What to do if breastfeeding mothers have damp heat

Damp-heat is the name of a disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The main symptoms are fever, bitter taste in the mouth, red tongue, yellow urine, etc. It is very easy to solve under normal circumstances. A little conditioning with Chinese medicine will recover. However, if a new mother who is breastfeeding develops symptoms of dampness and heat, she should not use medication indiscriminately, but needs a more cautious approach to resolve the issue. So, what should breastfeeding mothers do if they suffer from dampness and heat? Let’s take a look below.

Eat a light and moderate diet

The gastrointestinal system is related to the metabolism of nutrients and water. The best way is to eat a moderate and balanced diet. Oily foods such as alcohol, milk, fatty and sweet foods are difficult to digest and can easily cause gastrointestinal bloating and inflammation. Sweets and fried foods will cause the body to produce peroxides, aggravating the inflammatory response.

Raw and cold food, ice cream or cold vegetables and fruits will cause the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and intestines to stagnate and should not be consumed frequently, such as lettuce, salad, watermelon, cabbage, bitter gourd, etc. It is best to add onions and ginger when cooking to reduce the cold nature of the vegetables.

Avoid environmental moisture

The generation of moisture in our body is not only due to our own metabolic problems, but also largely related to the environment. If you often stay in a humid, cold environment, it is easy for moisture to invade the body.

In daily life, we should pay attention to the following matters:

1. Don’t sleep directly on the floor. The floor is very damp and can easily invade the body, causing pain in the limbs.

2. Reduce going out on wet and rainy days.

3. Do not wear damp clothes, do not cover yourself with a damp blanket, and dry your body thoroughly and blow dry your hair after taking a shower.

4. If the humidity in the room is very high, it is recommended to open the windows more often for ventilation. If the humidity outside is also very high, you can also turn on fans and air conditioners to use these appliances to maintain air convection.

Barley porridge, Chinese yam soup

In fact, there are many foods we often eat that can help remove moisture from the body. For example, coix seed is sweet, mild and slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of diuresis and swelling, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing numbness, clearing away heat and discharging pus; red beans are flat in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, diuresis and swelling. Eating coix seed and red beans after cooking them in water can have a diuretic and dehumidifying effect, and can even have a beauty effect.

In addition, you can also choose red beans, Poria cocos, Chinese yam, Codonopsis pilosula, etc., put them into soup ingredients, or cook them into porridge, or boil them in water to drink. They can all act as diuretics and dehumidifiers, and are especially effective for people with edema. It is worth noting that both methods have diuretic effects and are not suitable for people who urinate frequently.

Use green onions, ginger and garlic

Onions, ginger and garlic are not only commonly used seasonings in the home, but also have irreplaceable medicinal value. For example, we can try to cook a bowl of hot and spicy ginger soup at home, and use the wonderful effect of ginger soup to disperse the moisture in the body. After sweating all over the body, the symptoms will be relieved. This method is also suitable for preventing colds after being caught in the rain.

Self-examination

If you experience the following changes in damp weather, it means there is too much moisture in your body: poor digestion, lack of energy, heavy limbs, skin rashes, and worsening freckles.