How to deal with cracked nipples after breastfeeding for a week?

Patient's question:

Nursing for a week, nipple cracks. Every time the child eats, it feels like being pricked by needles. What methods can be used to treat the pain of nursing without interfering with the child's feeding? Previous treatment history and effectiveness: None. What kind of help is needed: Treatment that does not interfere with the child's nursing.

Doctor's answer:

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1. Try the following small methods:
1. Take 6 grams of Chinese juniper leaves, grind them into powder, and apply with a little human milk.
2. Grind white kojic powder finely, sift it, and apply with fresh pork fat.
3. Take 1 ripe egg yolk, cook it over low heat to drain the oil, and apply the extracted oil to the cracked area.
4. Sprinkle Yunnan Baiyao on the cracked wound, and it will heal in one application.
5. Mix Zhuyuan Powder with fish liver oil (crushed fish liver oil capsules) and apply to the nipple. Do this many times a day.
6. Mix Xili Powder with castor oil and apply to the nipple. Do this many times a day, especially after breastfeeding.
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