What are the contraindications of Chinese medicine during lactation?

I believe that many mothers who have given birth will pay more attention to their physical health, because only when their physical fitness is good can they produce better quality milk, so that the baby can grow better after eating it. However, they may still get sick during breastfeeding due to some unknown reasons. Therefore, they will choose some Chinese medicine to cure the disease, then what are the Chinese medicines that are taboo during breastfeeding? Regarding this question, please friends, please join me in understanding it in the next period of time.

Some Chinese medicines can nourish yin and blood, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis after being taken by pregnant women. They can enhance physical fitness, promote uterine contraction and prevent puerperal infection. However, some Chinese medicines should be avoided. During the confinement period, you must avoid using rhubarb, because this medicine will not only cause pelvic congestion and increased vaginal bleeding, but will also enter the breast milk, making it yellow. If the baby eats this milk, it will also cause diarrhea. In addition, there are some medicines that have the effect of reducing milk production, such as roasted malt, Xiaoyao powder, mint, etc., which should be avoided by breastfeeding mothers.

Foods and habits to avoid during breastfeeding

For the sake of her own and her baby's health, mothers should avoid consuming certain foods that may affect milk secretion or having some personal special hobbies during breastfeeding, so as not to destroy the good feeding effect.

1. Foods that inhibit milk secretion include leeks, malt water, ginseng, etc.

2 Stimulating things

The postpartum diet should be light and irritating foods should be avoided, including: spicy seasonings, peppers, alcohol, coffee and cigarettes.

1) Alcohol: Generally speaking, a small amount of alcohol can promote milk secretion and has no effect on the baby. However, excessive alcohol will inhibit milk secretion and affect uterine contraction, so you should drink less or not at all.

2) Coffee: It can excite the human central nervous system. One cup of 150 ml coffee contains 100 ml of caffeine. It is best for normal people not to drink more than 3 cups a day. Although there is no evidence that it is harmful to infants, breastfeeding mothers should drink it in moderation or stop drinking it.

3) Excessively spicy seasonings, such as chili peppers, should be used in moderation by breastfeeding mothers.

3. Fried foods and high-fat foods.

This type of food is difficult to digest and is high in calories, so it should be consumed in moderation.

4 Cigarettes and tobacco

If a breastfeeding mother continues to smoke while breastfeeding, nicotine will quickly appear in the breast milk and be absorbed by the baby. Studies have shown that nicotine has adverse effects on the baby's respiratory tract. Therefore, it is best for breastfeeding mothers to quit smoking and avoid inhaling secondhand smoke.

5. Medication

For breastfeeding mothers, although most drugs will not affect the baby at normal doses, it is still recommended that breastfeeding mothers actively tell their doctors that they are breastfeeding before taking the medicine on their own, so that the doctor can prescribe suitable medicines and choose medicines with shorter duration to minimize the amount of medicine that passes through breast milk.

In addition, if a mother takes medicine after breastfeeding her baby, she should feed the baby when the concentration of the medicine in the breast milk reaches the lowest, so that the baby will be safer.

The above paragraphs have given us a good introduction to some Chinese medicines that are contraindicated during breastfeeding. I sincerely hope that all mothers can read the above content carefully, so that they can become more experienced in daily illness and make better use of Chinese medicine. We must keep these taboos in mind and share them with our loved ones and friends around us.