Abstract
Objective: To identify and find out how the integrative and complementary health practices, common and accessible, can provide benefits to the mother-child binomial in the puerperal period. Bibliographic Review: Qualified health care applied in prenatal and puerperium, are fundamental for maternal and neonatal health, as there are several changes in the routine of this binomial, PICS are real options to provide individualized assistance to the puerperal woman when promoting or regain health through alternative medicine. Among the various therapies, the use of medicinal plants and aromatherapy; the Chinese Lian Gong practice, meditation, and the Shantala technique could be listed and its various forms of application enable a healthy and gradual transformation in the face of the various changes suffered by women between the periods of pregnancy and the puerperium. Final Considerations: The benefits provided by the PICS to the puerperal woman, include the mother / child binomial and can be seen by benefits such as pain relief, discomfort, tiredness and organic dysfunctions, relief of anxiety and sadness, frequent in this period.