<pclass=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT:21pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.0;mso-char-indent-size:10.5pt">During early pregnancy, women may experience mild dizziness, nausea, and food aversions. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this results from the cessation of menstruation, causing the Chong Meridian Qi (the Sea of Blood) to fail to descend and instead surge upward, disrupting the normal descending function of stomach Qi. This is generally considered a normal physiological response during pregnancy. "Pregnancy Nausea" refers to symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, chest tightness, even aversion to food odors or immediate vomiting after eating, occurring within the first 1–3 months of pregnancy.
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<pclass=MsoNormal> The main causes are usually pre-existing weak stomach Qi or liver fire rising. After conception, the Chong Meridian Qi surges upward, leading to impaired stomach harmony and descent, or triggering liver fire and heat to rise. Since pregnancy nausea is primarily characterized by vomiting, dietary recommendations emphasize light, soft, easily digestible foods. Avoid strong-smelling, fishy, rotten, or highly aromatic foods; limit or avoid greasy and rich dishes.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>For those with weak stomach Qi: milk, soy milk, egg custard, rice porridge, soft rice, and soft noodles are recommended. For those with liver fire rising: increase intake of vegetables and fruits. Eating should be done in small portions multiple times throughout the day. Six Unexpected Benefits of Pregnancy
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<pclass=MsoNormal>1. Weak Stomach Qi: During the second to third month of pregnancy, there is persistent nausea and lack of appetite, abdominal distension, or immediate vomiting after eating, accompanied by general fatigue, dizziness, excessive sleepiness, white tongue coating, pale tongue body, and weak, slippery pulse. Foods that strengthen the stomach, harmonize the middle energizer, and reverse downward Qi flow can be used for调理.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>1. Ginger Juice Rice Porridge: Take 5–7 drops of ginger juice and mix into rice porridge, sipping frequently.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>2. Orange Decoction: One orange, washed and cut into four pieces (with peel), add a little honey, simmer into a decoction, sip frequently.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>3. Sand仁 Lotus Root Powder: Mix 1.5 grams of sand仁 (Amomum villosum) and 1 gram of xiang (Aquilaria agallocha) into powder, combine with lotus root starch and sugar, stir and consume.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>4. White Kidney Bean Juice: Boil 10 grams of white kidney beans, take with 1.5 grams of sand仁 powder.
<pclass=MsoNormal>2. Liver Fire Rising: TCM holds that pregnancy often involves heat, so most cases of pregnancy nausea involve liver and stomach heat. Typical symptoms include vomiting bitter or sour fluid, fullness in the chest and abdomen, belching, frequent sighing (commonly known as deep breathing), dizziness with head distension, irritability, red tongue edges and tip, yellowish tongue coating, and wiry, slippery pulse. Foods that clear heat, harmonize the stomach, cool blood, and stabilize the fetus are recommended.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>1. Watermelon Juice: Squeeze fresh watermelon juice, sip frequently.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>2. Mung Bean Drink: Boil 50 grams of mung beans, drink the decoction frequently.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>3. Loquat Drink: Use 10 grams of fresh loquat leaves (brush off hairs) and 10 grams of fresh reed rhizome, boil and take the juice as tea.
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<pclass=MsoNormal>4. Snow Pear Puree: One large snow pear, sliced thinly, boiled briefly, cooled, and consumed at any time, in small amounts throughout the day.