Breastfeeding women’s treasure trove

  Early breastfeeding is prone to milk distension, the common treatment methods are hot compresses, massage, milking, etc., which can play a certain role, but in practice, because the mother is afraid of pain often refuses to implement it, so that the symptoms of breast distension are not relieved in time, which leads to complications such as rising body temperature and mastitis. The causes of breast swelling and pain occurring after childbirth 2d-3d after delivery, the mother’s breasts begin to fill and swell, and hard nodules appear, the local temperature rises and begins to change from a small amount of colostrum to white milk, causing breast swelling and pain due to the stagnation of veins and lymphatic vessels and increased vascular distribution. Because of breast pain can affect the maternal rest, sleep, diet, pain and fever, causing great pain to the mother, and even mastitis and other complications, affecting the postpartum recovery of the mother and the health of the newborn.  1, internal consumption of antler powder plus external application of raw fermented noodles for the treatment of maternal breast pain mechanism According to the “Classic of the Materia Medica”: antler, raw use is salty taste and temperature, but heat dissipation, blood and swelling, to avoid evil gas is. Salty can enter the blood to soften the firmness, and warm can pass through and disperse the evil. As the raw fermented noodles applied externally to the breast lumps will ferment, the fermentation process continues to generate heat, equivalent to hot physiotherapy, and the warming effect lasts a long time, with the effect of warming and dispersing, thus expanding the mammary ducts, improving local blood circulation, promoting local metabolism, so that the stagnant milk is discharged smoothly, the lumps dissipate. Deer horn powder is also additionally used to treat downward injection of foot sores; to treat pregnancy and blood; to treat lumbago and tendon pain; to treat white turbidity in women; and to treat those who are slippery and weak and cold, etc. You can consult Chinese medicine experts.  2.Nursing points When using raw leavened noodles to treat breast swelling and pain, the whole breast should be covered, but the nipple must be exposed, and the surface covered with towel and then wrapped tightly with multi-headed cloth tape to prevent water and heat evaporation. If the raw leavened noodles become dry and hard, and the skin surface does not feel warm, it is invalid, and should be removed or replaced. Early nursing intervention should not be neglected early sucking, early opening of milk, breastfeeding on demand, which is the most effective way to prevent breast distension; secondly, together with dietary guidance, the initial 2d-3d postpartum diet is light, avoid greasy, thick soup, and drink more water to dilute milk and facilitate milk discharge.  3. Method: Take 3-5 grams of antler dressing each time, boil it in water for 6 minutes or soak it in yellow wine for a period of time, then swallow it and take it once a day in the morning and once in the evening. The earlier it is taken, the better the effect. If the disease lasts for more than 5 days and the lumps do not completely subside after taking it for more than 3 times, it can be better treated with other drugs.  4. Precautions (1) No breastfeeding during the use of antler powder: Because of the complex composition of traditional Chinese medicine, even a single Chinese medicine has a few dozen or hundreds of active ingredients with pharmacological effects, many drugs can pass through the plasma milk barrier, which is finally equivalent to the baby also follows the mother. Therefore, women taking medication while breastfeeding should try to avoid breastfeeding their infants. It can be replaced by formula milk first, with discontinuation of the drug (at least one day), before continuing breastfeeding again; (2) topical application is not recommended for broken breast skin; (3) in case of severe mastitis or even abscess, you should see a mammographer promptly.