What should I do if my heels hurt after a normal birth?

If conditions permit, most women will choose natural childbirth. Natural childbirth is very good for the baby, but it can also cause great harm to the mothers. You must take good care of yourself after giving birth. During the confinement period, you must pay attention to relevant matters, such as keeping warm. Otherwise, if your heels get cold during the confinement period, it is easy to cause pain. So how to solve heel pain?

What should I do if my heels hurt after a normal birth?

1. Chinese herbal decoction

Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five Ingredients Decoction ... has the effects of nourishing blood and replenishing Qi, warming the meridians and dredging the collaterals. Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong and Millettia reticulata can be added to nourish blood and dredge the collaterals. Danggui Sini Decoction Danggui Sini Decoction warms the meridians and dispels cold, nourishes blood and unclogs meridians. It is effective for blood deficiency, cold syncope, and cold hands and feet. In addition, you can also use medicinal herbs such as Eucommia ulmoides and Viscum album to make soup as a dietary therapy.

2. Foot bath

You can use Chinese medicine such as Astragalus, Angelica, Millettia reticulata, Duchu, Viscum album, Achyranthes bidentata, and Cibotium barometz for foot bathing to replenish qi and blood, warm the meridians, and achieve the therapeutic effect. Consult your doctor for specific formulations.

3. Moxibustion

Cold limbs after childbirth indicate weak Qi and blood, and Qi and blood have two major characteristics of "flowing when encountering warmth and coagulating when encountering cold". Moxibustion therapy uses the warm stimulation of moxa fire to the meridian acupoints to make Qi and blood flow, attack evil with fire, warm the meridians and dispel cold evil. However, you need to master the method under the guidance of a doctor, find the acupoints correctly, and prevent burning of the skin.

4. Stick to the ear acupoints

"The ears are where the main meridians gather." The ears are connected to the meridians throughout the body. Auricular acupuncture therapy uses drugs, magnetic beads and other round materials to stick on the auricular acupuncture points to stimulate the auricular acupuncture points.

How to deal with postpartum heel pain

(1) Boil 1 slice of lean pork in shochu, and apply to the painful area.

(2) Boil a few sorghum roots and two duck eggs into soup, filter out the residue, and add sugar to taste.

(3) Boil 30g of Sichuan safflower with 1 bowl of wine and take twice a day.

(4) 500 grams of fresh ginger and 250 grams of brown sugar. Mash the ginger into ginger paste, dissolve the brown sugar in water, mix it with the ginger paste, and simmer it over low heat until it becomes a soup. Take one tablespoon each morning, noon, and evening for several days.

Editor's words

Heel pain after childbirth is mainly caused by accidentally catching a cold during the confinement period. You can use traditional Chinese medicine, foot bathing, moxibustion and other methods. You can also apply medicine to the acupuncture points of the ears, or use some folk remedies, which are very effective in relieving postpartum heel pain. Finally, I would like to remind mothers that there are many symptoms of discomfort after childbirth, so they should pay more attention to keeping warm and getting enough rest.