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Childbed wind

蓐风 〔蓐風〕 rù fēng

Also wind tetany. Arched-back rigidity and clenched jaw from wind stroke after childbirth.

Medicinal therapy: Use Hua Tuo’s Wind-Healing Powder (华陀愈风散 huá tuó yù fēng sǎn).

See postpartum wind stroke; lockjaw.

Etymology

Chinese:rù, straw mat or mattress; 风 fēng, wind.

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