Is it because of the wind that my face itches during confinement?

If you feel itchy on your face during the confinement period, it may be rashes or skin allergies. You should check whether you have eaten seafood or other foods recently. You should be careful during the confinement period and try not to open the windows suddenly. Keep the indoor temperature constant. If you want to go out, you must wear thicker clothes to prevent catching a cold and avoid serious confinement diseases.

Symptoms of wind in confinement

Mothers should try to avoid going out during the confinement period because they are easily caught in the cold, which is what we call confinement wind.

1. Symptoms of postpartum rheumatism include fear of cold and wind, sweating, pain in moving joints, and aggravation of pain when exposed to cold and wind. Patients need to wear more clothes, and severe patients need to wear cotton clothes in hot summer.

2. Postpartum wind patients are prone to depression, which causes liver qi stagnation, leading to poor blood circulation. Stagnant qi and blood are prone to loss of nutrition, and wind evil can invade accidentally. Its clinical reaction symptoms are: fear of cold, fear of wind, pain in moving joints, as well as numbness, convulsions, swelling and pain.

3. Excessive sexual intercourse will damage the yin and essence. Deficiency of both yin and essence will lead to weakness of tendons and bones, allowing wind evil to invade. Its main clinical symptoms are: in addition to fear of cold and wind, joint pain, the main symptoms are heaviness, weakness, back pain, sleepiness, pain, and fatigue intolerance. Some patients also have rheumatic and rheumatoid symptoms.

What to do if you catch a cold during the month

If a woman catches a cold during the confinement period, she will develop a series of symptoms, such as fear of wind and cold, and she will need to take some compensatory measures.

1. Be careful of the cold

During the postpartum period, mothers should avoid catching cold, should not be exposed to cold wind or drink cold water, and should not eat cold or irritating foods. Usually, special attention should be paid to avoid physical fatigue or mental stimulation. Not only women who give birth normally, but also women who have had a caesarean section or a miscarriage are likely to suffer from postpartum wind, so you must pay attention.

2. Don’t over-moisten your joints

Any slight stimulation before delivery can cause problems after delivery, so you should never over-move your joints within 2-3 weeks after delivery.

3. Take postpartum tonic medicine

Postpartum tonics in traditional Chinese medicine are effective in replenishing the mother's qi and blood, helping with rapid recovery after delivery, and preventing postpartum diseases, but they must be taken 3 weeks after the lochia has been discharged. Taking tonic medicine before all the lochia is discharged may induce postpartum wind. To treat postpartum stroke, you can decoct and take medicinal herbs such as ginseng, astragalus, angelica, and rehmannia root that have the effect of replenishing physical strength.

4. Foods that can prevent postpartum wind include carp, snakehead fish, pig's trotters, pumpkin, etc. But as the name suggests, tonic foods are consumed to replenish energy. You should not take too much at one time or only eat one type.

5. Accept Chinese medicine treatment

Postpartum wind should be treated early, otherwise it will be very difficult to treat. Traditional Chinese medicine is generally used to treat postpartum wind. If you experience postpartum pain symptoms such as cold joints and tingling in joints, it is recommended to go to a traditional Chinese medicine hospital immediately to receive necessary treatment. Postpartum pain is generally treated with a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and treatment should be continued for more than one year.