Vomiting in pregnancy, how to regulate traditional Chinese medicine and diet?

Xiaoling has just been pregnant for more than two months recently. While the whole family was immersed in joy, Xiaoling was troubled by uncomfortable morning sickness. Whenever she smells food, she feels sick and can't eat dinner. Even the delicious food that I used to love is now unpalatable. To make matters worse, even if you barely eat a little, you will spit it all out at once. Sometimes I feel sick before eating in the morning and spit out my stomach acid.

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Xiaoling checked the information online and found that most pregnant women have symptoms of morning sickness, which can actually be improved by Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine regulates morning sickness according to constitution classification, which is mainly divided into two constitutions: weakness of spleen and stomach and disharmony between liver and qi. (Recommended reading: Chinese medicine helps you give birth to a healthy baby in three stages)

Loose stool, a pregnant woman with weak spleen and stomach, feels pale mouth and heavy seasoning, or feels tasteless, tired and weak; Pregnant women with disharmony between liver and qi have bitter taste in their mouth, and the liquid they spit out is also bitter, and they feel tightness in their chest ribs.

Xiaoling found a gynecologist and diagnosed that she had a constitution of disharmony between liver and stomach. After Chinese medicine gave Xiaoling perilla leaf, coptis root and other Chinese medicines, Xiaoling's morning sickness was much better. Chinese medicine reminds her to eat less fried food, onion and garlic and spicy spices in her daily diet.

Morning sickness, also known as "unlucky" or "sick child", is the most serious period of morning sickness at 8 ~ 12 weeks after pregnancy. Even if there is no real vomiting, most pregnant women will have upper gastrointestinal symptoms such as bloating, nausea and indigestion.

Xiaoling's morning sickness belongs to the disharmony between liver and stomach. It is mainly treated with Suye Huanglian Decoction, and hot and dry food must be avoided in daily diet.

There is also a kind of morning sickness, which is spleen and stomach weakness. Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction is the main treatment. Such pregnant women should eat less cold food, such as frozen products, watermelons, grapefruit, grapefruit, oranges and so on. (Recommended reading: These reasons tell you that pregnant women should eat more vegetables when they are pregnant)

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In addition, the commonly used anti-vomiting foods for pregnant women are: perilla leaves, plums and dried tangerine peel. Pregnant women with cold constitution can add ginger juice to stop vomiting.

When eating, you can eat more meals in small quantities, and eat less indigestible and greasy foods, sweets and caffeinated diets. Through diet and traditional Chinese medicine conditioning, you can spend your pregnancy more easily.

(The author of this article is Su, director of traditional Chinese medicine gynecology in the Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University.)

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