What are the eight techniques for promoting lactation?

Breastfeeding is undoubtedly the best for the baby's health, but some mothers have less milk secretion, and they don't want to add milk powder to their babies too early. Many mothers will choose to induce lactation. There are many methods and techniques for lactation. The human body is composed of many acupoints, and each acupoint is connected. So when inducing lactation, it is actually opening up the acupoints. What are the eight common techniques for lactation?

Eight techniques to promote lactation

1. Gently stimulate the nipples with your fingers

Use your fingers to gently massage the nipples and stimulate them appropriately.

2. Gently massage the base of the nipple

Use your fingers to slowly and gently massage the base of the nipple until you feel comfortable. Do not use too much force to avoid causing pain.

3. Feel around the breast for lumps

Massage is to gently touch the area around the breasts and check for lumps around the breasts

4. Draw a straight line horizontally and vertically on the nipple

5. Squeeze and stimulate both ends of the nipple

Use the force of finger massage to squeeze and massage the nipples at both ends

6. Press down firmly toward the ribs

When massaging, press down slowly along the ribs with your fingers.

7. Slowly pinch the nipple with your thumb and index finger.

8. Start pressing, pinching and twisting after milk comes out

After the milk comes out, use your thumb and index finger to slowly press, pinch and twist the nipple.

Recommend two lactation soups:

1. Tongcao Crucian Carp Lactation-Promoting Soup

Ingredients: 1 live crucian carp, 6 grams of Tongcao

Preparation method: First wash, scale and remove the internal organs of the crucian carp, then add tongcao and cook into crucian carp soup. When eating, eat the fish and drink the soup, drink it twice a day for 3-5 days. The soup should be lighter.

Efficacy: Crucian carp has the effect of promoting diuresis and lactation, while tongcao can ventilate and promote lactation. Boiling them together can not only improve the lactation effect, but also help the mother's body recover.

2. Lactation-promoting soup with loofah seeds and silver carp

Ingredients: 50g loofah seeds, 1 live silver carp

Preparation method: First wash, scale and remove the internal organs of the silver carp, then boil it together with the loofah seeds to make soup. It is best to eat the fish and the soup together. Drink it once a day for 3 consecutive days.

Efficacy: Luffa seeds have a lactation-promoting effect, silver carp has the effects of tonifying deficiency, regulating qi, and promoting lactation. This soup has a certain effect on low milk production caused by blood deficiency.