Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy

CHAPTER 30 Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy



Mild abdominal pain is relatively frequent during pregnancy and in most cases it poses no danger to the mother or fetus. However, when faced by a pregnant woman with abdominal pain, we should first exclude the possibility of ectopic pregnancy or threatened miscarriage: these will be discussed at the end of this chapter and in Chapter 31.



Pathology








Identification of patterns and treatment


The treatment principle for abdominal pain during pregnancy is essentially to move Qi and invigorate Blood, adjusted according to the respective predominance of deficiency or excess. In any case, during pregnancy one must avoid using too many pungent, warm, drying herbs or herbs that strongly invigorate Blood.


If the deficiency of Blood and/or Kidneys predominates, then one must also adopt the treatment principle of ‘calming the fetus’ by choosing herbs that calm the fetus and also strengthen the Kidneys and nourish Blood such as Du Zhong Cortex Eucommiae, Xu Duan Radix Dipsaci and Sang Ji Sheng Herba Taxilli.


The patterns discussed are:







Deficiency of Blood






Herbal treatment





Jun 6, 2016 | Posted by in GYNECOLOGY | Comments Off on Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy

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