Ayurvedic Tips to Improve Lactation: After you give birth to your child, it is important that you breastfeed for at least six months after birth. This is a crucial period as the baby is in its most fragile stage and it is important that it gets all the nutrition to develop. Breast milk has all the antibodies your child needs to fight off all microbes that may cause diseases. All in all, it keeps the baby healthy. For you to do that successfully, it is important that you keep your breast milk good health and improve your lactation. Ayurveda suggests many ways to keep that in check.
To keep the milk secretion a healthy amount and of good quality, a nursing mother should watch her diet. Eating hot and spicy food, or food that has turned rancid could be problematic. For best results, the mother must keep her diet vegetarian and as bland as possible. Controlled amounts of ghee and oil should be taken with the food to improve the digestive nature of the mother.
Anything that goes into the body of the mother, would affect the breast milk that would ultimately go into the baby. Therefore a mother should watch what she’s exposing herself to. Unclean air and places that are polluted should be avoided. Needless to say, the intake of substances or drugs will also result in affecting breast milk, which can prove significantly harmful to the baby.
Sometimes, there may be excess milk secretion from the breast, an amount the baby does not need. In cases like this, the extra milk must be squeezed out or it might lead to the area being infected or a breast abscess. During these times, under no condition should the baby be fed milk from the breast. The milk should be thrown out.
On the other hand, there are cases, where mothers are unable to generate enough breastmilk for their baby. In cases like these, a special mixture can be taken to produce more milk in the breasts. Soaking 10 almonds overnight and blending it with milk along with a pinch of a few spices like ginger powder, date sugar and cardamom can help bot the quality and quantity of the breast milk. It can be taken twice in a day for best results. Other than that, Ayurveda recommends that you intake Shatavari and Ashwagandha in powder form to help the creation of breast milk.
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