Women in the period of breastfeeding limit themselves in many ways. This applies not only to food, but also to drinks, namely herbal teas. After all, many herbs provoke allergic reactions. But this does not mean that you need to give up all drinks and drink only filtered water. Some herbs have a beneficial effect on the body of lactating women and their children. The main thing is to find out what?
Useful herbs for breastfeeding
Absolutely safe herbs do not exist, because any plant can provoke an allergy in a mother or her child. To avoid side effects, you need to observe moderation in everything, and before using a new decoction, consult a doctor.
Relatively safe herbs for breastfeeding:
- - it's useful medicinal plant, which stops inflammation, lowers the temperature, stimulates the body's defenses. Chamomile decoction helps to cope with a cold, it is used for rinsing, douching, inhalation. Chamomile is useful for babies, it weakens the manifestations of colic, improves digestion, soothes, normalizes sleep. It is recommended to use weak tea for no longer than 14 days.
- Young nettle saturates the body with vitamins, stimulates the immune system, and increases the level of hemoglobin. For this reason, nettle decoction is indicated for anemia, loss of strength. The plant increases production breast milk enhances its nutritional qualities. Nettle eliminates puffiness, normalizes stool, helps stop postpartum bleeding. After drinking nettle tea, you need to carefully monitor the condition of the child.
- Fennel (pharmaceutical dill) has a choleretic effect, eliminates spasm, negatively affects pathogens. The plant improves digestion, exhibits sedative properties, stimulates lactation. Pharmaceutical dill is used to relieve colic, normalize bowel function. it is forbidden to drink only in case of hypersensitivity to its components. After use, you need to monitor the reaction of the child.
- Cetraria Icelandic helps to get rid of diseases of the respiratory organs, which are accompanied by cough (inflammation of the bronchi and lungs). A decoction of the plant eliminates inflammation of the digestive tract. Before use, you need to consult a doctor.
- Calendula has an antimicrobial effect, and therefore it is used in acute tonsillitis.
- Eucalyptus helps fight infectious, inflammatory and colds (tonsillitis, cough, etc.). In addition, the plant exhibits soothing properties.
- The rhizome of Potentilla erectus has a bactericidal, astringent effect, stops the blood, and eliminates inflammation. A decoction of the roots of the plant helps with inflammatory and infectious diseases oral cavity(stomatitis, gingivitis, acute tonsillitis, etc.). The remedy has a beneficial effect on the digestive organs.
In addition, a lactating woman can consume linden, raspberry leaves, currants, hops, cumin, etc. Before using any plants, you should consult a doctor, since the risk of side effects (in mother or child) always exists.
Harmful herbs
When using herbal teas during lactation, you should strictly adhere to the dosage indicated by the doctor. Doctors recommend avoiding herbs that stimulate the production of hormones or affect their levels. This limitation applies to plants with an intense laxative and sedative effect.
List of plants that negatively affect the newborn and lactating woman:
- A decoction of buckthorn is used to normalize stools, eliminate renal, cardiac edema, postmenopausal disorders, etc. However, this plant is contraindicated in lactation, as the likelihood of side effects in a nursing mother and child increases.
- Mother and stepmother is contraindicated in breastfeeding. This is because the plant contains alkaloids.
- Elecampane is a powerful diuretic that reduces milk production. After 7 days of regular use of the decoction, lactation ends.
- A decoction of ephedra (coniferous shrub) is strictly forbidden to drink during lactation. The plant contains the alkaloid ephedrine, which causes headache, nausea, vomiting attacks, disrupts the functioning of the heart, blood vessels, and respiratory organs.
- Ginseng tea is prohibited for nursing mothers and children under 12 years of age. Biologically active components of the plant accumulate in the tissues of the body, increase pressure, provoke dizziness, nausea.
- Valerian is one of the most effective sedatives. However, the herbal remedy is dangerous for the newborn, the risk of allergic reactions and constipation increases. The child becomes too lethargic or, conversely, overexcited.
- A decoction of wormwood contains toxic substances that adversely affect the newborn. The plant causes an allergic reaction, disrupts the digestive tract, causes hallucinations, convulsions. In addition, wormwood makes milk bitter and reduces milk production.
Herbal teas to increase lactation
Often, nursing mothers are faced with hypolactation (insufficient milk production). You can increase the production of milk with the help of nettle, fennel, anise, cumin, etc. Herbal collection will help to establish lactation:
- 40 g of nettle, 3 g of dill seeds pour 1 liter of boiling water. After 60 minutes, the liquid is filtered, taken three times a day.
- It is necessary to mix nettle, lemon balm, sweet clover, fennel fruits (25 g each) with 5 g of dill seeds. Dry raw materials are poured into 3 liters of boiling water, insisted, then filtered and consumed.
- Take 20 g of anise, nettle, dandelion, cumin, mix, pour 2 liters of boiling water.
- 5 g of anise seeds pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist. After 60 minutes, filter and take three times 50 ml.
