What to do if you have Yin deficiency and internal heat during lactation

When a mother has just given birth, her body is very weak and she enters the breastfeeding period. She needs a lot of energy and nutrients to feed her baby every day, which can easily cause yin deficiency and internal heat. Yin deficiency and internal heat are mainly manifested by lack of sleep, poor liver and gallbladder detoxification, night sweats, stomach acid, etc. If this happens, you must eat some foods that can supplement nutrition. For example, soy products and dairy products are good choices. So what should we do if we have Yin deficiency and internal heat during lactation?

Considered to be caused by liver and gallbladder damp-heat. Dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder fumigate upwards, causing bad breath, acne, and red face. Autumn is generally dry and windy, and the liver and gallbladder are damp and hot in the body, so the skin is prone to dryness and peeling. Guidance: Eat and sleep regularly, avoid cold, hard, greasy, spicy and irritating foods, drink plenty of water, keep a good mood, avoid impatience and anger, have sex in moderation, and exercise moderately. Quit smoking and drinking.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the balance of yin and yang. If you take hot medicines, it will damage yin, and if you take cold medicines, it will damage yang. Guipi Pills are a very hot medicine. If you already have yin deficiency, it is not recommended that you take this. There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "the weak cannot be supplemented", which means that your body is obviously weak and needs a lot of supplements, but you can't take a lot of supplements because it will cause internal heat and damage yin. Therefore, it is recommended to take some warm tonic medicines slowly, otherwise it will only have a counterproductive effect.

Yin deficiency and internal heat is also called Yin deficiency fever, which refers to the fever syndrome caused by the deficiency of Yin fluid in the body and the inability of water to control fire. Symptoms include red cheekbones, emaciation, hot flashes, night sweats, fever in the five parts of the body, hot at night and cool in the morning, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. Treatment should be aimed at nourishing yin and clearing heat, or nourishing yin and reducing fire. Use Artemisia annua and Biejia Decoction, Lily and Gold-Consolidating Decoction, etc.

1. The palms and soles of feet are hot, and one does not want to get close to clothes or quilts.

2. Feeling restless and craving for cold drinks and cold food.

3. Dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, and nausea.

4. Restless sleep, night sweats, impatient sweating, and spermatorrhea.

5. Fever. (High fever, low fever, or skin feeling hot even though body temperature is not high)

6. Bleeding. (Nosebleeds, bleeding from the teeth, subcutaneous bleeding, etc. are all caused by yin deficiency and internal heat)

7. Dizziness, palpitations, general weakness, and pale complexion.

8. Dry stool, yellow urine or yellow-red urine with a feeling of heat.

9. The pulse is thin, strong, and stringy.

10. The tongue coating is yellow or greasy, dry and less moist, or burnt yellow and less moist.