The lochia was clean for two days and then it started bleeding again

Lochia is some blood stasis and other substances that flow out of the vagina after a normal delivery. Chinese medicine believes that lochia occurs after delivery mainly due to qi deficiency, blood heat, blood stasis and other conditions. If bleeding occurs again two days after the lochia is clear, it means that the lochia of the mother has not been completely eliminated. At this time, treatment should continue. The more recommended treatment methods are Chinese medicine treatment or folk remedies.

1. TCM Dialectics

After childbirth, the menstrual blood is damaged, the body is weak and insufficient, and cannot be restrained, or the bad blood is not completely discharged, then the good blood will be difficult to calm down, and will flow out together and will not stop for a long time. --《Pregnancy and Childbirth Heart Method》

Qi deficiency: The body is qi deficient and the vital energy is insufficient. In addition, the patient loses qi due to blood loss during childbirth, or works too hard after childbirth, which damages the spleen, causing qi deficiency and sinking, and the Chong and Ren meridians become loose and unable to retain blood, resulting in continuous lochia.

Heat in the blood: Yin deficiency in the body, coupled with blood loss during childbirth, depletion of Yin fluid, internal heat caused by Yin deficiency, or excessive consumption of spicy, warm and dry foods after childbirth, or exposure to heat pathogens, or liver depression turning into heat, heat disturbing the Chong and Ren meridians, forcing blood to descend, resulting in unclean lochia.

Blood stasis: After childbirth, the placenta is empty, and the cold evil enters the placenta, causing the blood to become cold and coagulate; or due to emotional injury, the blood becomes stagnant; or due to blood stasis after childbirth, the placenta and fetal membrane remain as blood stasis, which blocks the body and prevents new blood from returning to the meridians, resulting in unclean lochia.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine has long studied the condition 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, based on the idea that when Qi flows, blood will flow. The famous Chinese medicine "Postpartum Lochia Ointment" is a special medicine for treating this disease in traditional Chinese medicine. Composed of four Chinese medicinal herbs: motherwort, safflower, peach kernel, and acne, the postpartum lochia cream is used to astringe and stop bleeding as well as to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It has the effects of both promoting circulation and nourishing yin, 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 recipe has been highly praised by Chinese medicine practitioners for thousands of years and is still used today, enduring.

3. Folk remedies

Folk remedy 1: 100 grams of lotus root juice and 20 grams of white sugar. First, squeeze the lotus root juice from the fresh, white and tender lotus root, refrigerate it for later use, then add sugar to the lotus root juice and drink it cold. This prescription is suitable for postpartum lochia caused by blood heat.

Folk remedy 2: 30 grams each of agrimony and motherwort, 10 grams of brown sugar. First, boil the two herbs, remove the residue, take the filtrate, add brown sugar into the filtrate, boil for 1-2 times, and then take it 2-3 times a day. This prescription can be used to treat lochia retention caused by blood stasis.

Folk remedy three: 10 grams of ginseng, 1 black-bone chicken, and a little salt. Soak the ginseng until soft, slice it, stuff it into the chicken's belly, put it into a casserole, add salt, and stew it until the chicken is cooked through. Eat the meat and drink the soup, 2-3 times a day. This prescription is suitable for postpartum lochia retention due to qi deficiency.

Folk remedy four: 30 grams of herb, 10 eggs, and 30 grams of brown sugar. Boil the herb of debility (if unavailable, use 30g of Codonopsis pilosula and 60g of Astragalus membranaceus instead) in water, remove the residue, then use the filtrate, brown sugar and eggs to cook until the eggs are cooked. Eat 2-3 eggs a day and you can make more after you finish eating. This prescription is suitable for postpartum lochia caused by qi deficiency.