Postpartum

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Qi and Jing Herbal Supplement 

Symptoms

• Post-partum fatigue

• Dysmenorrhea - Cold signs

• Postpartum - post childbirth, post-surgery - post childbirth support

• Tonic formula - Tonify Qi

• Tonic formula - Nourish blood

• Menstrual bleeding (excess) - Cold

• Fatigue - Post-partum of post-surgery

• Menses, Delayed - Deficiency of blood, qi and blood stagnation

• Post-Partum fatigue - Qi and blood deficiency

• Post-Partum fatigue - Qi, blood, kidney deficiency

• Uterine Bleeding - Cold

Therapeutic Actions

1. Useful for woman with fatigue and dysmenorrhea as a result of childbirth, surgery, abortions, lifestyle
2. Initiates uterine contraction and clears retained uterine blood following childbirth
3. Dispel retained placenta
4. Stop mild bleeding
5. Reduce pain and abdominal cramping

Chinese Therapeutic Effects

Tonify spleen qi
Invigorate blood and dispels stasis
Tonify blood 
Stop deficiency bleeding
Nourish jing (kidney essence)
Stop pain

 Formula Rationale

This formula was designed by Dr. Jake Fratkin and used successfully in his clinic. It is primarily for postpartum normalization of the uterus, and to replenish Qi and jing lost during labor. Its foundation is Eight Treasures Decoction (Ba Zhen Tang), the classic formula for tonification of Qi and blood. To this has been added astragalus (huang qi) to reinforce the building of Qi and blood, ho-shou-wu to nourish blood, yin, and jing, gelatinum (e jiao) and artemisia (ai ye) to arrest deficiency bleeding, and crataegus (shan zha) to treat abdominal pain. Three herbs, salvia (dan shen), leonurus (yi mu cao), and rubia (qian cao gen) are used synergistically to invigorate blood, dispel stasis and expel the placenta. They also act to contract the uterus and return it to normal size.

Clinical Notes

1. Postpartum is safe to take while nursing
2. Postpartum can be used as a general formula when woman have a combination of Qi and Blood deficiency and Blood stasis
3. Postpartum fatigue is a common presentation after childbirth. For many women, it may be the underlying cause of Qi and Blood deficiency that lasts throughout the rest of their life
4. In China, postpartum formulas are routinely given for four to six weeks following childbirth. In cases of hard or prolonged labor, the formula may be necessary for eight to twelve weeks
5. May be used following abortion, or abdominal surgery
6. In cases of severe bleeding due to retention of the placenta or uterine rupture, medical intervention may be necessary. This formula can aggravate bleeding due to rupture and should not be used.

Additional Formulas

• In cases of severe deficiency heat producing night sweats, burning in soles and palms, use
Nine Flavor Tea to nourish yin and dispel deficiency heat
• In cases of difficult or long labor, combine with a kidney tonic such as Astra Essence, or Qi
tonic such as Astra 8 to help tonify the mother after birth of the baby
• For deficiency bleeding combine Postpartum with Longevitabs (2 of each formula QID)
• For profuse uterine bleeding get a gynecological workup