It’s both tradition and science.

When I gave birth in a tertiary hospital, the hospital also specially prepared ginger moxa water to wipe the mother's body.

Every day in the evening, there would be an aunt pushing two large buckets of boiling ginger moxa through the corridor. They would ask people at the door of the ward if they wanted ginger moxa, and whoever wanted it would get a basin or bucket.

After wiping my body with ginger moxa water, my whole body felt really translucent, especially my milk, which swelled up so much that it hurt.

I was in another hospital when I had my first child. The hospital did not have this at that time. After delivery, I only used hot water to wipe my body. I suffered from severe back pain in the back. Even after confinement, once you do some tiring work after three o'clock in the afternoon, your waist cannot straighten up and becomes arched.

Of course, it may also be related to the lack of rest during confinement.

However, the milk produced in one pregnancy is not that much, and I always have to induce lactation.

I feel that this ginger moxa water rub is really good. Anyway, after using it to rub the whole body, I feel that all the muscles, veins and bones can breathe. It is so comfortable, I can sleep well, and I have recovered well after giving birth. Better than the first pregnancy.

I had two pregnancies by caesarean section, and the incision of one was painful even though it was slightly stretched. But with my second child, I was not even halfway through my confinement, and I felt that the incision had healed quite well, and I didn’t feel a slight pull.

I don’t know how it is in other places, but here we have the custom of using ginger moxa water to wash the body, wash the face and soak the feet during the confinement period.

My grand-in-law has been cold since she was a child and has often been afraid of the cold. Whenever it gets cold, she always wears more thick clothes than others.

However, those hands and feet have always been like ice cubes, and they often cannot be kept warm.

She mentioned to me that in winter, if she didn’t warm her hands and feet with hot water, she would not be able to sleep in the bed for a long time, because the bed would be cold after sleeping for a long time. After she got married, her husband would cover her feet while she slept.

She heard from others that soaking her feet in ginger mugwort water and wiping her body during confinement can improve the condition. She used ginger moxa water to rub her body and soak her feet every day during her confinement. Now those cold hands and feet are gone, and I don’t wear thick clothes in winter.

She believed that it was the use of ginger moxa water during confinement that restored her health.

Their couple is quite funny, they often have such a scene.

The brother-in-law (her husband) wore a sweater and a puffy silk cotton jacket. He was still rubbing his hands and complaining about why the weather was so cold, while the sister-in-law, who was wearing short sleeves, could only Staring at him speechlessly, he then said expressionlessly: "How can it not be cold if I stay still there? It won't be cold when I work. Go wash the dishes." (Brother-in-law has been very thin since he was a child)

She is really not afraid of the cold, and I was surprised at that time. But I’m not surprised now, because I wear less clothes now than in previous winters.

In the winter after giving birth, a thin jacket and short sleeves are enough. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law were in the same situation as her. After getting married and giving birth to a child, they used ginger moxa to soak their bodies and feet during confinement, and rarely wore thick coats. Those sweaters and thick coats I had before the wedding can only be put in the bottom of the suitcase.

I am not as good as them. I want a long-sleeved and a windbreaker in winter.

But it’s better than before. In the winter before, I always wore a thick fleece sweater on the inside, a silk cotton jacket or a down jacket on the outside, and sometimes I had to add a down jacket. Vest.

Nowadays, those thick clothes are out of stockings. It’s really tiring to work in those clothes. I really don’t know why I didn’t feel this way before.

Of course, we are in the south, Guangdong, which is much warmer than the north.

This is my personal experience.

Actually, you don’t have to look at these with weird eyes. Don’t we always see medicinal baths on TV? There is also the health-preserving method of moxibustion, which is good for the body.

Thousands of years of history, there are countless talented people, and the wisdom of the working people is really endless.

The things left by our ancestors are not necessarily dregs. Are today’s people necessarily smarter than their predecessors?

The words we use now were invented by our predecessors, and they are being improved from generation to generation.

The inventor is not me, and the improver is not me either, so I always have a sense of awe.

If you question something, you must have a good reason. If you are not a professional, you should think more before questioning, or consult a professional and understand before questioning.

It seems that I am going too far, let’s talk about Ai Shui.

During our confinement period, we boiled water, wine, ginger, and wormwood over high heat, and just simmered out the flavor.

If possible, blanch the fresh ginger with hot charcoal ash, preferably until it is just tender, then smash it all, and then put it into the pot to cook. (This is what an old Chinese doctor calls it, saying it removes the coldness in ginger?? It seems that many old people also call it this way, saying that the ginger used in confinement must be blanched with charcoal, preferably bamboo charcoal).

They all use it this way. I am a beneficiary, and there are many such beneficiaries around me.

This method of rubbing the body and feet with ginger moxa water has improved our physical condition a lot, so I am very grateful to our predecessors for leaving us such a recipe.

Finally, I wish you good health and success, and happiness to your family.

I didn’t believe it in the past. It could be said that I resisted and felt like superstition. However, my father-in-law personally prepared mugwort, pine needles and other things for me when he returned to his hometown. He was afraid that I would be too dirty and used cotton cloth to filter a lot of the water. Again, I couldn't bear to brush off their kindness, thinking that since I was in the bathroom with the door closed, they wouldn't be able to see whether I was washing or not, so I just pretended to be a show-off. Originally, I had a caesarean section, so I could only wipe. My husband didn’t believe it, so he thought it would be okay to rub it, so he rubbed and smoked it for an hour. Unexpectedly, the milk that had been sparse came out directly, and the pain in his back was much better. Of course, I don’t know if it’s the function of mugwort or if ordinary hot water has the same effect. It’s just my personal experience.

If she is willing to boil mugwort water for you to take a bath, instead of just telling you the method, It's already good if she doesn't do anything. If it were me, I wouldn't care if she was scientific or not, it was just a matter of taking a bath. I have given birth to two children, both in Shenzhen in the past few years. For the first time, my mother-in-law filled a large snakeskin bag full of herbs. My family used to wash them this way during confinement. One bag is One bag is for me to use in bathing to remove dampness and cold, and one bag is for baby to use to remove jaundice. Every day she boiled water for us two to wash.

The second time, because I called my mother-in-law in advance, she didn’t have time to prepare things, so she didn’t bring much, so she bought some at last. My friend who lives downstairs happened to have a baby one month before me. Her family sent her a large bag of herbal medicine. When she didn't use it up, she passed it on to me.

Because my mother-in-law and my husband took good care of me, I recovered very well.

During my pregnancy, 9 out of 10 family members, friends and colleagues said that I was a girl