Does eating peanuts increase milk production?

Women will automatically secrete milk after giving birth, but some women do not have enough milk due to physical reasons or other factors. There are many foods in our lives that can promote lactation, such as common chicken, crucian carp, pig's trotters, loofah, etc. Peanuts also have high nutritional value, but can eating them help produce milk?

Eating peanuts can help increase milk production:

1. Milk powder is indeed not nutritious enough. Children who drink their mother’s milk have good immunity and are less likely to get sick. Pig's trotters and peanuts do have the effect of increasing milk production. If the mother has insufficient milk, she can use these two ingredients together to make soup. It can not only promote milk production, but also has beauty benefits for the mother. When cooking porridge, you can add more peanuts. This kind of bean porridge is also a good choice. It is light and not greasy, and can prevent you from gaining weight slowly. It is recommended to eat it at night.

2. And pay attention to strengthening the baby's sucking. After giving birth, some mothers did not let their babies suck in time when their breasts started to swell. As a result, when their breasts swelled again, the milk could not flow out. After the baby feeds, the prolactin in the mother's blood will increase exponentially. This is because when the baby sucks the nipple, it stimulates the mother's pituitary gland to secrete prolactin, thereby increasing milk secretion. In fact, the less milk the mother has, the more times the baby should suck. Generally speaking, mothers should feed their babies at least 8 times every 24 hours, and each time they should suck on the breast for no less than half an hour. Of course, you should also feed according to your baby's needs. Feed your baby whenever he is hungry. The more you feed him, the more milk he will produce. As for whether the baby is getting enough milk, you can check the baby's diapers. As long as the baby's diapers are changed at least 6 times a day and the baby's weight increases by 500 to 1000 grams in a month, it means the baby is sucking enough milk.

Foods that promote lactation include the following:

Peanuts: Peanuts can be used to treat spleen deficiency, nausea, edema, leucorrhea in women, anemia, various bleeding diseases, dry cough, chronic dry cough, and postpartum lactation.

Luffa: Luffa is a traditional Chinese medicine with a sweet taste and cold nature. If you have breast inflammation, lumps during milk production, or poor milk secretion, Chinese medicine practitioners will recommend stewing the luffa in broth, which can regulate breast qi and blood, promote lactation, and stimulate the appetite and reduce phlegm.

Wild rice: Not only is it delicious and nutritious, it also contains carbohydrates, protein, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C and various minerals. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that茭白 is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving heat and toxins, preventing thirst, promoting defecation and promoting lactation. Nowadays, water bamboo shoots and pig’s trotters are often cooked together and eaten, which has a good lactation effect.

Eating peanuts and massaging together is good for lactation:

1. Before massage, the mother needs to apply hot compress to the breasts, especially where there are lumps. Apply hot compress for a while, which can reduce the pain during massage. When performing lactation massage, in order to prevent skin damage caused by friction, it is generally necessary to apply sesame oil or lotion to your hands and breasts before starting the massage.

2. Nipple lactation massage: The mother supports the breast with one hand and uses the other hand to gently squeeze the areola to make it soft. Use your thumb, index finger and middle finger to pinch the nipple vertically on the chest and gently pull it outwards. Use three fingers to pinch the nipple vertically, press and tighten your fingers as much as possible while changing the position, you can rotate 360°.

3. Breast lactation massage: First, the mother can use the palms of both hands to gently push and stroke along the breasts along the mammary ducts toward the nipples to promote blood circulation and unclog the mammary ducts. If there is a lump on the breast, you should push from the tender area to the lump until the entire breast becomes tender. Finally, use your thumb and index finger to squeeze around the areola to more effectively promote lactation.