TCM pre-pregnancy conditioning methods

A child can be said to be all the hope of a family, and everyone hopes to have a healthy baby. Therefore, many pregnant mothers now begin to take Chinese medicine before pregnancy, and actively treat some chronic diseases or other diseases, so as to provide the baby with the most favorable growth environment during pregnancy. So how should we perform pre-pregnancy conditioning? What are the methods of Chinese medicine conditioning before pregnancy? Now let me tell you about the methods of pre-pregnancy conditioning in traditional Chinese medicine.

Step 1: Regulating menstruation Traditional Chinese medicine can often determine the root cause of a woman's physical problems through the amount, color, and cycle of menstruation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women's menstruation is mainly related to liver and kidney function as well as the Chong and Ren meridians. If there are problems with these organs and meridians, it will lead to menstrual abnormalities, so they should be given full attention and adjusted.

Step 2: Measure body temperature. For a normal person, the body temperature will rise by 0.3 to 0.5°C after ovulation under the action of progesterone. Lasts for 14 days, then the temperature drops. If your body temperature rises for 3 to 5 days and then drops, or if there is no sign of rising, it means there may be a problem with ovulation.

Step 3: Warm the uterus. Traditional Chinese medicine says that cold uterus can cause infertility. The uterus is like a greenhouse for the fetus. If the uterus is cold, the fetus cannot grow. To prevent uterine cold, women should pay special attention to keeping their lower abdomen warm. Especially women who work in air-conditioned environments and those who often sit still should pay more attention to keeping their abdomen warm.

Step 4: Nourish Qi and calm the mind. There is a folk saying that women who are often jealous cannot be pregnant. This means that being narrow-minded, often angry, and jealous may cause liver Qi stagnation and affect conception.

1. Late menstrual period

First, in the late menstrual period, when menstruation is over and the blood sea is empty, it belongs to the closed stage of menstruation. It is characterized by the growth of yin and the decline of yang. It is dominated by the kidneys, which store essence. Essence is the material basis of human reproduction and life activities. During the menstrual cycle, both the arrival of Tiangui and menstruation require necessary material basis, just as Fu Qingzhu said, "The origin of menstruation is not blood, but the water of Tianyi from the kidneys." The kidney is the source of menstrual fluid. Only when the kidney yin is sufficient, the kidney qi is vigorous, and the Tiangui is fully developed, menstruation

Only then can you have normal menstruation and be able to conceive. Therefore, in the later period of menstruation, the focus is on nourishing kidney yin.

The prescription used is Bailing Yuyin Decoction: Rehmannia glutinosa, white peony root, Cornus officinalis, cuttlebone, Cistanche deserticola, Viscum album, donkey-hide gelatin, tortoise shell, and Ligustrum lucidum.

2. Intermenstrual period

Secondly, the intermenstrual period is the stage of "heavy yin must be yang", which presents a "sign". At this time, the Qi and blood in Zhongren circulate, and the stress regulates the relatively unbalanced state of "heavy yin" and manifests a phenomenon.

Therefore, the characteristic of the intermenstrual period is that the kidney meridian is full and the heavy yin turns to yang. In order to smoothly achieve this transformation, the treatment should be based on the method of warming the kidney and activating blood circulation to facilitate the blood flow to the ovaries and thus ovulation.

The prescription uses Bailing Yuyin Decoction with Curculigo, Epimedium, Morinda officinalis, Paeonia suffruticosa, Paeonia lactiflora, and Achyranthes bidentata.

3. Premenstrual period

Furthermore, the premenstrual period is the stage when yang grows and yin disappears. At this time, the kidney yang gradually becomes strong to warm the uterus to provide conditions for the implantation and development of the fertilized egg. Otherwise, uterine cold will cause infertility or menstrual disorders.

According to the theory of mutual roots of yin and yang, imitating the ideas of Jingyue's six and eight flavors, the prescription uses Yuyin Decoction with Curculigo orchioides, Epimedium brevicornum, and Morinda officinalis.

The above is the method of pre-pregnancy conditioning in traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, the parents' physical constitution will be inherited by the child, and this will also become the child's innate endowment. But in real life, a person often has two or more physical constitutions, so it is necessary to go to a regular hospital and ask a Chinese medicine doctor to conduct a comprehensive diagnosis and make correct judgments on different physical constitutions in order to give targeted conditioning plans and make more detailed daily life suggestions, so as to give birth to healthier children. Hope this helps.