What to do if you don’t have enough milk after childbirth? Traditional Chinese medicine has a great solution!

Nowadays, the incidence of insufficient milk in new mothers after childbirth is gradually increasing. Newborn babies cannot get timely and sufficient breastfeeding, which will lag behind in growth and development, and will also cause poor immunity and easy illness. Little or no milk after childbirth is called "lack of milk", also known as "lack of milk". The main reasons for new mothers' insufficient milk are genetic factors and physical factors. Of course, physical factors are still the main factors. In the classics of traditional Chinese medicine, there are early records of postpartum lack of milk, and there are also many good empirical prescriptions and dietary prescriptions. Today, I will share several good empirical prescriptions and dietary prescriptions for your reference. Insufficient milk can be divided into two types of syndromes according to the symptoms, Qi and blood deficiency syndrome and liver depression and qi stagnation syndrome. Let's introduce them in detail below.

Qi and blood deficiency syndrome

Postpartum milk is less or even absent, milk is thin, breasts are soft and not swollen, complexion is pale or sallow, skin is dry, mental fatigue, appetite is reduced, tongue is pale with little coating, and pulse is weak. Treatment should be to replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and promote lactation.

Single prescription

50g of Astragalus, 15g of Angelica, 10g each of Vaccaria, Rhizoma Lulutong, Luffa, and Rhizoma Paniculata. Decoction twice, mix and take in the morning and afternoon, 1 dose per day.

Diet therapy

Recipe 1: 90-120g black sesame seeds, a little salt. Fry until fragrant, chew in the morning and evening, and drink with warm water. Or drink with pig's trotter soup.

Recipe 2: 60g live shrimps. Slightly stir-fry, cook with appropriate amount of rice wine and eat (or take with pig's trotter soup), once a day for 3 consecutive days.

Recipe 3: 60g each of day lily and red dates. Decoction twice, mix and take in 3 doses, 1 dose per day.

Recipe 4: 20g each of Wangbuliuxing and Danggui (wrapped in gauze), 2 pig's trotters. Add water and stew until cooked, season, eat the meat and drink the soup, 1 dose per day.

Recipe 5: 500 grams of tofu, 50 grams of fried fenugreek (wrapped in gauze), add water and cook together, season after it is cooked, eat the tofu and drink the soup, finish it in 1-2 days, and continue to eat for 5 days.

Recipe 6: 60 grams each of peanuts and soybeans, 2 pig’s trotters, add water and stew, season after they are well cooked, take twice a day, morning and evening, for 3 consecutive days.

Recipe 7: Wash and peel 250 grams of fresh lettuce, cut into shreds, mix with appropriate amount of salt and rice wine, and serve as a side dish in 2-3 portions.

Recipe 8: 10g donkey-hide gelatin, 1 egg. Dissolve the donkey-hide gelatin in a bowl of water, mix well with the egg (peeled), add it into the gelatin and cook it into egg flower, season with salt and serve.

Liver depression and qi stagnation syndrome

Postpartum milk secretion is low, or even absent, breast pain, chest and flank distension and discomfort, depression, or mild fever, reduced appetite, thin yellow fur, stringy or rapid pulse. Treatment should be to soothe the liver and relieve depression, and dredge the milk meridians.

Single prescription

Recipe 1 : 25g each of fresh orange leaves, green peel and antler frost. Decoction twice, mix and add a little rice wine, drink hot in 2 times. 1 dose per day.

Recipe 2 : 25g each of Vaccaria segetalis and Scabra scabra. Decoction twice, mix and take 3 times in the morning, noon and evening, 1 dose per day for 5-7 days.

Diet therapy

Recipe 1: 1 live crucian carp (150-200g), 2 bowls of rice vinegar, 5 slices of ginger, 15g of peanut oil. First, add oil to the pan, fry the fish and ginger, then add rice vinegar, add appropriate amount of water, boil the soup, eat the fish and drink the soup after it is cooked, 1 dose per day, take it for 3-4 days.

Recipe 2: 1 live crucian carp (100-150g). 1 pair of pig's trotters. Add water and cook until done, then season. Eat the meat and drink the soup, twice a day, morning and evening, for 3-5 days.