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Postpartum Recovery

Postpartum — weakness, hair fall, milk and sleep care.

Also known as: after delivery care · प्रसव के बाद · सूतिका · sutika · प्रसूता देखभाल

Food Remedies

Main remedy
Warm milk with ghee and dates rebuild tissue after birth. Sesame oil massage aids healing.
घीतिलखजूरदूध
घी · Ghee
1 tsp warm cow ghee, taken on an empty stomach or stirred into warm milk at night, carries the other herbs deeper into the tissues.
Traditional
तिल · Sesame
A tablespoon of black sesame seeds, lightly roasted and chewed well, or ground with jaggery into a small ladoo — one a day.
Traditional
खजूर · Dates
Two or three khajoor soaked overnight in water or milk, eaten in the morning with the soaking milk.
Traditional
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दूध · Milk
A cup of warm cow milk at bedtime, boiled and taken slowly — never with salt or sour food in the same hour.
Traditional
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Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.

Naturopathy

Abdominal binding and gentle oil massage daily; walk from the second week.
Rest whenever the baby rests; no heavy asana for six weeks.

Classical Formulations

शतपुष्पादि चूर्ण · Shatapushpadi Churna
Dose: 2–4 g · Warm water or milk
Painful periods, delayed cycles, post-delivery cramps, low milk.
दशमूलारिष्ट · Dashamularishta
Dose: 15–30 ml · Equal warm water twice daily
The classical post-delivery tonic. Also general weakness, backache, wind disorders, recovery after fever.
जीरकाद्यारिष्ट · Jeerakadyarishta
Dose: 15–30 ml · Equal warm water after meals
The post-delivery digestive tonic. Weak digestion, gas, loose stool after childbirth, low milk.

Foods that help

घी · Gheeतिल · Sesameखजूर · Datesदूध · Milk

Exercises

Postpartum pelvic floorAt home, with no equipmentBelly breathingPelvic floor squeezePelvic tiltWalking, built up slowlySee how, with figures

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