Tag: Postpartum
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The Maternal Tradition of “Sitting the Month”: Traditional Chinese Medicine Postpartum Care
Categories: Research & ArticlesGrowing up with my family in Taiwan, consuming herbal foods was part of our daily life. When my menstrual cycle started at the age of fourteen, my mother began cooking herbal medicine. Intrigued neighborhood aunties would visit and ask why, and mother proudly shared that I was “becoming an adult”. The soup I drank was…
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A TCM Approach to Nourishing The New Mother: Acupuncture & Dietary Therapy for Postpartum Healing
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy Lauren Dyer, MSA, LAc, DiplAc (NCCAOM) Postpartum depression (PPD) is a sensitive and stigmatized condition that afflicts 1 in 7[1] or 11-20%[2] of women each year. Even a 15% average[3] of 4 million live births[4] each year in the United States means that nearly 600,000[5] women a year suffer from PPD. These figures do not account for women who miscarry…