Lactation-promoting soup Chinese medicine

The nutritional needs of a newborn baby mainly come from breast milk, and sufficient milk is the key to the child's growth. However, some mothers do not secrete enough milk and need to drink some lactation-inducing soup to improve the situation. In order to enhance the effect, the type of traditional Chinese medicine that promotes lactation is most likely to be used. There are indeed many practices in this regard, and you can learn about them in detail. So, what are the traditional Chinese medicines for lactation-promoting soup?

1. It is caused by weak Qi and blood and insufficient milk source.

Symptoms: little or no milk, clear and thin milk, soft breasts with no swelling, pale complexion, dizziness, fatigue, poor appetite, pale tongue with little coating, and weak pulse.

Treatment method:

The main purpose is to replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and promote lactation. You can add astragalus, codonopsis, angelica, fenugreek, platycodon, rehmannia root, etc. to the stew. Such as angelica sinensis and crucian carp soup, astragalus and pangolin stewed hen soup, etc.

2. It is caused by liver qi stagnation, or qi stagnation and blood stasis, resulting in insufficient milk.

Symptoms: little or no milk secretion after delivery, chest and flank distension, depression, or mild fever, loss of appetite, pale red tongue, thin yellow tongue coating, and a stringy and fine pulse.

Treatment method:

The main purpose is to soothe the liver and relieve depression, and to unblock the meridians and promote lactation. You can add bupleurum, ellipsoides, tongcao, qingpi, tangerine peel, etc., such as pig trotter, soybean and tongcao soup, lotus root, red dates and tangerine peel soup, etc.

In addition, you can also eat more fruits and foods that promote lactation, such as papaya, peanuts, day lily, fungus, shiitake mushrooms, etc. For example, papaya is mild in nature and sweet in taste, and it has the effects of helping food and strengthening the stomach, nourishing and promoting lactation, and relaxing the meridians and dredging the collaterals.

When should you drink the lactation-inducing soup? It is not too early or too late to drink the lactation-inducing soup after delivery. It is more appropriate to start giving it to the mother on the third day after delivery.

1. The mammary glands begin to secrete milk within two or three days after the baby is born. The milk at this time is relatively viscous and slightly yellow, which is colostrum. Colostrum contains a large number of live lymphocytes. When it enters the baby's body, it causes the baby to produce immunoglobulin A, which enhances the newborn's immunity, prevents newborn infections, and protects the baby from bacteria. Mothers should feed their babies colostrum as much as possible to give them "immunity". Around the fourth day after delivery, the mammary glands begin to secrete real milk. From this we can see that it is more appropriate to start lactation for mothers on the third day after delivery. It can not only prepare for the secretion of large amounts of milk after colostrum, but also allow the mother to control the amount of soup she drinks at any time according to the milk secretion situation.

2. If the mother is in good health and has a lot of colostrum after delivery, the time for drinking soup can be postponed appropriately, and the amount of soup can be reduced appropriately to avoid discomfort caused by excessive fullness and congestion in the breasts, or even acute mastitis. If the postpartum condition is relatively poor, you can eat soup earlier and eat more. When eating, you should decide according to your physical condition to prevent excessive gastrointestinal burden and indigestion.

3. Drinking the lactation-inducing soup too early will cause the milk to come out too quickly and too much. The newborn baby cannot eat so much at this time, which can easily lead to waste. At the same time, due to excessive milk secretion, the mother's breast blood vessels and lymphatic vessels will expand and congest, the milk ducts will be blocked and breast pain will occur. If the mother eats too late, the milk will come down too slowly and too little, which will also make the mother nervous due to "no milk". In addition, inducing lactation before the lochia is completely discharged will not be conducive to the discharge of lochia. Just after giving birth, the spleen and stomach functions have not yet recovered, the mammary glands begin to secrete milk, and the mammary ducts are not yet unobstructed, so it is not advisable to consume a large amount of greasy lactation-promoting foods. It is better to eat light food, follow the tradition of "light food before delivery and warm food after delivery", and eat less cold food. Avoid eating malt, malt extract, beer, etc. that may affect milk secretion.