Breastfeeding and Weight Loss with Chinese Medicine

During the last years, several studies, articles, and books about the effectiveness of acupuncture and Chinese plants when losing weight and maintaining the line have been published. But until now no one has focused on losing weight after delivery. Now that the effectiveness of Chinese medicine for fertility and delivery induction is finally known, practitioners of Chinese medicine have the opportunity to continue treating these women after childbirth.

During pregnancy and after delivery, many women worry about Losing the Pregnancy Weight as soon as possible. During pregnancy, losing weight is contraindicated, but if necessary, if you can apply some techniques to control pressure during this period. Besides, mothers can be educated about the safest and most effective ways to lose weight after childbirth. The practitioner in Chinese medicine should inform the mother how to lose weight in a healthy way and little by little so as not to harm her health or that of the nursing baby.

In childbirth, most mothers lose about 4.5kg: the baby, the placenta, and the amniotic fluid. Breastfeeding contributes to the uterus contracting, which will mean more weight loss. And generally, during the first weeks after delivery, the mother spontaneously loses between 2 and 4 kg of fluids through sweating and urine. According to Chinese medicine, this release of fluids is classified as a pathological fluid loss (Yin).

After the eighth week after delivery, the weight loss should not exceed 1-2 kg per month. Losing more weight may mean a decrease in milk production and, therefore, inadequate nutrition for the infant. It may also lead to health problems in the mother, since people who lose weight very quickly, usually recover it and even overcome it, while people who lose weight slowly tend to stay.

Some research shows that Acupuncture Treatment Delhi helps reduce body mass by 8-10% in six months. Apart from acupuncture, seeds may also be used in the auricular points, which will continue to work for two weeks. But, ordinarily, new mothers are very busy and cannot visit an acupuncturist. Therefore, the Chinese medicine professional should advise the new mother to eat healthily and perform physical activities (walking, climbing stairs, cooking, gym, etc.).

Chinese medicine professionals have used acupuncture, herbal medicine, and Chinese dietetics to improve the health of nursing mothers for thousands of years. The need to lose weight is a very current phenomenon caused by the epidemic of obesity that has spread in developed countries.

And unfortunately, many mothers feel obliged, thanks to the media, to lose the weight they have gained during pregnancy. This pressure causes frustration that can lead to stasis of Qi Liver. And the stasis of Qi Liver is a common syndrome that is treated in weight loss, and that will also contribute to difficulties in breastfeeding.

Acupuncture treatment Delhi can help nursing mothers in many aspects; we can apply acupuncture, auriculotherapy, Chinese dietetics and exercises such as Tai Chi to improve the quality of life of mothers and newborns.