A threatened miscarriage refers to signs of miscarriage occurring within the first 7 months of pregnancy; with treatment to preserve the pregnancy, the pregnancy may continue. The diet should be light and nutritious. Foods and medicinal ingredients known to help preserve the pregnancy may be selected, such as Chinese yam, lotus seeds, red dates, black soybeans, walnut kernels, longan flesh, hen meat, white kidney beans, amomum, lotus root starch, lotus leaves, grapes, carp, ginseng, astragalus, donkey-hide gelatin, reed root, Dodder seed, mistletoe, eucommia, and ramie root. Avoid raw, cold, greasy, rich, and spicy or irritating foods, as well as substances that may interfere with pregnancy, such as cinnamon, dried ginger, peach kernels, hawthorn, coix seed, winter mallow seeds, and crab.
The following are clinically proven, affordable, effective, and delicious herbal tea, decoction, and soup recipes:
Eucommia and Pork Stomach Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and enriches the blood. Suitable for threatened miscarriage due to kidney deficiency, characterized by restless fetal movements, spotting or vaginal bleeding, soreness and weakness in the lower back and legs, emaciation, dizziness, tinnitus, a pale and thin tongue coating, … Read more
Donkey-Hide Gelatin and Longan Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes qi and blood. Suitable for threatened miscarriage caused by deficiency of both qi and blood. the whole decoction leans warm; use with caution in those with yin deficiency and internal heat or lingering excess heat; those who are robust with internal … Read more
Eucommia and Hen Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and enriches the blood. Suitable for threatened miscarriage caused by kidney deficiency combined with deficiency of both qi and blood. those who are robust with internal accumulated heat are not suited to this formula; as a warming-tonic formula, it is … Read more
Ramie Root and Honey Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Stops bleeding and protects the pregnancy. Suitable for all types of threatened abortion.
Ramie Root and Longan Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes qi and helps maintain pregnancy. Suitable for all types of threatened miscarriage.
Lotus Seed, Atractylodes, and Poria Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Tonifies qi and nourishes blood. Suitable for threatened miscarriage due to deficiency of both qi and blood, with symptoms such as vaginal bleeding and a sensation of heaviness and pain in the lower abdomen during early pregnancy; or restless fetal movements, … Read more
Lotus Seed and Ejiao Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes qi and blood. Suitable for threatened miscarriage caused by deficiency of both qi and blood.
Scutellaria and Dipsacus Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat and stabilizes the pregnancy. Suitable for threatened miscarriage due to blood heat, characterized by fetal movement and abdominal pain, bright-colored spotting, flushed face and red lips, dry mouth and restlessness, heat in the palms, reddish-yellow urine, a red tongue with a … Read more
Pumpkin Stem and Fresh Reed Root Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat and stabilizes the pregnancy. Suitable for threatened miscarriage due to blood heat.
Mugwort Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes deficiency and dispels cold. Suitable for threatened miscarriage of the deficiency-cold type, characterized by restless fetal movements, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, aversion to cold with cold limbs, a cold sensation in the lower abdomen, a pale white tongue coating, … Read more
