How to treat postpartum cough

Coughing is actually not a very serious disease and it is not fatal, but it is just a simple cough. If you cough during the confinement period, the nature of your cough is completely different from any other normal cough. Coughing during confinement can easily be caused by confinement sickness, which is a very distressing postpartum disease. Postpartum cough must be treated as soon as possible without delay. Let’s talk about how to treat postpartum cough.

Postpartum cough Postpartum cough is caused by external injury to the lungs. Severe cough at night indicates severe cold. Avoid using diaphoretic drugs to treat postpartum cough. The cough during confinement is different from the usual cough. It is a symptom of postpartum disease and will not be effectively treated with general cough treatment.

Treatment

Modified Shenghua Decoction: 3 grams of Heimei Pills, 9-15 grams of Angelica sinensis, 9 grams each of Chuanxiong, Apricot Kernel, and Anemarrhena asphodeloides, and 6 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum. If the patient is obviously physically weak after childbirth, tonic medicine can be added according to the symptoms. In case of Qi deficiency, add 9 grams each of Astragalus and Codonopsis; in case of blood deficiency, add 12 grams each of Rehmannia and White Peony Root; in case of Yin deficiency, add 9 grams each of Adenophora and Ophiopogon. If the phlegm is difficult to cough up and is yellow in color, add 9 grams each of Trichosanthes peel and Belamcanda chinensis; if the phlegm is white, add 9 grams each of Pinellia ternata and Aster tataricus; if the cough is severe, add 9 grams each of Astragalus membranaceus and Platycladus orientalis; if there is a lot of phlegm, add 9 grams each of Fritillaria cirrhosa and Sinapis alba. If there is heat, add 12 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis and 30 grams of Houttuynia cordata. In addition, if there are exterior symptoms, add 9 grams each of Schizonepeta and Bupleurum to clear the exterior and expel the evil. For those with obvious blood stasis, add peach kernel to resolve phlegm and relieve cough. For constipation, add 9 grams each of Trichosanthes seed and processed Chuanxiong to clear the bowels, eliminate evil, and promote the flow of lung qi. Take it in decoction, one dose per day. Be especially careful about colds and winds when breastfeeding.

The above is the relevant content about how to treat the cough caused by postpartum disease. The cough caused by postpartum disease cannot be confused with ordinary cough. The cough during the confinement period is relatively more complicated, and the postpartum disease itself cannot be cured well. Therefore, it is best for everyone to pay attention to rest and take care of their body after giving birth, and not let themselves get sick, otherwise things will become very complicated.