I often feel dizzy after giving birth, which is due to blood deficiency.

Dizziness and headaches are very common phenomena in life, especially for mothers who have just given birth. Pregnancy and childbirth consume too much energy and blood of the mother, so she is more likely to experience symptoms of dizziness and headaches. Why do I get a headache after giving birth? How can we regulate it?

Reason 1: Blood deficiency

Blood is the material basis of human life activities and provides nutrition to organs and tissues throughout the body. New mothers will bleed heavily during childbirth, which can easily lead to insufficient qi and blood. If the brain does not receive sufficient blood supply, it will cause headaches, accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, sallow complexion, palpitations, and insomnia.

【Prescription】Gui Di Zi Yin Decoction

9-15g of Angelica sinensis, 9-15g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 4.5g of White Peony Root (fried with wine), 3g of Chuanxiong, 1.8-2.1g of Dried Ginger (fried thoroughly), 3g of Roasted Licorice Root, and 1.8g of Schizonepeta Tenuifolia. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, twice a day.

Reason 2: Blood stasis

After giving birth, new mothers cannot discharge blood stasis normally due to the retention of lochia, which in turn blocks the blood flow to the brain's veins. This poor blood flow can cause headaches. If this is the reason, the new mother will have a splitting or stabbing headache, and may also have abdominal pain in the lower abdomen.

【Prescription 1】Oral administration

Shenghua Tang plus or minus: Angelica sinensis 12g, Chuanxiong 12g, peach kernel 12g, roasted ginger 6g, motherwort 30g, roasted licorice 6g. Decoction the above medicines to extract about 300 ml of juice, take it warm in 2 doses, 1 dose per day.

If there is severe pain in the lower abdomen and fullness in the chest and ribs, add 10 grams of Citrus aurantium, 10 grams of Linderae scutellariae, and 10 grams of Aucklandia lappa to the above prescription; if the lochia does not stop, add 15 grams of stir-fried Pollen Typhae and 15 grams of stir-fried Aconiti Lateralis Preparata; if there is abdominal pain and cold limbs, add 6 grams of cinnamon twig; or if there is emptiness and feeling in the lower abdomen, qi deficiency and blood stasis, add 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula and 15 grams of Astragalus membranaceus; if the lochia is smelly, remove the roasted ginger and add 30 grams of Taraxacum mongolicum and 30 grams of Patrinia salsa.

【Prescription 2】External application

Take 60 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Chuanxiong, 15 grams of peach kernel, 10 grams of ginger charcoal, 15 grams of safflower, 15 grams of cinnamon, 12 grams of Corydalis yanhusuo, 15 grams of Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, 12 grams of Cyperus rotundus, and 15 grams of licorice, and boil them into a paste and apply it to the Dantian.

Reason three: cold evil

When a new mother is giving birth, all the pores on her body will open. If she is exposed to wind and cold at this time, it will also cause headaches. Symptoms include cold pain in the forehead, which decreases when the body is warm, and small amount of lochia that is dark purple in color.

【Prescription】Guizhi Siwu Decoction

10 grams of Angelica sinensis, 15 grams of Chuanxiong, 10 grams of Red Peony Root, 15 grams of Rehmannia Glutinosa, 10 grams of Cassia Twig, 10 grams of Angelica Dahurica, 10 grams of Acorus calamus, 6 grams of Asarum, 10 grams of Vitex rotundifolia, 3 grams of Roasted Licorice, 15 grams of Leonurus japonicus, add ginger and jujube, decocted in water for oral administration.