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Postpartum sudden bouts of heat [effusion] and [aversion] to cold

产后乍寒乍热 〔產後乍寒乍熱〕 chǎn hòu zhà hán zhà rè

Also postpartum heat effusion and aversion to cold. Abrupt changes from cold to heat after childbirth. Postpartum sudden bouts of heat effusion and aversion to cold attributed to disharmony of provisioning and defense that results either from dual vacuity of qì and blood and disharmony between yīn and yáng or from stagnation of vanquished blood blocking the channels.

Medicinal therapy: Treat qì-blood vacuity patterns by supplementing qì and the blood, and harmonizing yīn and yáng; use formulas such as Four Agents Decoction (四物汤 sì wù tāng) minus rehmannia (Rehmanniae Radix, 地黄 dì huáng) and plus ginseng (Ginseng Radix, 人参 rén shēn), dried ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 干姜 gān jiāng), licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix, 甘草 gān cǎo), and bupleurum (Bupleuri Radix, 柴胡 chái hú). Treat vanquished blood patterns by quickening the blood and freeing the channels; use Life-Clutching Elixir (夺命丹 duó mìng dān) or Engendering Transformation Decoction (生化汤 shēng huà tāng) plus Bupleurum and Pueraria Flesh-Resolving Decoction (柴葛解肌汤 chái gé jiě jī tāng).

Etymology

Chinese: 乍寒乍热 zhà hán zhà rè, lit. now hot, now cold.

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