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reproductive system
lactation: excess/deficiency
nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:
» Insufficient lactation:
• foods rich in Vitamins A, C, E, B-complex, Iron, and Magnesium
• apricots, asparagus, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, pecans, leafy greens, parsley, watercress, beet tops, dandelion greens (Weed, p. 85)

specific remedies:
» Insufficient lactation:
• 4 oz. barley shoots. Boil them in 1 pt. water until reduced by half. Drink the liquid but do not eat the shoots. (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 145)
• 1 lb. papaya, 8 oz. fish. Boil in 3 pts. water until reduced by half. Eat and drink the results. (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 145)
• eat foods from the carrot family: carrots, fennel, dill, caraway, carrot juice (one pint per day)
• mix 1 tbsp. brewer's yeast, 1 tbsp. honey, and 1 tbsp. ground pecans or blanched almonds (not roasted) together and eat two to three times daily (Shefi)
• increase water and liquid intake
• boil 150 g bean curd with 50 g brown sugar in 3 cups water, add 50 ml rice wine when sugar dissolves. Drink all at once, once per day for 5 days. (Lu, p. 152)
• crush river crab, boil it with 60 ml rice wine. Eat in 1 day (Lu, p. 152)
• prepare 30 g lily flowers and 60 g lean pork as in normal cooking; steam the 2 ingredients over high heat until the pork is well done. Eat the whole thing. (Lu, p. 152)
• simmer 500 g papaya with 500 ml rice vinegar and 30 g fresh ginger over low heat for 40 minutes. Drink as tea twice daily, 1 small glass each time. (Lu, p. 152)
• eat cracked wheat and brown rice (Lu, p. 153)
• boil 10 g anise seed in water to make a soup; add some wine (Lu, p. 153)
• soak 1/2 cup pearled barley in 3 cups cold water overnight. Strain out barley and heat 1-2 cups barley water to boiling, then pour 1 cup boiling barley water over 1 tsp. fennel seeds and steep 10-15 minutes (Weed, p. 85)
• take 1-3 fresh figs or 30 g dried fruit, 60 g lean pork and 2 red Chinese dates. Add water, steam and pulp, then eat daily. ((Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 21)
• take 15 g of dried mandarin orange seeds and crush them, add 30 g of rice wine and water, steam and serve twice daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 59)
• take 60-90 g of shelled peanuts and 250 g of pork, add water and boil until tender. Serve per day for 5 days (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 97)
• mix 30 g of fresh pumpkin seed with 18 g dried. Add 30 g sugar and a little eater, grind into a paste. Eat twice daily for 3-5 days (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 101)

» Congested lactation:
• boil in 3 pt. water until reduced by half: 1 lb. carp, 4 oz. rice. Eat and drink half this amount twice daily (Butt and Bloomfield, 1985, p. 145)
• boil in 1 pt. rice wine: 8 oz. lightly fried shrimps. Eat and drink 6 oz. twice daily Continue for 3 to 4 days (Butt and Bloomfield, 1985, p. 145)

specific remedies:
» Excess lactation:
• drink sage tea, 1 cup 6-8 times in one day to stop lactation or one cup twice daily to decrease milk (Shefi)
• fry 120 g malt over low heat for a few seconds; add 750 ml water and bring it to a boil and cook until the malt is fully cooked; add 30 g brown sugar. Drink as soup once per day for 5-7 days (Lu, p. 152)

avoid:
• coffee, caffeine


supplements

• Vitamin A 25,000 IU per day
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin K
• Vitamin E
• Iron
• Vitamin B-complex
• Vitamin B6 50-150 mg per day
• Calcium
• Magnesium
• Vitamin D (Kirschmann, 1984)


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