Postpartum puffy swelling

Swelling after childbirth, usually due to qì stagnation. It occurs in women who tend to suffer from mental depression and the resultant inhibition of qì dynamic when childbirth causes disharmony of qì and blood. It is characterized by resilient swelling (rather than pitting edema) of the limbs without any change in the color of the flesh and is associated with oppression in the chest and rib-side distension, as well as with reduced food intake.

Medicinal therapy: Rectify qì, move stagnation, and disinhibit dampness using Aristolochia Stem Powder (天仙藤散 tiān xiān téng sǎn) plus fresh ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, 生姜 shēng jiāng), chaenomeles (Chaenomelis Fructus, 木瓜 mù guā), perilla leaf (Perillae Folium, 紫苏叶 zǐ sū yè), poria (Poria, 茯苓 fú líng)and are ca husk (Arecae Pericarpium, 大腹皮 dà fù pí). Postpartum dual vacuity of the spleen and kidney causing water-damp to spill into the limbs is called postpartum water swelling; postpartum swelling before vanquished blood has ceased to be eliminated is called postpartum vacuity swelling of the limbs.