How to Promote Breast Milk Production?

There are many ways to stimulate lactation, such as dietary therapy, massage, or strengthening the baby's sucking. Dietary therapy can be achieved by eating more foods that can assist in lactation, such as crucian carp soup, pig trotter soup, and pork rib soup. Massaging the breasts more can promote the passage of milk ducts, accelerate local blood circulation, and secrete milk. The secretion of milk can also be promoted by strengthening the baby's sucking.

1. Strengthen the baby's sucking. After the baby eats, the prolactin in the mother's blood will multiply. The baby sucking the nipple can promote the mother's pituitary gland to secrete prolactin, thereby increasing milk secretion. When breastfeeding, make sure the baby sucks from both sides. Otherwise, if the baby only sucks one side, the lack of stimulation on the other side will naturally reduce milk secretion.

2. Massage. There are many massage techniques for lactation promotion, usually involving techniques such as pressing, kneading, and grasping to regulate qi and blood, unblock meridians, promote local capillary dilation, increase vascular permeability, thereby increasing blood flow speed, improving local blood circulation, and promoting milk secretion.

3. Dietary therapy. Special attention should be paid to diet during lactation promotion. It is essential to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables to maintain a balanced and reasonable diet. Some lactation-promoting ingredients such as peanuts and loofah should be consumed. There are also many medicinal meals for lactation promotion, such as simple and easy-to-make red bean soup, wolfberry black sesame paste, and angelica four treasures soup. Combining medicine with ingredients can be delicious and help treat insufficient lactation.