How can pregnant women remove moisture from their bodies? What should they pay attention to in their daily lives?

Some pregnant mothers will have symptoms such as heavy head and light feet, and often feel tired during pregnancy. This is a manifestation of heavy moisture. So how can pregnant mothers remove moisture from the body? What aspects of life and diet should they pay attention to? Pregnant mothers, hurry up and learn.

How to remove moisture from the body during pregnancy

1. Avoid moisture in the environment

Humidity is closely related to the environment, so expectant mothers should try to avoid humidity in the environment, try not to go out in humid weather, and keep doors and windows closed. Expectant mothers should not wear clothes that have not been dried, and quilts should be dried frequently. After taking a bath, the body and hair should be dried. If the humidity in the room is also heavy, it can be adjusted by air conditioning.

2. Increase exercise appropriately

Excessive dampness often occurs in people who do not like to exercise. The best way to expel moisture from the body is through exercise. Exercise also helps promote metabolism. Expectant mothers can increase exercise appropriately, take more walks outdoors, and sunbathe, which is also good for the development of the fetus.

3. Ensure sleep quality

If the expectant mother has a lot of moisture in her body, she should pay attention to ensuring the quality of sleep and enhance the body's resistance. This way, she will not be easily dragged down by the moisture and reduce the occurrence of diseases.

4. Moxibustion

Moxibustion can relieve depression, remove dampness, and replenish yang energy. It is more effective in removing moisture from the body and can also prevent various diseases. However, moxibustion is based on acupoint therapy, which can cause bleeding. If you are not careful, it will be harmful to the fetus. Therefore, pregnant mothers must find a professional master for moxibustion, and they can only do it with the doctor's consent. Moxibustion is prohibited in the early stages of pregnancy.

5. Soak your feet in mugwort leaves

Boil 10 to 15 grams of dried moxa leaves with 5 kilograms of cold water, turn to low heat for 10-15 minutes, and soak your feet for 20-40 minutes when you can put your feet in it (if you have a thermos, you can put half a long moxa stick and two short moxa sticks in the bottle, soak your feet in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, and then add water to soak your feet). The water must be above the ankles, and the water temperature should not be lower than 35-42 degrees. Soak your feet in moxa leaf water once a week, but not too frequently, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Symptoms of heavy dampness in pregnant women

Dampness is a concept in traditional Chinese medicine. How can expectant mothers judge whether they have dampness? Let’s take a look at the symptoms of dampness.

Frequent fatigue, heavy limbs, heavy calves after getting up in the morning, loss of appetite, cold hands and feet are all symptoms of heavy dampness, but these symptoms may also occur during pregnancy due to hormones, so we have to continue reading. If you find a rash on your skin, a sticky and uncomfortable feeling on your face, and a thick white tongue coating when brushing your teeth in the morning, it also means that there is heavy dampness in the body. In addition, your hair is very oily, your face is also oily, you drool when you sleep, and your bowel movements are relatively sticky. These are all manifestations of heavy dampness in the body. There are also many people with heavy dampness who feel nauseous and want to vomit when brushing their teeth, and there is always a feeling of uncleanness in their throats. This is also a manifestation of heavy dampness. Expectant mothers, come and judge whether you have heavy dampness.

Does heavy moisture in pregnant women affect the fetus?

In fact, it has no effect. Dampness is just a physical condition and it will be fine after a few days of conditioning.

1. The dampness of pregnant women generally has no effect on the fetus, so expectant mothers do not need to worry too much. During pregnancy, you can regulate your body through food and exercise, and there is generally no big problem with regular prenatal checkups.

2. However, pregnant mothers should not take medicine to remove dampness without authorization, because you must be very careful when taking medicine during pregnancy. Try not to use it if possible. Problems like heavy dampness only require conditioning and do not require treatment. Don't lose the big picture for the small.

3. If you always feel very tired during pregnancy, your mouth is sticky, your appetite is poor, your limbs feel heavy, especially your calves feel heavy after getting up every morning, you feel nauseous and want to vomit when brushing your teeth, your throat always feels unclean, your feces are sticky, your skin is sticky and uncomfortable, and you even have rashes on your skin, etc., it means that there is moisture in your body.

4. Dampness can be divided into internal dampness and external dampness. Internal dampness is mostly caused by eating frozen, raw and cold foods, which damages the body's yang energy and causes internal dampness. External dampness is caused by humid climate, living in wetlands for a long time, being caught in the rain, etc., which allow external dampness to invade the human body.

How to identify heavy dampness in pregnant women

1. How you feel when you wake up

If you feel particularly tired, dizzy, and lack energy when you wake up every morning, or as if you are wearing wet clothes, feel uncomfortable all over, and are too lazy to move, then you can be sure that there is dampness in your body.

2. Look at your stool when you go to the toilet

After going to the toilet in the morning, you can observe the stool. Is it stuck to the toilet bowl, and a tank of water cannot flush it away. If it is not convenient to observe the toilet bowl, you can also observe the toilet paper. Normally, one or two pieces of paper are enough. If three or five pieces of paper are repeatedly wiped and still cannot be wiped away, (this is why the medical questionnaire asks about stool) it means that there is dampness in the body.