often use it to boil water for washing their bodies.

2. Mash ginger for application: Take an appropriate amount of ginger, mash it into a paste, and apply it directly to the joints or related acupuncture points. Cover it with plastic wrap to prevent the ginger paste from drying out immediately and affecting the effect of the application. However, it should be noted that ginger paste can burn the skin, so people with delicate skin or those who are prone to allergies should use it with caution to avoid damaging the skin.

Function: Dispel wind and cold, and enhance blood circulation and metabolism around joints. Mothers with obvious individual pain points should use this method as an auxiliary treatment.

3. Hot compress method with coarse salt bag: Buy 1 pound of edible coarse salt, fry it until hot, add 50g of moxa leaves, put it into a gauze bag and wrap it with a cloth with good air permeability, and apply it to the affected area. However, you need to pay attention to adjust the temperature to prevent skin burns.

Function: Relieve local inflammation and improve joint metabolic function. It is best to do it once a day for more than a week. The salt can be reused.

This article introduces in detail how to treat joint pain caused by postpartum disease, and also introduces folk remedies for joint pain caused by postpartum disease. If the confinement period is not taken care of properly and joint pain occurs, it will be a very worrying thing. Many people believe that diseases contracted during the postpartum period are the most difficult to cure, but they can still be cured as long as active measures are taken. You'd better try the methods introduced in this article.