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TCM Treat Pregnant Edema |
This type of edema may appear on the head, face and limbs of pregnant women. It can be divided into 3 types: Pregnant women with edema due to spleen deficiency and accumulation of dampness may suffer from reduction of urination and slight edema on the feet and ankles, worse in the afternoon but relievable by rest. The edema may spread to the thigh and lower abdomen, covered with shiny skin, and the patient may also suffer from poor appetite, diarrhea and pale tongue proper with tooth prints and white slippery coating.
Patients with spleen deficiency and stagnation of Qi may suffer from non-pitting edema all over the body (worse on the chest and abdomen) covered with thickened skin of normal color, heaviness of the head, dizziness, chest distress, shortness 90 of breath and rough voidings of dark urine. Pregnant women with deficiency of spleen and kidney Yang may suffer from pitting edema on the upper limbs or whole body covered with shiny skin, headache, dizziness, nausea, soreness of the waist, tinnitus, and cold body and limbs.
Recipe 1: An adequate amount of white gourd with theskin intact and a small amount of salt.
Administration: The white gourd is washed clean, cut into small cubes and boiled in water with salt for oral intake according to the appetite.
Indication: The boiled white gourd can strengthen the spleen, promote discharge of water and secure the fetus to treat pregnant edema due to spleen deficiency and accumulation of dampness. The addition of dates to the recipe may improve the therapeutic result.
Recipe 2: Seeds of white gourd 20 g, dried tangerine peel 6 g and honey 50 g.
Administration: A decoction of the above materials is drunk twice a day for several days.
Indication: This recipe can release stagnation of Qi, strengthen the spleen and promote discharge of water to treat pregnant edema due to spleen deficiency and stagnation of Qi.
Recipe 3: Skin of white gourd 60 g, com silk 30 g, Shuidengcao (rush pith) 15 g and Fuzi (prepared aconite side root) 12 g.
Administration: A decoction of the above herbs is drunk once a day for several days.
Indication: This recipe is used to treat pregnant edema due to deficiency of spleen and kidney Yang.
Recipe 4: Dried tangerine peel 6 g, red bean 120 g and one carp (about 500 g).
Administration: The red beans are boiled in an earthenware pot until they are softened, then the fish and tangerine peel are added to the pot for further boiling to make a fish soup for oral intake twice a day, once every 2 days.
Indication: The fish soup is used to treat pregnant edema due to spleen deficiency and accumulation of dampness.
Recipe 5: An adequate amount of dried tangerine peel and equal amounts of chaff of sticky rice and germinated wheat.
Administration: The above materials are ground to produce a powder for preparing small pieces of dough. After steaming them, 3-5 pieces are eaten per day.
Indication: This recipe is used to treat pregnant edema due to spleen deficiency and stagnation of Qi.
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