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Learn Eastern Medicine with LiLi.

Through exclusive video lessons, LiLi founder Dr. Lily Yeh will teach you how to take your postpartum health into your own hands. Explore how Eastern Medicine supports recovery after childbirth.

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About This Class

Who is this class for?

TCM Postpartum Class

For Healthcare Providers

TCM Practitioners

Acupuncturists and herbalists will learn how to practically apply TCM concepts to postpartum healthcare. PDA certification is available for those who pass an assessment after completing the class.

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Wellness Class for Birthing Parents

For Birthing Parents

Wellness Enthusiasts

Birthing parents and others interested in their own postnatal health will walk away with ideas about how to care for themselves long-term. Learn practical Eastern Medicine techniques for home recovery.

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Lesson Plans

Unit 1

Students will gain a basic understanding of Confinement in Eastern Medicine. Practitioners can begin developing a practical approach to treating postpartum patients at home.

1. Lily's Personal Story

Meet Lily

Uterine Prolapse

2. Binding

What is Binding?

Abdominal Binding vs. Hip Binding

Binding for Organ Prolapse Prevention

Reshaping the Body with Relaxin

Patient Results

3. History of Eastern & Folk Medicine

What is Sitting the Month / Zuo Ye Zi (坐月子)?

Treating the Body with Food Therapy

Ancient Doctors and Midwives

4. Eastern Medicine Diagnostic Tools

The Ren and Du Channels

Tongue, Pulse and Ear Diagnoses

Keeping Kidney Channels Warm

Keeping Head Points Closed

Unit 2

Understand the important concepts of Hot and Cold in Eastern Medicine: avoiding Cold and the Wind, and using Warming herbs, foods, and formulas for postpartum health.

1. Different Birthing Methods

Hospital Birth vs. Home Birth

Ice Therapy

What is Cord Blood?

What is Vernix Caseosa (Vernix)?

2. Eastern Medicine's View of Cold and Wind

Cold Signs in Women and Newborns

What are Thief Sweating / Night Sweating and Cold Sweats?

Cold and Vaginal Blood

What are Cold Property Foods?

3. Confinement Food to Warm the Body

Overview of Herbs for Postpartum Recovery

Herbs that Warm Interior and Expel Cold

Herbs that Regulate the Blood and Stop Bleeding

Herbs that Tonify the Qi

Herbs that Tonify the Blood

4. Herbal Medicines for the Postnatal Body

Formulas Designed with Jun, Chen, Zuo, Shi (Master Herbs, Advisor Herbs, Soldier Herbs, and Guiding Herbs)

Sheng Hua Tang (Dissolving Clots Decoction)

Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction)

Ba Zhen Tang (Eight Treasure Decoction)

Shi Quan Da Bu Tang (Ten Completed Decoction)

Importance of Ren Shen Yue Nei

Unit 3

Learn the science behind changes to the female body after delivery, and how one can use Eastern Medicine to preserve their energy and age with grace.

1. The Science of the Mother's Body

Back Contraction vs. Front Contraction

What is a Breech Baby?

Types of Pelvic Floor Organ Prolapse

2. Breast/Chest Milk and Hormonal Change

What are Prolactin and Oxytocin?

Milk Duct Anatomy and Engorgement Pain

Helping Transgender Patients

Viscosity of Human Chest Milk

Best Nursing Position to Avoid Joints Pain

3. Eastern Medicine's View on Women's Aging

A Woman's Lifecycle

What is Tian Gui (Period Blood)?

Period and Energy Flow

4. The Significance of the Liver in Eastern Medicine

Basic Chinese Classifiers and the Channels System

What is the Liver Organ in Eastern Medicine?

What are Liver Functions in Eastern Medicine?

What is Liver Qi in Eastern Medicine?

What is Liver Blood in Eastern Medicine?

How to Preserve Your Energy and Age Gracefully

This is an approved professional development activity by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Students are eligible to receive credits toward recertification requirements.

Meet your guide to postpartum health.

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