What are the traditional Chinese medicines for promoting lactation?

Breast milk is the best food for babies, but breastfeeding women may suddenly face the problem of insufficient breast milk. Many people are often at a loss when encountering this situation. Some women feel that they drink a lot of soups and watery foods, and they also massage their breasts, but they still do not have enough breast milk. This situation is very common in normal times. What are the traditional Chinese medicines for lactation?

Postpartum insufficient milk refers to low or no milk supply during the lactation period, accompanied by soft breasts, fatigue, sweating, insomnia, or swollen and painful breasts, and lack of milk. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that breast milk is produced from Qi and blood. Because mothers consume Qi and blood during pregnancy and lose blood and Qi during delivery, their Qi and blood are deficient and cannot be transformed into milk, resulting in insufficient milk after delivery or bad mood and depression after delivery, which leads to poor Qi flow and stagnation in meridians, which hinders the circulation of milk and therefore no milk is produced.

Any mother who feels that she has insufficient milk, no milk at all, has soft breasts and milk leakage 3 days after a normal delivery or 3 days after a cesarean section, or who also has excessive sweating or frequent urination, can use Chinese medicine to induce lactation. Chinese medicine lactation starts with the mother's physical condition. According to the physical condition of each mother, the knowledge of Chinese medicine is used to regulate the medication, which is conducive to postpartum physical recovery, does not hinder breastfeeding, ensures the health of the baby, and increases milk secretion!

What are the traditional Chinese medicines for lactation?

Tongcao: Tongcao is one of the commonly used Chinese medicines, which has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, ventilating and promoting lactation. "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan" believes that it can "improve eyesight, reduce fever, induce labor, promote the flow of milk, and promote lactation." This product has a diuretic and milk secretion-promoting effect. It is often used for urinary problems caused by damp heat, and is very effective for postpartum milk obstruction or milk retention. It is often decocted and taken together with fenugreek and pangolin.

Rhizoma Lulutong: It has the effects of dispelling wind, dredging meridians, promoting diuresis and promoting lactation. It is used for milk obstruction and breast pain. It is often used in combination with fenugreek, pangolin, and eloquencean, and has an excellent effect on milk secretion.

Fenugreek: It has the effects of regulating blood circulation, promoting menstruation, promoting lactation and eliminating carbuncles, and promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. It is known as a good medicine for promoting lactation in gynecology. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Pangolin and Wangbuliuxing can circulate in the blood, and is a medicine for the Yangming Chongren meridian. There is a folk saying that "women who take Pangolin and Wangbuliuxing will have a constant milk flow." It is one of the important medicines commonly used by the people for lactation. If the milk is blocked after childbirth, taking pangolin can enhance the milk secretion. For those who suffer from qi and blood deficiency and scarce milk after childbirth, Astragalus and Angelica can be used. Fenugreek can also replenish qi and blood to increase milk, and it also has a good therapeutic effect on mastitis caused by poor milk secretion.

Loulu: Loulu has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving pain and dispersing stagnation, and promoting menstruation and lactation. "Shennong's Herbal Classic" believes that it "treats the skin, ulcers, hemorrhoids, dampness and arthritis, and promotes lactation." It is often used for milk retention, breast tenderness, swelling and pain, and menstrual irregularities, and has good effects. For lack of milk and breast pain, it can be used in combination with pangolin and fenugreek.

Pangolin: It has the effects of promoting lactation, promoting blood circulation and relieving symptoms, unblocking meridians, reducing swelling and discharging pus. "Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that it "can clear meridians, promote lactation, eliminate carbuncles and swellings, discharge pus and blood, open the orifices, and kill insects." "Pangolin enters the Jueyin and Yangming meridians and was rarely used in ancient prescriptions. In modern times, it has become an important medicine for malaria, sores, and regulating menstruation and lactation." This product can dredge the qi and blood and promote lactation. It can be used alone or in combination with fenugreek for those with lack of milk due to qi and blood stagnation. If the qi and blood are deficient and the milk is scarce, it can be used together with qi-invigorating herbs such as astragalus and angelica.