Xiaoling has just been pregnant for more than two months recently. While the whole family is immersed in joy, Xiaoling is troubled by uncomfortable morning sickness. Whenever she smells food, she feels sick and can't eat dinner.

Even the delicious food I used to like is not delicious now. What's worse, even if I barely eat a little, I will vomit it all at once, and sometimes I will feel sick and spit out my stomach acid before eating in the morning.

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Xiaoling checked the information online and found that most pregnant women have symptoms of morning sickness, and morning sickness can actually be improved by TCM. Traditional Chinese medicine regulates morning sickness according to constitution classification, which is mainly divided into two constitutions: spleen and stomach weakness and liver-qi disharmony. (Recommended reading: Three stages of Chinese medicine to raise a fetus to help you give birth to a healthy baby)

Does the pregnant woman with weak spleen and stomach have loose stools, feel pale mouth and aggravated seasoning, or feel that the food is tasteless and tired without physical strength; Pregnant women with disharmony between liver and qi have a bitter taste in their mouth, and the liquid they spit out is also bitter, and they feel tightness in their chest and ribs.

Xiaoling found a Chinese medicine practitioner who specializes in gynecology, and confirmed that she has a constitution of disharmony between liver and stomach. After the Chinese medicine practitioner gave Xiaoling Chinese medicines such as perilla leaf and coptis root, Xiaoling's morning sickness was much better. The Chinese medicine practitioner reminded her to eat less fried food, onion and garlic and spicy spices in her daily diet.

morning sickness, also known as "aversion to happiness" or "sick child", is the most serious period of morning sickness from 8 to 12 weeks after pregnancy. Even if there is no real vomiting, most pregnant women will have symptoms of upper digestive tract such as abdominal distension, nausea and indigestion.

Xiaoling's morning sickness belongs to the disharmony between liver and stomach, which is mainly treated by Suye Huanglian Decoction, a traditional Chinese medicine, and the daily diet must avoid hot and dry foods.

There is another type of morning sickness, which is spleen and stomach weakness, and it is mainly treated with Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction. Pregnant women of this type should eat less cold food, such as frozen food, watermelon, grapefruit, grape grapefruit and orange. (Recommended reading: These reasons tell you that pregnant women should eat more vegetables when pregnant)

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In addition, anti-vomiting foods commonly used in pregnant women include: perilla leaves, plums and dried tangerine peel, and pregnant women with cold constitution can add ginger juice to stop vomiting.

When eating, you can eat more meals in small quantities, and eat less indigestible and greasy foods, sweets and caffeinated diets. By diet and traditional Chinese medicine conditioning, you can spend your pregnancy more easily.

(The writer of this article is Su Shanyu, Director of Gynecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University)

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