Treatment of Postpartum Spontaneous Sweating and Night Sweats
Treatment of Postpartum Spontaneous Sweating and Night Sweats
Postpartum spontaneous sweating refers to continuous perspiration that is profuse and persistent. Postpartum night sweats refer to sweating during sleep that wets the clothes, stopping upon waking. The main causes are postpartum qi deficiency with weakened defensive qi or yin deficiency with internal heat causing floating yang to escape externally. Effective folk remedies and proven formulas for treating postpartum spontaneous and night sweats are listed below.
[Prescription One]
15 grams astragalus, 90 grams lamb meat, 10 grams longan flesh, 15 grams Chinese yam. Blanch lamb meat briefly in boiling water, then soak in cold water to remove the gamey smell. Boil water in a clay pot, add lamb and the three herbs, and simmer into soup. Season before eating, consume both soup and meat.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency.
[Prescription Two]
1 sheep's stomach, 50 grams black beans, 40 grams astragalus. Clean the sheep's stomach, cut finely. Use 100 grams with black beans and astragalus to cook into porridge. Take twice daily.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency.
[Prescription Three]
30 grams rice root, 90 grams loach. First, kill and clean the loach, fry until golden brown with cooking oil. Boil rice root with 2 bowls of water until reduced to 1 bowl. Add the loach and cook into soup. Season before eating, consume both soup and fish.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum sweating due to qi deficiency.
[Prescription Four]
2 sheets of tofu skin, 8 quail eggs, 2 dried mushrooms, 25 grams ham, appropriate seasoning. Tear tofu skin into pieces, sprinkle a little water to moisten. Crack quail eggs into a bowl, add a little salt, stir evenly. Slice mushrooms, dice ham. Heat a wok, add pork fat, fry until fragrant, add scallion and ginger, pour in quail eggs, stir until set. Add water, bring to boil, add mushrooms, season with wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, cook for 15 minutes, add tofu skin, sprinkle ham bits.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum spontaneous sweating due to physical weakness.
[Prescription Five]
1 sheep's stomach, 60 grams glutinous rice, 5 jujubes. Clean the sheep's stomach, soak glutinous rice, place rice and jujubes inside, sew shut, steam over water until heated. Eat with meals. Cut open the stomach, season before consuming.
This prescription is suitable for excessive sweating after childbirth that cannot be controlled.
[Prescription Six]
1 pig's stomach, 15 grams astragalus, 3 grams ginseng, 50–100 grams rice, 30 grams lotus seeds, appropriate wheat. Clean the pig's stomach with salt, boil with wheat until half-cooked, remove and cut finely. Chop all herbs, place in a gauze bag, tie securely. Add to pig's stomach with water and simmer until tender. Remove the bag and pig's stomach, then cook rice into porridge. Just before serving, add scallions, season as desired, eat porridge and pig's stomach.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum qi deficiency with spontaneous sweating and poor appetite.
[Prescription Seven]
100 grams pork, 100 grams ginger, 100 grams honey, 50 grams polygonatum. Crush ginger into paste, decoct to extract 100 grams concentrated juice. Combine with pork fat, yellow wine, and honey, simmer into a paste. Take 10 grams each time, three times daily.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum physical weakness with wind-induced spontaneous sweating.
[Prescription Eight]
Appropriate amount of pork, equal parts of oyster powder and roasted wheat bran. Cook pork into a rich broth. Mix the two powders evenly, take 3 grams mixed into pork broth daily.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum spontaneous and night sweats due to physical weakness.
[Prescription Nine]
1 softshell turtle, 5 grams *Fritillaria cirrhosa*, 1000 ml chicken stock. Cut turtle into pieces, place in a steamer, add *Fritillaria*, salt, cooking wine, Sichuan pepper, ginger, scallions, steam for 1 hour. Consume warm with meals.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum night sweats due to yin deficiency.
[Prescription Ten]
60 grams wheat grains, 30 grams glutinous rice, 15 jujubes, a little sugar. Wash the first three ingredients, boil into porridge, add sugar until dissolved. Take twice daily.
This prescription is suitable for postpartum yin deficiency with night sweats.
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