What medicine to take for mastitis

Mastitis is a common disease. If you have mastitis, you must take it seriously and go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. There are many treatment methods. You can take some traditional Chinese medicine that has the functions of promoting lactation, reducing swelling, detoxifying and clearing away heat, which has a good therapeutic effect. The treatment methods for diseases at different stages of development will also be different. In addition to regular treatment, you should also pay attention to good prevention and health care to avoid worsening of the disease.

(1) Treatment of early mastitis:

The main symptoms in the initial stage are milk stasis and internal accumulation of heat and toxicity. The treatment principles are detoxification, clearing heat, promoting lactation and reducing swelling.

Oral medicine: Decoction: You can use the Trichosanthes and Burdock Decoction with modifications: Trichosanthes, Burdock Fructus, Radix Trichosanthis, Baical Skullcap Root, Tangerine Peel, Gardenia Fructus, Flos Lonicerae, Flos Bupleuri, Fructus Forsythiae, Squama Plantain Squama, Vaccaria Segetalis, Rhizoma Cyperi, add Citrus Aurantii Leaf and Cistanche Deserticola for Qi stagnation; add Gypsum Fibrosum for obvious fever, use more Baical Skullcap Root, add frankincense, myrrh and red spoon for swelling and pain.

Topical medications: external application of golden ointment, jade dew ointment or Glauber's salt solution, or external application of breast healing ointment. It is simple, convenient and effective. In the initial stage, pay attention to keeping milk discharge unobstructed.

(2) Suppurative stage : There are two principles for the treatment of the suppurative stage: one is to stop milk production; the other is to fully drain the pus.

Treatment: Clear away heat and detoxify, expel toxins and release pus. The prescription of choice is Sanjiedan No. 1 or Tounongsan with additions and subtractions: Angelica sinensis, raw rhubarb, pangolin, Sichuan pepper, soapberry thorn, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, plantain, scutellaria, honeysuckle, platycodon, raw licorice, charred hawthorn, and charred malt.

Surgery: Radial incision and drainage to avoid damaging the milk network, areola, and nipple; for small and shallow breast abscesses, needle puncture and pus extraction can be used, and breast healing cream (patch) or golden powder can be applied externally; fire needle drainage can also be used, with a thicker metal needle (4 mm) or a three-edged needle, burned red with flame, and quickly inserted into the abscess. Then pull it out quickly.

(3) Late stage of ulcer : The treatment in this stage is to drain pus and remove toxins. The decoction used is Simiao Decoction with modifications: roasted Scutellaria baicalensis, Chinese angelica, honeysuckle, dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, and roasted liquorice. After local incision and drainage of pus, use Ba Er Dan or Jiu Yi Dan to extract pus and detoxify, and use medicated thread for drainage. If the pus has been drained out, you can use Sheng Ji San to close the wound and apply red ointment with gauze. If there is pus bag phenomenon, you can use cotton padding method to prevent pus retention. If a breast sinus is formed, you can use Wu Wu Dan medicine twist to insert the sinus to corrode the tube wall. After the pus disappears, give Sheng Ji San to promote sinus healing.