How to determine whether the breast duct is unobstructed

In fact, postpartum mothers will have a strong feeling about whether the mammary ducts are blocked or not. For example, there is less milk in the breasts, and milk engorgement rarely occurs. The breasts may feel tingling from time to time due to insufficient milk. At this time, you should consider whether it is caused by blocked mammary ducts. There is also milk accumulation, which leads to lumps in the breasts. This is also caused by blockage, so you can judge by these symptoms.

1. There is little milk in the breasts and the breasts rarely feel swollen.

2. The breast pain is unbearable. No matter what methods are used, the milk will not come out and the baby will not be able to eat it.

3. I always feel there is milk congestion or lumps in my breasts. They will disappear after rubbing them for a while, but will return if I stop rubbing them.

4. In the early stages, the breasts may feel swollen and painful. However, due to various reasons such as the baby not being around, being angry, or the baby not wanting to eat, the milk supply will become less and less, and the breasts will no longer be swollen.

5. The entire breast is swollen and hard as a rock. No amount of massaging, hot compresses, or sucking can help, let alone using a breast pump.

6. The milk supply is sufficient, but the breasts sometimes feel tingling, and there is a slight tenderness when touched.

7. Milk accumulation and breast heat are early symptoms of mastitis.

8. There are lumps of different sizes in the breasts, which slide when touched and feel painful when pressed.

9. Milk accumulation causes lumps in the breast, which will not go away no matter how hard you try. Sometimes there are lumps in the armpits, which also cannot be rubbed away.

10. During pregnancy, the breasts are not in the right position, the baby sucks or the breasts massage themselves too much, but the milk still cannot come down, causing nipple ulceration or cracking.

Among the above-mentioned breast problems, most of them are directly related to the obstruction of milk ducts. Chinese medicine emphasizes that "milk meridians are blocked, and if they are unobstructed there will be no pain, and if there is pain it means they are blocked." This is the principle.

11. The reasons for the above conditions are: if the milk duct in the lowest part of the breast is blocked, the result is that the whole breast is soft, there is no feeling of fullness, and there is insufficient milk. If the milk ducts in the areola or front of the breast are blocked, the result will be breast pain but no milk can come out. Due to anger or inability to breastfeed, the breasts will have a physiological reaction of milk withdrawal. The milk ducts that have withdrawn will no longer produce milk, which naturally reduces the amount of milk.