Patient's question:
My wife just had a baby, and her milk production is low. My colleague said we could use a milk-boosting soup. Is it reliable?Doctor's answer:
Nursing soup is a type of soup developed for lactating women whose breast milk does not meet the baby's needs, has insufficient milk production, is thin and watery, or of poor quality. New mothers often consume nursing-promoting soups such as pig trotter soup, crucian carp soup, and papaya-peanut-red jujube soup to increase milk production. They can also take food-based nursing soups, which help replenish blood and qi, regulate the liver and smooth the Qi, dispel stagnation and promote milk flow, increase breast milk volume, stimulate milk secretion, and improve milk quality. During the consumption of nursing soup, performing lactation massage on the breasts can effectively unblock the milk ducts and enhance milk production.