Patient's question:
I am 24 years old this year. A few weeks ago, I just gave birth to a baby, and my body is still very weak. I am currently in the postpartum period. Does loofah help with milk production or milk suppression?Doctor's answer:
The part of loofah that has lactation-stimulating effects is the loofah spongy tissue, which is the vascular bundle of the loofah fruit. It has the functions of promoting blood circulation in meridians, cooling blood, and expelling toxins. Generally, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners dry loofah and use it medicinally to treat conditions such as delayed blood flow and obstructed meridians. Boiling loofah spongy tissue with meat soup can also have lactation-stimulating effects. In fact, the loofah spongy tissue is naturally present in loofah, so consuming loofah also provides certain lactation-stimulating benefits. It can be used to make dishes like loofah pig trotter soup.