What to do if breast milk

Thin breast milk is not a common phenomenon. This situation indicates that the woman has less breast milk. If this problem exists for a long time, the healthy development of the child cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, in order to avoid the impact of thin breast milk, female friends can choose some methods to improve this phenomenon, such as eating some foods that can increase milk production. Next, I will introduce to you which foods can increase milk production.

1. Lettuce Seed Porridge

Ingredients: 15 grams of lettuce seeds, 6 grams of licorice, and 100 grams of polished rice.

Preparation: Crush the lettuce seeds, add licorice, and then add 200 ml of water and cook together. When there is 100 ml of water left, filter the juice and remove the residue. Put the filtered juice and polished rice into a pot, add water and cook until the rice is soft.

Efficacy: Lettuce seeds are the seeds of the lettuce plant of the Asteraceae family. The best ones are those that are full, dry and free of impurities. It is bitter and cold in nature, and can promote lactation and facilitate urination. Licorice is sweet and mild in nature, and can harmonize the stomach, relieve urgency, and coordinate various medicines. Japonica rice porridge is known as "the best thing in the world to nourish people." The combination of these three ingredients is a very good lactation-promoting medicinal diet.

2. Pangolin stewed with hen

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

Preparation: 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.

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.

3. Peanut porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of peanuts, 8 grams of tongcao, 12 grams of fenugreek, 50 grams of polished 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 and can purge the lungs, promote urination, and promote lactation. Vaccaria is the seed of the Caryophyllaceae plant Vaccaria, which is bitter and flat in nature. The two herbs are used together to treat insufficient milk, with better efficacy.

4. Stir-fried yellow pork kidney

Ingredients: 500 grams of pig kidney, 50 grams of day lily, appropriate amounts of starch, ginger, onion, garlic, MSG, sugar, vegetable oil and refined salt.

Preparation: Cut the pig kidney into two halves, remove the fascia and glands and set aside. After heating the pot, add the vegetables, ginger and garlic into the pot and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the pork kidney and stir-fry for a while. When the pork kidney changes color and is cooked through, add the day lily, salt and sugar and stir-fry for a while, add starch to thicken and stir well, and finally add MSG.

Efficacy: According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, pig kidneys are salty and flat in nature, and are mainly used to treat kidney deficiency, low back pain, and body and facial edema. Daylily is sweet and mild in nature, and can replenish the body, promote lactation, and promote diuresis and reduce swelling. In addition, daylily root also has a lactation-promoting effect. This medicinal diet is suitable for lack of milk caused by kidney deficiency.