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B9. Fetal Irritability

偏方验方治疗胎动不安

1. 赤小豆治疗胎动不安 (Chixiaodou for fetal irritability)

赤小豆一把，黄酒 30 毫升。

Red bean

Chixiaodou (red bean) 50 gram, cooking wine 30 ml.

将赤小豆用水两碗煎取一碗，兑入黄酒温服。

Cook the red beans with 100 ml water until there is about 500 ml left. Collect the water extract. Add the cooking wine in. Mix and drink it.

2. 黑豆黄酒治疗胎动不安 (Black bean for fetal irritability)

黑豆 100 克，黄酒 100 毫升。

Black bean

Black bean 100 gram, Cooking wine 100 ml.

用水将黑豆煎至熟，服时加黄酒送下。本方治疗胎动不安伴腰痛或腿痛。

Cook the black bean in water until it is eatable. Eat and drink the water part with the addition of the cooking wine. This formula is used for fetal irritability with sour lower back or pain in legs.

3. 砂仁黄酒治疗胎动不安 (Sharen Huangjiu for fetal irritability)

砂仁（去皮）适量，黄酒适量。

Sharen (Fructus Amomi)

Sharen (removal of skin) some, cooking wine some amount.

将砂仁炒干，研细末。每服 5 － 10 克，黄酒送下。

Fry the Sharen to dry. Grind it into fine powder. Drink the powder 5 to 10 gram each time, with drink the cooking wine same time.

本方治疗孕妇偶因跌倒致胎动不安而腹痛者。

This formula is used for pregnant woman, who fall down, so that the fetus is irritable and she suffered from abdomen pain too.

4. 鲈鱼治疗胎动不安（Weever for fetal irritability)

鲈鱼一条，葱，姜，少许。

One weever fish, little leeks and ginger.

鲈鱼开膛，清理内脏，清洗。水烧开后下鱼，葱和姜，约一小时即成。饮汤吃鱼肉，每天三次。

Open the weever body, clear off the inside organs, wash it. Bring water to boil, add the weever, leeks and ginger in. Continue to cook for about one hour. Drink the soup and eat the fish, three times a day.

治疗妊娠水肿，胎动不安。

This formula works for pregnant swelling and fetal irritability.

也可将鲈鱼加黄芪 30 克，加水适量，隔水炖熟服食。
每日或隔日一次。三到五次显效。

Alternatively, add Huangqi 30 gram to the weever fish, add little water, steam it over the water in a pot. Eat the fish every day or once every other day. The calming effect shows after three to five times.

5. 白扁豆治疗胎动不安（White beans for fetal irritability)

白扁豆，大米适量。

White beans some amount, rice some amount.

White beans

将白扁豆捣碎研细末，加大米熬成粥服。

Grind the white bean into powder. Mix with rice to cook in water as cook for a rice soup. Eat the soup.

主治妊娠误服药物导致的胎动不安。

This formula is used for the fetal irritability due to mistaken of some drugs by the pregnant woman.

6. 葡萄治疗胎动不安 (Grape for fetal irritability)

妊娠期多吃葡萄可治疗胎动不安。

During pregnancy time, eat more grapes. It can help to quiet down the stomach and calm the fetus.

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