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Postpartum night sweating

产后盗汗 〔產後盜汗〕 chǎn hòu dào hàn

Night sweating occurring after childbirth. Postpartum night sweating is attributed to sudden vacuity of qì and blood and yīn depletion.

Medicinal therapy: Regulate and supplement qì and blood with complementary action to constrain sweating. Use Perspiration-Checking Powder (止汗散 zhǐ hàn sǎn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on HT, LI, ST, and SP. Select HT-6 (Yīn Cleft, 阴郄 yīn xī), SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo); needle with supplementation and add moxa.

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