Can I drink Xiao Chaihu granules during breastfeeding?

Can I drink Xiao Chaihu Granules when I have a cold during lactation? If you take medicine for a cold during lactation, you need to be very careful, because many fever and cold medicines or other medicines are not suitable for taking during lactation. So can I take Xiao Chaihu Granules when I have a cold during lactation?

1. It needs to be taken under the specific guidance of a physician

If you have a cold while breastfeeding, you should drink Xiao Chaihu Granules and you need the advice of a specialist. The doctor will decide whether to drink it based on the specific situation of the patient with a cold during breastfeeding.

One thing to note is that the mother should tell the doctor that she is currently breastfeeding.

It is best to take all medicines during the period of fever and cold under the guidance of a doctor. Do not take medicines privately to avoid adverse effects on yourself and your baby.

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Xiao Chaihu Granules is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription that has the functions of tonifying deficiency, dissipating heat, soothing the liver and harmonizing the stomach. It is mainly used to treat exogenous diseases and evil invading Shaoyang syndrome. Symptoms include alternating chills and fever, bitter fullness in the chest and flanks, poor appetite, nausea, and bitter taste in the mouth and bad breath.

If the patient has a wind-heat type cold and does not have serious chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, etc., he or she can generally take the medicine. However, he or she still needs to obtain the consent of a doctor before taking it, especially for breastfeeding mothers, pregnant women, children, and the elderly and frail.

2. Can I still breastfeed while taking cold medicine during lactation?

Regarding this issue, you also need to see what the doctor says.

Under normal circumstances, taking Chinese herbal medicines such as Isatis Root Granules, Fever and Cold Clearing Granules, etc. will not affect breastfeeding. You only need to feed the baby once before taking the medicine, and then the longer the time from the next breastfeeding, the better, provided that the baby is not hungry.

Although the efficacy of these drugs is unlikely to enter breast milk, for safety reasons, it is recommended to be cautious.

The best way to prevent it is for the mother to not take medicine. Of course, if the symptoms are serious, medicine must be taken.

3. Medicines that cannot be taken for colds during breastfeeding

1. Antibiotics

Aminoglycosides such as streptomycin, penicillin, and kanamycin cause damage to the baby's kidney function and English hearing; quinolones affect bone growth; tetracycline and chloramphenicol harm the baby's teeth, bones, and affect hematopoietic function.

2. Sex hormones

Emergency contraception and estrogen and progesterone affect the baby's development and milk secretion.

3. Sedatives and painkillers

Stable, sodium phenobarbital, chlorpromazine, pethidine, sedatives cause drowsiness and respiratory depression in infants.