Research Article
The Association between Traditional Chinese Dietary and Herbal Therapies and Uterine Involution in Postpartum Women
Table 3
Consumption of diets and herbal medicines during the first postpartum month in the 127 women.
| | Diet/herb taking | Number (%) |
| | Food nature | None | 1–3 days | 4–7 days | >7 days | | Ice or cold drink | 99 (78.0%) | 24 (18.9%) | 3 (2.4%) | 1 (0.8%) | | Cold food | 72 (56.7%) | 35 (27.6%) | 15 (11.8%) | 5 (3.9%) | | Hot food | 81 (63.8%) | 37 (29.1%) | 7 (5.5%) | 2 (1.6%) | | Sour food | 7 (5.5%) | 5 (3.9%) | 9 (7.1%) | 106 (83.5%) |
| | Dish | 0–3 days | 3–7 days | 7–15 days | >15 days | | Chicken soup | 2 (1.6%) | 7 (5.5%) | 16 (12.6%) | 102 (80.3%) | | Sesame oil chicken | 17 (13.4%) | 21 (16.5%) | 46 (36.2%) | 43 (33.9%) |
| | Herb | None | 1–4 days | 5-10 days | >10 days | | Sheng-hau-tang | 20 (16.1%) | 34 (27.4%) | 59 (47.6%) | 11 (8.9%) | | Si-wu-tang | 15 (12.8%) | 32 (27.4%) | 55 (47.0%) | 15 (12.8%) |
| | None | 1–7 days | 7–21 days | >21 days |
| | E. ulmoides | 28 (25.7%) | 29 (26.6%) | 31 (28.4%) | 21 (19.3%) |
| | None | 1–5 days | 5–15 days | >15 days |
| | Herb total | 6 (4.7%) | 14 (11.0%) | 38 (29.9%) | 69 (54.3%) |
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