A Book That Addresses Women's Health Issues

Chapter 104 Vomiting During Pregnancy, It's Best to Ask Zusanli Neiguan for Help
Zusanli also has another important function, that is, it can guide the stomach qi downward and pull down the stomach qi that is inverse.When you have vomiting during pregnancy, you can massage or moxibustion the Zusanli point with your fingers.Vomiting during pregnancy is a kind of pregnancy reaction, which mostly occurs around the 4th week of pregnancy (counting from the first day of the last menstrual period). Some pregnant women will experience symptoms such as partial eclipse, anorexia, picky eaters, nausea, and vomiting.It's stressful and very uncomfortable, and sometimes dizziness can even occur.Faced with this problem, the only thing you can do is to keep trying different methods until you find the one that suits you.If it doesn't go away, you can just hope it goes away on its own by 14 to 16 weeks of pregnancy.Where is the proper method?Traditional Chinese medicine believes that vomiting during pregnancy is caused by the upward reversal of fetal gas and the loss of stomach.During pregnancy, your baby comes first.The mother-to-be's yin and blood all go down to Chongren Yangfu, and finally the qi is too strong, and the spleen and stomach qi and blood are too weak.It is also said in traditional Chinese medicine that the stomach governs flow and flow, flow is smooth, and flow is harmony.

Stomach qi deficiency, unable to push food down, but being "fooled" by the qi without a stand, and running up with the qi, so there will be problems of not being able to eat, or even anorexia.At this time, it is necessary to invigorate the spleen and stomach for the mother-to-be, and pull down the stomach qi that has risen up.How to pull it?Zusanli on the stomach meridian is the solution. "Song of Sizong acupoints" contains: "Stay in the belly three miles." It means that all diseases related to the stomach and intestines should be found from Zusanli.Here, Zusanli also has an important function, that is, it can guide the stomach qi downward and pull down the stomach qi that is inverse.When you have vomiting during pregnancy, you can massage or moxibustion the Zusanli point with your fingers.Generally speaking, it is more convenient for pregnant women to use moxibustion-put a piece of ginger on the acupuncture point and put moxa on it, and the time is about 5 minutes.In addition, you can also press the Neiguan point (one side), and after more than 10 minutes, you will feel comfortable in your stomach, 5 minutes each time.You can also use a piece of fresh ginger, paste it on the Neiguan point of the left hand, and then fix it with adhesive tape. You can also hold a piece of ginger in your mouth to improve the effect.But don't stimulate too much, just feel soreness.

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