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What to do if you lack milk after delivery

BY Berton Gladstone 2020-06-13

   Today, an aunt came to consult. What should I do if a girl lacks milk after delivery?

  We often talk about postpartum lack of milk, which means there is little or no postpartum milk. It is also called insufficient milk and milk. In addition to little or no milk secretion after childbirth, you can see that the milk is thin, the breasts are soft, the complexion is less, and there is less fatigue; or the breasts are swollen and painful, which causes two threats, and even the steamed milk fever, emotional depression Unhappy, loss of appetite.

Too little milk can be caused by factors such as poor breast development, excessive postpartum hemorrhage, or poor mood. It can also cause secondary diseases such as infections, loose stools, and diarrhea to make the milk lack, or because the milk cannot flow smoothly. Causes lack of milk.

  Chinese medicine believes that there is a difference between true and false milk deficiency after delivery. Deficiency is mostly caused by weakness of qi and blood, and insufficient source of milk; in reality, it is caused by liver qi stagnation, or qi stagnation and blood clotting, and poor milk.

  Attention to diet:

  1. Postpartum should eat light and nutritious tonic foods such as fish, eggs, trotters, shrimp, chicken , Fresh vegetables, etc.

   2. It is not advisable to eat greasy and greasy products after childbirth, and avoid spicy food, otherwise it is easy to help the heat, which can cause mastitis.

   3. If the spleen and stomach are weak, biochemically passive, and the spleen is unhealthy, the diet should be soft and easy to digest. Do not overeat and eat, to be supplemented slowly, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach function.

   4. Postpartum emotional depression, hepatic qi stagnation, prolonged burning, and prone to mastitis, so postpartum mood should be pleasant and comfortable, avoid emotional excitement, and eat foods that regulate liver qi, such as oranges, nine Making tangerine peel, jujube, etc.

   5. Maternal should avoid cold and cold products, because the spleen and stomach are weak, such as cold and cold food further damage the spleen yang, the source of biochemistry is more insufficient, and it can not be turned into milk.

  Supplied with Yangxuetongtong diet therapy:

   Ingredients: 45g peanuts (without going to the red coat), 100g japonica rice, 25g rock sugar .

   Production method: Wash peanuts and japonica rice and add water to cook porridge. When it is ready, put rock sugar and cook for a while.

  Efficacy: Spleen appetite, nourishing blood and breast milk.  

   Application: Spleen deficiency, anemia, lack of milk after delivery.

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