How to get rid of cold during confinement

In traditional Chinese thinking, it is believed that women need to sit in confinement for a period of time after giving birth to recuperate their bodies. With the development of medicine, this traditional idea has also been confirmed by medicine. Confinement does have many benefits for the health of the mother and can effectively prevent the occurrence of postpartum diseases. Keeping warm is one of the most important tasks during the confinement period. So how should we remove the coldness in our body if we accidentally catch a cold during the confinement period?

1. Hot compress

Take a basin of hot water every night, soak a towel in it, and then place it on your back for hot compress. This can not only promote blood circulation and dredge the body's various tendons, but also help to expel the cold and toxins in the body as soon as possible.

2. Massage

After scrubbing your body clean, you can ask your family to gently massage your back in a clockwise rotation, which can not only promote the expulsion of cold air, but also relieve fatigue.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine

The treatment is mainly based on traditional Chinese medicine, which warms the meridians and dredges, promotes qi and blood circulation, warms the yang and dispels cold, resolves blood stasis and relieves pain, promotes blood circulation and thus blocks the nausea cycle of pain, and can effectively treat inflammatory, neurological and traumatic pain in the human body, basically achieving significant therapeutic effects. If you have already left the confinement period, it is recommended that you take some Chinese medicine under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner for conditioning. Not only will the effect be more significant, but it will also not cause major side effects to the body.

4. Acupuncture

It is a common therapy in daily life, which mainly stimulates acupuncture points to achieve the effect of strengthening the body. It is recommended that you go to a professional Chinese medicine hospital for an appropriate try.

5. Moxibustion

It mainly uses the burning of moxa leaves to fumigate the acupoints. I suggest that you can try it. It can not only warm the meridians and dispel cold, but also help to strengthen the physical fitness and replenish Qi.

6. Food supplements

There are many types of food. When cold air enters the body, you can eat some foods that help dispel the cold, such as lamb, red dates, longan, wolfberry, etc.

7. Exercise

After the confinement period, you can do some appropriate exercises according to your actual situation, such as jogging, which can not only promote gastrointestinal motility and prevent constipation, but also help expel cold and shape a beautiful body.