What should I eat to produce more milk during breastfeeding? This food is precious.

During breastfeeding, every mother hopes to have more milk so that her dear baby can eat more, but sometimes the milk is very little. At this time, the mother should pay more attention to diet. For example, eating more of the following foods can increase the amount of milk.

1. Peanut porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of peanuts, 8 grams of tongcao, 12 grams of fenugreek, 50 grams of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Preparation method: First boil the tongcao and fenugreek, remove the residue and keep the juice. Then put the medicinal juice, peanuts and glutinous rice into the pot, add water and boil. After the peanuts and rice are cooked, add brown sugar and it is ready to eat.

Efficacy: Tongcao is sweet, mild and cool in nature. It enters the lung and stomach meridians. It can purge the lungs, promote urination, and promote lactation. Vaccaria is the seed of the Caryophyllaceae plant, which is bitter and flat in nature. The two herbs are used together to treat insufficient milk, with better efficacy.

2. Shrimp porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of dried shrimp, 100 grams of japonica rice.

Preparation method: Add water to the japonica rice and cook it into porridge as usual. When the porridge is half cooked, add the washed dried shrimps. It is ready to eat when the rice soup is thick.

Efficacy: The porridge is rich in nutrients, containing protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Chinese medicine believes that this porridge can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, improve sperm quality and promote lactation. It is suitable for postpartum women with little milk.

3. Rice wine and egg drop soup

Ingredients: 1 piece of fermented rice, 1 egg

Preparation method: Add water to the fermented rice and bring to a boil, then add the eggs and cook into egg drop soup shape. It can be consumed while hot.

Efficacy: replenishes qi and produces body fluid, activates blood circulation and stops bleeding, promotes lactation.

4. Pangolin stewed with hen

Ingredients: 1 old hen, 60 grams of pangolin, appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, garlic, five-spice powder, and fine salt.

Preparation method: Remove the feathers and internal organs of the hen, smash the pangolin into small pieces and stuff them into the chicken's stomach. Put it into the pot, add water and seasonings, and stew until the meat is tender and boneless.

Efficacy: Pangolin is salty and cool in nature, and can regulate menstruation and promote lactation. Li Shizhen wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica that "after women eat pangolins and Panax notoginseng, their milk will flow continuously, which also means that the effect is rapid." Chicken is rich in nutrients, sweet, warm and mild in nature, and can replenish both qi and blood.