Is sweating useful during confinement?

The so-called postpartum sweating means that you should sweat continuously during the confinement period. This can eliminate moisture from the body and is good for the body. Otherwise, the moisture in the body will be too heavy and it will be difficult to eliminate it later, and it will easily lead to many diseases. In fact, from a doctor's point of view, there is no medical basis for postpartum sweating. If a woman catches a cold during the confinement period, it is okay to sweat. If she is a normal woman, it is completely unnecessary. The moisture in the body has actually been eliminated from the body with the birth of the child. There is no need to spend money to eliminate moisture. If you want to relax yourself, you can also consider sweating. Of course, there is no harm in sweating, it can eliminate toxins and moisture.

In the eyes of Chinese medicine experts and obstetricians and gynecologists, sweating during the confinement period is not a must. From the perspective of Western medicine, there is no such thing as sweating during the postpartum recovery care. According to Western medicine, the postpartum period is 42 days. The so-called confinement period is a traditional Chinese term. "According to Western medicine, postpartum care is also different from some traditional requirements." For example, during postpartum care, you cannot cover the baby. Instead, you must pay attention to heat dissipation because a lot of heat will be generated during the postpartum period and needs to be evacuated. If you cover the baby excessively, it will cause postpartum infection.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, sweating during confinement may not be suitable for everyone. The mother already has weak Qi and blood, and sweating will consume more sweat in the body, affecting the production of blood. "If you get cold or caught a cold after sweating, it will be even more troublesome."

For mothers who have caught a cold during the confinement period, it is okay to sweat moderately, but it is not necessary for those who do not have symptoms of joint pain and have not caught a cold to sweat. Moreover, some people's constitutions are not suitable for sweating, such as those with qi deficiency or yin deficiency.

What is the use of sweating during confinement?

"During pregnancy, the bone joints of pregnant women gradually open up, making it easy for dampness and coldness to enter. And not all of them enter at once, so it is recommended to sweat more than once to expel the dampness and coldness from the body." This is what a staff member of a postpartum care institution mentioned above told reporters. The head of another institution said that a lot of sweating in the steamer can be forced out of the mother's body. "It's okay to do it once. People are delicate and can do it more times. There are only benefits and no harm." The reporter saw some benefits of sweating on other web pages that promote postpartum sweating. In addition to expelling cold, it can also warm the meridians and dredge the collaterals, replenish Qi and blood, eliminate toxins, burn fat, beautify the skin, and enhance immunity... It seems that there are many advantages, which is very exciting.

So what do people who have experienced sweating feel? "After eating the rice wine and eggs prepared by the confinement nanny, I sweated a little and felt quite comfortable." said a mother in a parenting QQ group, while another mother in the group said that she first had a full-body massage to clear her meridians, which made her body achy. After entering the steamer for a while, she was sweating profusely, "I felt like I was going to collapse." The citizen told me that she listened to other people's recommendations and asked someone to come to her home to sweat. "I had just come out of confinement, and I felt okay at first, but I felt a little tired after sweating, like I had just given birth." The reporter found that for sweating during confinement, some mothers who liked it mainly felt warm and comfortable after sweating, while a considerable number of mothers did not have any special feelings, and some people felt uncomfortable.