Childbed wind

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

Chin 蓐 rù, straw mat or mattress; 风 fēng, wind.