Will eating watermelon during breastfeeding cause milk to dry up?

In the hot summer, many people can't wait to take a bite of the melon in the refrigerator at home. As for the melon, which is very popular in summer, in addition to its delicious taste, many people think that melon can help pregnant women reduce milk production. So can eating the fruit help reduce milk production?

Will melon reduce milk production?

Watermelon is a kind of fruit with a cool nature. Pregnant women should not eat it, even after the baby is one month old. This is because the physical fitness of pregnant women is still relatively weak after the baby is one month old. Watermelon has an impact on both adults and children, and may cause milk withdrawal.

Weaning can be done in the following ways:

1. Diethylstilbestrol 5 mg, 3 times a day, taken orally or diethylstilbestrol 2 mg, injected intramuscularly, for 3-4 days;

2. Bromocriptine 2.5 mg, twice a day, for 14 days;

3. Vitamin B26 200 mg, 3 times a day, for 3 consecutive days;

4. After the milk is discharged, apply it outside with Glauber's salt wrapped in gauze. When the Glauber's salt bag is soaked by the milk, it can be replaced with a new one until the milk secretion stops;

5. 60-90 grams of roasted malt, boiled in water, add appropriate amount of old brown sugar, 1 dose per day, for 5-7 days; (I also use this method very well)

6. 60g wheat bran, 30g brown sugar, fry the bran until it turns yellow, add brown sugar and stir, fry again, take it in several times, finish it in 2 days, and take it for 5-7 days;

7. 30g wheat, 30g hawthorn, 30g hot koji, decoct and drink as tea for 5-7 days;

8. Needle acupuncture for the Linqi, Xuanzhong and other acupoints, alternating between the two sides, once a day, using weak stimulation techniques, 7 days as a treatment course;

The efficacy and function of watermelon

The melon peel, pulp and seeds are all edible and have medicinal value. The seed shell and the peel of the watermelon are made into "watermelon frost", which has special medicinal value and can treat oral ulcers, oral thrush, tooth thrush, laryngitis (acute pharyngitis), and all throat diseases.

The bark of the sedge claw is used to treat edema caused by nephritis, jaundice caused by liver disease, and diabetes.

Watermelon seeds have the effect of clearing and moistening the lungs, quenching thirst, promoting digestion, and can treat vomiting blood and chronic cough. The seed husk is used to treat intestinal bleeding and bloody dysentery.

The flesh of the melon is sweet and enters the heart, stomach and bladder meridians; it has the effects of clearing away heat and removing fire, promoting fluid and quenching thirst, and facilitating urination and relieving restlessness; it is mainly used to treat chest congestion, fullness and discomfort, difficulty urinating, sores in the mouth and nose, heat, heatstroke, and sobering up.

1. Cool down, relieve heat and lower blood pressure

It has the effects of clearing away heat and removing fire, removing fire and relieving restlessness, lowering blood pressure, etc. It has certain effects on anemia, dry throat, cleft lip and palate, as well as on patients with cystitis, ascites, and nephritis.

2. Natural mineral water sunscreen

The summer sun is particularly strong, and the ultraviolet light caused by sunlight is strong. The water content of melon is second to none among fresh fruits, so it is very suitable for replenishing the body's water loss in summer.

3. Smooth bowel movements

After eating fruit, urine output will continue to increase, which can reduce the content of bile pigment and has a certain effect on the treatment of jaundice.