Chinese women usually have more pregnancies in their life and much harder working than western women, however when they are getting greater age, their look much younger than western women at the same age. Some people believe that because Chinese women receive much better postnatal care which lasts for a month after delivery. Postpartum is the weakest period in a woman’s life, so the postnatal recovery seems like extremely important. Receiving great postnatal care after delivery during the confinement month will not only help with women’s recovery but also somewhat fix women’s weakness, stronger physical construction, finally, lead to slow the effects of aging.

Chinese are always paying closer attention to nutrition, especially at confinement in childbirth, nourish therapy is, of course, a MUST, but how? Talking about nourish therapy, tradition Chinese medicine is indispensable. Traditional Chinese medical theory believes that there is an asthenia of qi and blood after delivery, which needs powerful unification, however, as the continuation of lochia, we have to prevent stagnation powerful unification.  As the confinement in birth is a weak physical period, we have to be careful with taking herbal tonics. One of popular folk remedy for confinement is SHENG HAUH TANG (生化汤) that is a well recommended by many TCM practitioners.

Why is it so popular? The first reason is as it does an efficient work with fewer herbs. There are only five herbs (Chinese angelica root 24g, chuanxiong rhizome 9g, peach kernel 6g, baked ginger 2g, prepared licorice root 2g) in SHENG HUA TANG(生化汤). In short, the SHENG HUA TANG is neither cold nor dry applying to all postnatal women. Now let’s see how it works with confinement. SHENG HUA TANG(生化汤) is rich in vitamin B12 which helps women enriching the blood; Rhizoma Chuanxiong and peach kernel contain different essential oils which assist women in promoting Blood circulation to relieve pain, so will help with lochia discharging and assist the body generate new blood. That precisely every woman need in their postpartum. The next one is baked ginger, as it name goes, we bake it until turning black. TCM believes the baked ginger has the effect of removing dampness and acting to arrest bleeding or hemorrhage. Some people decoct the SHENG HUA TANG(生化汤) with wines or liquor and believe that can enhance the effect, but the original recipe was using water adding 6 or 7 tablespoons old wine. Caesarean birth women shall use this at least one week after delivery.

Women during the confinement month are usually feeling rather indisposed. Radix Ophiopogonis  and Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis will help with thirsty; Cyperus rotundus and Cinnamomum cassia will help with pain and abdominal distension; Chinese Hawthorn and Medicated Leaven will help with your appetite; Eucommia modes is something postnatal women can not miss, Eucommia almonds can relieve your lower back pain, decocting in SHENG HUA TANG will not only help with postpartum but probably also will remove lower back pain permanently.