When a woman is pregnant, she is afraid of having a problem with her fetus, which is very troublesome to deal with. About 3% of expectant mothers may be diagnosed as having an incorrect position when they are nine months pregnant. So, what should we do if the fetal position is not right?
Now many people think that evidence-based medicine of Western medicine plays an absolutely dominant role in modern obstetrics. In fact, in traditional Chinese medicine of the motherland, there are also accumulated some unique treatment methods, which are even adopted by mainstream medicine now.
In the famous book "Spock's pregnancy guide" written by the academician of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, it specially describes the method of traditional Chinese medicine to treat the malposition of the parturient's position - moxibustion to the Yin point to correct the position of the fetus. It is also the only non Western medicine treatment method accepted by the United States.
The position of fetus is not right, which is called reverse, transverse, partial and abnormal in traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed that the deficiency of Qi and blood after pregnancy and the deficiency of fetal Qi affect the normal activity of the uterus. Abnormal fetal position, or qi stagnation or panic, affect fetal transport and induce fetal malposition.
To correct the malposition of the fetus, western medicine generally uses the method of lying on the chest and knee to promote the rotation of the position of the fetus with the help of the central change of the fetus. This method is not easy to use when it is used, such as hypertension and pregnancy induced hypertension.
But the traditional Chinese medicine uses moxibustion to the Yin point to correct the malposition of the fetus, which has the characteristics of good effect, little pain, economy and practicality.
Women are blood-based, and their menstrual, fetal, and labor are closely related to the kidney meridians, Chong, Dai and Ren meridians of foot Shaoyin. Jingxue is the source of Qi and blood in one meridian. Jingxue, which is the bladder meridian of foot sun, is also the acupoint which is connected with the kidney meridian of foot Shaoyin. Through moxibustion and heat stimulation here, the bladder meridian of foot sun can be activated and the kidney meridian of foot Shaoyin can be indirectly passed through, so that the regulating information can be transmitted to the uterus to regulate and balance the Qi and blood of the uterus.
From the perspective of Western medicine nerve reflex, there are superficial peroneal nerve branches from lumbosacral 4 to sacral 5 nerve roots distributed under Yin acupoints. Moxibustion stimulation can make its treatment information reach the corresponding lumbosacral 4 to sacral 5 spinal cord nerve stage, regulate the autonomic nerve function of viscera, improve the contraction of uterine smooth muscle, and cause uterine contraction to correct the fetal position.
According to statistics, moxibustion to Yin points is generally used to correct the abnormal fetal position and abdominal wall tension. The success rate of correction is the highest in pregnant women who are 7-8 months pregnant, up to 95.98%, of which 86% can be corrected within 1-4 months.
Although this method is good, it is not suitable for everyone. Generally speaking, it should be carried out after 6 months of pregnancy, because the position of the fetus before 6 months may be transferred back by itself. In addition, if the umbilical cord around the neck, oligohydramnios, abdominal wall is too tight, the fetal position is not easy to correct.
As early as the 7th century AD, in the Taiping Shenghui Fang written by Zhang Wenzhong, a doctor of Tang Dynasty, the author introduced the method of AI Zhi to correct the incorrect position of the fetus.
Implementation time, preferably 15-17 p.m. The pregnant women take the supine position after defecating, undress and untie, take off one side of socks, relax the muscles of the whole body, maintain a smooth and even breath, and naturally close their eyes to mean the rotation of the fetus in the abdomen.
If the applicator writes with a pen, point the burning end of the moxibustion rod at about 1 point behind the toe angle of the outside of the little toe of the pregnant woman, and apply temperature and moxibustion (the distance between the burning end of the moxibustion rod and the outside of the little toe of the pregnant woman is about 1 inch, and the degree is that the outside of the little toe of the pregnant woman feels warm but does not burn).
Pregnant women feel the warm sensation from the little toe of the foot to the lateral direction of the ankle. The fetus moves frequently in the abdomen and has rotation time and moxibustion for 20 minutes. After the operation, the pregnant woman remained lying on her back for 60 minutes. Moxibustion once a day, women check once, the fetal position is stopped.
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, Zhiyin is the well point of the bladder meridian of the foot sun, which is also the point that the meridian is connected with the kidney meridian of the foot Shaoyin. In the five elements, gold can generate water. In the afternoon, from 15 to 17, it is the main Qi of the bladder meridian of the foot sun. That is to say, the Qi and blood of this meridian is the most prosperous. The kidney meridian of foot Shaoyin is the main vein of the innate kidney, and its circulation passes through the pelvis where the uterus is located.