the ancient medical practitioners were limited to the knowledge level at that time, and tended to include some witchcraft elements in the postnatal care. For example, Chen Ziming, a famous medical scientist in the Southern Song Dynasty, said in the ancient important book of the maternity and obstetrics and Gynecology, "the Daquan of women," that after postpartum, all blood clothes should be cleaned and the sun should not be insoled in the sun so as to avoid the invasion of evil spirits. Another doctor, Tang Shen Wei, said that if you want to use red bean to treat postpartum hemobainsis, it needs to be matched with the East water and clothes that can "remove evil spirits" and "ban ghosts and gods". Zhang song, a famous doctor in the Southern Song Dynasty, also mentioned a method of treating postpartum vaginal itching in the doctor's Theory: quietly put the needle bag under the bed of the lying in woman. In ancient China, sometimes the treatment of postpartum deficiency also needs congratulation. In the Song Dynasty, there was a woman who was unconscious after her sleep because she was "too dense" after her sleep. During the treatment of Yufeng San, the doctor said a congratulatory phrase: "you must sleep when you wear clothes, and you must wake your head with your left hand while you sleep."
China's emphasis on postnatal care has been extended from ancient times to modern times. Since the late Qing Dynasty, many people have written articles in newspapers and periodicals to introduce postnatal care and disease prevention and treatment. With the introduction of Western medicine, people's ideas have been gradually updated. For example, in 1947, a person named Jiang AI Ying published an article in the declaration to talk about the hygiene of pregnant women and puerperium. She said that in the diet of the puerperal period, "our country old habits, for women, must make wine, vinegar, and chicken, and so on, the three most irritating, often enough to cause disease, should be forbidden." She also said in the article that the maternal body temperature after postpartum, is "the reaction of muscle strength overwork", generally second days will be returned, if the maternal continuous fever for twenty-four hours, should be timely medical treatment. At the same time, as the maternal spirit is very easy to change, so "all the act of joy and sorrow is avoided", pregnant women can do some activities such as "arm and leg extension and rise and fall", in order to help digestion and improve the whole body situation. These practices, even in today's medical perspective, are also very appropriate.
Jiang Eying in the "Declaration" postpartum health care article
generally speaking, postpartum women's reproductive system, endocrine system, digestive system and so on have changed, the body is weak, do need a tune. The process of integration and recovery. Modern medicine has proved that many traditional confinement taboos are not scientific, not only can not let the better recovery of pregnant women, but also may damage maternal health. Although the customs of postpartum care are not the same all over the world, modern medicine has developed a relatively complete set of postpartum health care measures, including increasing rest, moderate exercise, attention to physical cleanliness, strengthening nutrition, maintaining emotional stability, and so on. Under the guidance of doctors, pregnant women should choose the right way to carry out postnatal care. Only by scientifically "confinement" can they recover faster and better.
how foreigners "sit on the moon": the focus of postpartum recovery is the prevention and treatment of depression
in the morning of May 2nd this year, the princess of Kate, British Princess, appeared in public with Prince William after 9.5 hours. Her behavior at that time aroused a lot of netizens' Tucao. Why did the westerners not become a hot topic again? The fashionable Kate Princess not only did not have a good rest and "sit on the moon", but also his clothes were in violation of the Chinese custom of "sitting on the moon", and the observer's network had a number of "inappropriate" places: blowing, wearing a dress, dressing, shampooing, bathing, and seeing the baby first. Shocked by the fact that Chinese netizens were shocked by Princess Kate, in turn, it shocked Americans. Soon the Los Angeles Times published an article to introduce the "Moon" to the American people, and to interview several Chinese and foreign couples. Most of the interviewees received "cultural shock". The foreign mothers who were sitting on the moon in China were all puzzled or uncomfortable with the custom. In view of this, the East and west do have different views and practices on the issue of confinement.
although there is no such thing as "confinement" in modern medicine, there is a similar noun called puerperium (puerperium). These 6 to 8 weeks are the period of maternal physical and psychological adjustment and recovery. Accordingly, there is postnatal care. In English, postnatal care, postpartum recovery, post birth recovery and so on refer to this process. Therefore, for westerners, postpartum recovery is also necessary, but the practice and emphasis are not the same as those of traditional confinement.