Postpartum Care

Postpartum period is the time after childbirth when a mother’s body return to its pre-pregnant state. It can lasts up to six months and is an essential time for the mother and new born’s short term and long term health. Acupucnture, Moxibustion, herbal medicine and nutraceuticals can play essential roles in postpartum care. Our postpartum care include treatments of the followings:

• Abdominal cramping and pain, promotes lochia discharge and uterine recovery
• Anxiety/postpartum depression
• Constipation/hemorrhoids: Herbs help to tonify yin and blood and move qi in order to restore peristalsis 
• Excessive Vaginal bleeding and discharge: Studies have shown uterotonic herbs such as Motherwort, red raspberry leaf, Sheperd’s purse, Anethum graveolens (Dill) just to name a few are uterotonic that help with postpartum bleeding.
• Fatigue: acupuncture has been found effective in treating postpartum fatigue, including nutraceuticals will help to improve overall health and wellbeing. 
• Hormonal balance
• Insomnia
• Insufficient lactation: Galactagogues are commonly used by herbalist to increase breast milk supply.
• Mastitis: Topical use of herbs has shown to decrease lactational mastitis symptoms such as pain, breast tension and erythema