Treatment of acute mastitis, do you understand these methods?

Mastitis is a very common breast disease. It is not difficult to treat, so female friends do not need to panic. The most important thing is to adopt the correct treatment method, such as acupuncture, light therapy, and drug therapy, etc.

1. Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient and miraculous treatment method handed down in China. Acupuncture treatment of acute mastitis mainly relies on acupuncture points to stimulate nerves and cause local reactions to achieve the treatment goal. The main acupuncture points include: Zusanli, Quchi, Ganshu, Weishu, Taichong, Rugen, Jianjing and other points. Before acupuncture, you should ask your doctor whether your physical condition is suitable for acupuncture.

2. Light therapy

Both infrared and ultraviolet rays belong to phototherapy of physical therapy. Infrared heat has strong penetrating power and can reach deep into breast tissue, improving local blood circulation and promoting the dissipation of inflammation, with better effects than hot compresses. Ultraviolet rays have a good anti-inflammatory effect through photochemical action and erythema radiation, especially for acute infectious inflammation of superficial skin tissue, and have a strong anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect.

3. Drug therapy

I believe everyone is familiar with drug treatment, and there are many types of drugs. It can generally be divided into oral, external and injection. No matter what the disease is, there is a corresponding medicine, which is also the first choice for most patients to treat the disease. The choice of medication for acute mastitis is unique because the patient must consider the effect of the medication on herself and the nursing infant. Patients should choose appropriate medicines under the guidance of their doctors.

Recipes for treating acute mastitis:

1. Take 12 grams each of green peel, tangerine peel, and malt, 60 grams of dandelion, 9 grams each of frankincense and myrrh, decocted in water and taken orally. Suitable for acute mastitis with liver depression syndrome.

2. 30 grams of orange peel and 6 grams of licorice, decocted into a soup and taken. It can relieve gas and relieve pain, and is suitable for acute mastitis. It is even more effective for those with the initial stage of acute mastitis. 2-3 times/day.

3. Take 20 grams of antler powder, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, burdock seeds, and frankincense, 15 grams each of red peony root and fenugreek, 30 grams each of plantain and dandelion, decocted in water and taken orally. Suitable for early mastitis.

4. Take 30 grams each of honeysuckle and dandelion, 12 grams each of forsythia, smilax china, and red peony root, 20 grams each of salvia miltiorrhiza and Millettia reticulata, 10 grams of green tangerine peel, and 8 grams of tongcao. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, for 7 consecutive days. Suitable for acute mastitis with qi and blood stagnation syndrome.

5. Take 15 grams each of raw astragalus and honeysuckle, 10 grams each of codonopsis, atractylodes, angelica, tangerine peel, red peony root, white peony root, and Yuanshen, decocted in water and taken orally. Suitable for acute mastitis ulcer.