Efficacy of postpartum recovery complex plant capsules

Postpartum recovery compound plant capsules, which are formal and compliant, and have safety-verified formulas, can only be used as an auxiliary supplement for postpartum recovery. Their core function is to supplement plant-derived active nutrients in the dietary supplement gap and alleviate the discomfort caused by hormone fluctuations and postpartum deficiency. They cannot replace core postpartum recovery measures such as medical rehabilitation and exercise intervention, and their efficacy has strong individual differences. They are by no means the "postpartum recovery miracle drug" spread online.

When I was doing user research at the maternity and health center last year, I met a 32-year-old mother of her second child. After the retrograde autopsy, she suffered from severe qi and blood deficiency. She started sweating after holding her baby for 10 minutes, and her lochia had been discharged intermittently for 48 days. She had two babies to take care of, so she had no time to cook Wuhong soup or stew qi- and blood-replenishing medicated meals. Later, she followed the advice of a nutritionist and chose a blue cap compound plant capsule containing extracts of astragalus, angelica, cranberry, and motherwort. After taking it for about 22 days, the lochia disappeared. During the reexamination, her hemoglobin rose from 102g/L to 118g/L. She could carry the baby around the community for half an hour without being out of breath. But during that time, she was also taking low-dose iron supplements as prescribed by her doctor, and doing abdominal breathing for 10 minutes before going to bed every day, so the recovery effect was definitely not the result of the capsule alone.

As for the efficacy of this type of capsule, there are actually two completely different views in the industry. There is no one who is right or wrong. It just depends on which perspective you judge from.

The common understanding in the Western medicine nutrition circle is that these types of capsules are called "phytoactive nutritional supplements". To put it bluntly, they are concentrated ingredients that cannot be taken in sufficient amounts - such as proanthocyanidins in cranberries. To reach the amount that can prevent repeated urinary tract infections after childbirth, you have to take it a day. Three or four boxes of fresh cranberries are not something most people can do. One capsule of the concentrated extract in the capsule is enough. There are also ingredients such as soy isoflavones and carob extract, which can help regulate hot flashes, irritability, and poor sleep caused by the cliff-like drop in estrogen after childbirth. It is much more comfortable than carrying it. However, there is also a consensus in Western medicine circles: there is no clinical data to prove that this type of capsule can directly repair pelvic floor muscles, eliminate stretch marks, and reduce abdominal fat. Anyone who promotes such effects is 100% IQ tax.

A few doctors I know who practice traditional Chinese medicine and dietary therapy are quite receptive to capsules with compliant medicinal and dietary homologous formulas. They say that postpartum conditions are inherently deficient and stagnant, and many people find traditional Chinese medicine soup bitter and fear that it will affect milk production. Mild plant-based capsules can just fill this gap. For example, motherwort extract can promote the discharge of lochia, which is much more reliable than drinking brown sugar water and does not raise blood sugar. Extracts of astragalus and yam can nourish the spleen and stomach, and are less likely to block milk than drinking greasy pig's trotters soup every day. But they also repeatedly emphasized the need to identify syndromes. For example, if a mother who suffers from postpartum heat and constipation eats capsules with warm and dry ingredients such as red ginseng and ginger, she will easily get angry and have nosebleeds. If a person with a cold uterus eats cold ingredients, it may aggravate the aunt's pain. If the symptoms are not correct, it is better not to eat them.

It’s no wonder that many people now call this an IQ tax when they hear it. I’ve met too many moms who have fallen into the trap: they either bought the “exclusively self-developed” capsules sold by Wechat merchants in WeChat Moments, which didn’t even have an ingredient list. After taking them, their milk supply became less and their hair fell out;

To be honest, my friends who have been doing obstetrics and gynecology for five or six years often say that postpartum recovery is a matter of "three points depends on supplements and seven points depends on practice." If you can eat a nutritionally balanced meal every meal, have time to exercise, and sleep enough for 8 hours a day, there is no need to buy these capsules. But if you stay up late every day to take care of your baby, don’t even have time to drink water, feel dizzy from exhaustion at every turn, or break into a cold sweat from the pain after your aunt regains her period, choosing one from a regular manufacturer with a formula that suits you can really help you feel a lot more comfortable, it’s that simple. There is no need to boast about it and beat it to death with a stick. Only the one that suits you will be useful.