What seasoning can reduce milk production?

Weaning is a task that women must do during the weaning period. After the weaning is successfully stopped, the woman's lactation period will officially end, and the woman will not have problems such as breast engorgement or milk regurgitation, and can work and live normally. There are many ways to stop lactation, and many people choose to eat foods or seasonings that can stop lactation. So, what seasonings and foods can reduce milk production?

1. Seasoning for weaning

Eating spices such as star anise and pepper may cause milk dryness. In addition, if the mother is too nervous or in a bad mood, it will also affect milk secretion.

2. Foods that reduce milk production

Barley tea: Drink 40 grams of barley as water every day, and your milk will stop flowing in a few days.

Sichuan peppercorns: Add 12 grams of Sichuan peppercorns to 500 milliliters of water and cook until 250 milliliters remain. Add 30 grams of brown sugar. Taking it once can usually relieve breast engorgement, and taking it twice can stop milk production.

Chives: You can eat more chives during the weaning period to help with weaning.

Bitter melon: Bitter melon is a cold food, eating more of it can help with weaning.

Green tea: It can replace boiled water during weaning to help mothers stop breastfeeding.

Crab: Crab is a cold food and can also help to reduce milk production.

Hawthorn: Both raw and dried hawthorn have the effect of reducing milk production.

Raw barley sprouts: If you want to stop lactation quickly, you can boil 40 grams of raw barley sprouts in water and drink it. It usually takes two days to show results.

Raw, cold and spicy things: beer, tea, Huoxiang Zhengqi water, chocolate, etc.

3. How to stop breastfeeding after weaning

1. Mothers should gradually reduce the number of breastfeeding times from 3 times a day to 2 times or 1 time. Excess milk should not be accumulated in the breasts. It should be squeezed out until the breasts are soft and there is no swelling or pain.

2. In terms of diet, the mother's diet should be light and not greasy. She should drink less water and soup, especially milk-producing foods such as chicken soup and fish soup. She can eat more leeks, hawthorn, etc.

3. After weaning, you should wear a well-fitting or slightly tight bra. This can not only inhibit the secretion of milk, but also relieve breast pain.

4. For drug treatment, you can drink the water boiled with roasted malt (50 grams of decoction, 3 times a day), or apply Glauber's salt externally (wrap it in a small cloth bag and apply it on the breast, avoiding the nipple and areola), or take drugs such as vitamin B6, ethinyl estradiol, and bromocriptine, but you must take them as prescribed by the doctor.

5. If symptoms such as breast lumps, local skin redness, and fever appear during weaning, you should seek medical attention promptly.

6. After successful weaning, mothers are advised to engage in appropriate physical exercise and do more chest expansion exercises to help the breasts regain elasticity more quickly.