Postpartum and Regaining Health
Chinese medicine strongly believes that to preserve her long-term health, a woman must take special care of herself during the critical recovery time following birth. TCM offers postpartum treatment to help women recover fully and regain their pre-pregnancy health. Acupuncture can:
- Rebuild energy depleted by delivery, sleep deprivation, and nursing
- Prevent postpartum depression
- Relieve pain and promote healing from hemorrhoids, tearing, c-sections, or episiotomies
- Enhance milk production and prevent mastitis or duct blockage
- Prevent scar tissue from c-sections
- Help the pelvic floor to recover
- Treat urinary leakage
- Treat irregular bleeding postpartum
- Regulate postpartum thyroid function