Low breast milk — supply running short after delivery.
Also known as: breast milk supply · दूध की कमी (माँ) · स्तन्य क्षय · दूध बढ़ाना
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Shatavari churna 5 g twice daily with warm milk (anupana); methi seeds 1 tsp soaked overnight each morning increases milk flow. Sesame seeds increase lactation. Dates with milk and ghee nourish mother and support supply.
A cup of warm cow milk at bedtime, boiled and taken slowly — never with salt or sour food in the same hour.
Traditional
घी · Ghee
1 tsp warm cow ghee, taken on an empty stomach or stirred into warm milk at night, carries the other herbs deeper into the tissues.
Traditional
मेथी · Fenugreek
1 tsp methi seeds soaked overnight, chewed in the morning and the water drunk after.
Traditional
CautionTaken with diabetes medicine it can push the sugar too low — keep checking. Not in pregnancy — it stimulates the uterus. Not with blood thinners either.
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शतावरी · Shatavari
1 tsp shatavari powder in a cup of warm milk, once at night.
Traditional
CautionIf you have a hormone-sensitive condition, such as a breast or uterine growth, ask your doctor first.
तिल · Sesame
A tablespoon of black sesame seeds, lightly roasted and chewed well, or ground with jaggery into a small ladoo — one a day.
Traditional
खजूर · Dates
Two or three khajoor soaked overnight in water or milk, eaten in the morning with the soaking milk.
Traditional
शकरकंद · Sweet potato
Boiled sweet potato with ghee and jaggery, daily after delivery — increases milk and restores strength.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Warm compress on the breast before feeding; feed frequently — supply follows demand.
Bhojanveda
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