- 20 dry nettles are poured into 1 liter of boiling water, after 20 minutes the broth is filtered, drunk three times in 24 hours, 25 ml each.
These herbal preparations help mothers increase breast milk production and prolong lactation for a long time. However, before using such drugs for hepatitis B, you should obtain the permission of a doctor.
To drink herbal tea during the period breastfeeding brought only positive emotions, a woman must observe the following rules:
- Herbal tea is introduced into the diet in small portions, while you need to pay attention to the condition of the baby and your own.
- It is recommended to use not strong teas, as a concentrated decoction can provoke an allergic reaction in infants.
- A lactating woman can drink 2-3 cups of herbal tea per day. This safe dose of the drink will not harm the mother and baby.
- Decoctions are recommended to be consumed without sugar or with a minimum amount of it. If desired, the drink can be sweetened.
Thus, herbs during lactation are not always beneficial. Many plants contain toxic substances that adversely affect the newborn, cause allergic reactions. Therefore, before using medicinal plants, you need to consult a doctor. The drink should be introduced into the diet with caution and monitor the condition of the child. If behavior changes or a rash develops, stop drinking herbal tea and contact your pediatrician.
Mother's milk is an ideal product that was created by nature itself, capable of ensuring the life, harmonious development and health of the baby. The processes of digestion in a small child are imperfect, and breast milk is adapted to these features, to the metabolism of the baby, in the correct ratio of substances, in optimal quantities and in an digestible form.
In addition to the value of the composition, mother's milk has unique protective factors that are a reliable barrier to various diseases(acute respiratory, intestinal and other infections). Breast milk is sterile, germ-free, and warm, making it easier to digest.
Breastfed babies are noticeably different from artificial babies in health, and physical development more pronounced emotional reactions. Therefore, if possible, every effort should be made to ensure that the mother's milk is enough for the child, because the mixture, no matter how perfect they are, will not replace it.
It is very important to get enough milk psychological condition and maternal nutrition during breastfeeding. She must be sure and calm that there will be enough milk, it will come, it will not, she will be a “nursing” mother.
Also, in order for milk to be produced in sufficient quantities, it is important that the baby is properly attached to the breast, its complete emptying. Young mothers have a temporary decrease in lactation, but you should not despair and panic. It is necessary to apply the baby to the breast more often, if he shows anxiety or is malnourished, then apply in turn to both breasts. Most often, lactation is restored.
What to eat while breastfeeding?
Mom's nutrition during breastfeeding, as already mentioned, is also very important. To increase the amount of milk, it is useful to drink a glass of fruit juice before feeding, any fermented milk drink, green tea with milk. A good effect is given by special drinks that stimulate lactation: these are infusions of dill seeds, anise, cumin, tea with lemon balm, oregano, carrot juice. A young mother can use decoctions of herbs: motherwort, yarrow, valerian root, nettle leaves, hop seedlings. Two or three tablespoons of the collection are poured with one liter of boiling water and infused in a thermos. This infusion is drunk evenly throughout the day.
Be sure to follow the drinking regimen. A woman during the period of feeding a child needs to consume 800-1000 grams of fluid more than usual. But a significant excess of this norm, on the contrary, leads to a decrease in lactation.
Nowadays, there are special protein-mineral products on sale that stimulate the production of breast milk - Olympic, Femilak, Enfa-Mama, Mom's Porridge, Mom Plus and others.
It is useful for a nursing mother to eat a few walnuts a day, do not worry, do it. It is very important, despite fatigue, inconvenience, after each feeding, night and day, to fully express the milk from the breast that the baby sucked.
This is very important if more milk has been produced than the breastfeeding rate required by the baby. It is also a great help to the body to produce an invaluable product.
Expressed milk can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than a day and used as a supplement after the next feeding, preheating it in a water bath.
To improve lactation, it is recommended to take nicotinic acid: 10-15 minutes before the start of feeding the child three times a day, 45 mg, for two weeks. Vitamin E preparations are also no less useful. It is recommended to take them 3 times a day, 10-15 mg each, up to about 2 weeks.
Hydrolyzate of dry brewer's yeast is recommended for nursing mothers. The tablets are crushed cold water, insist 3-4 hours, heat until vapors appear. Take 2 times a day, one teaspoon during the entire period of feeding the baby. It significantly improves the quality of mother's milk, increases its protein and fat content. The norm of milk during breastfeeding is produced every day.
It has long been believed that beer is useful for the influx of milk. Alas, this assertion is unsubstantiated. Moreover, it causes great harm to the health of the child. Alcohol passes into breast milk very easily and alcohol poisoning baby's body.
I would like to protect young mothers from passion for garlic, onions during lactation. From their use, breast milk has an unpleasant specific smell, and the baby refuses to breastfeed.
During lactation, the diet of a newly-made mother changes greatly. She must be very careful not only with regard to familiar products food, but also to medicinal plants and drugs.
Many of them during this period may be under a strict ban. Therefore, with great care, new medicinal plants should be introduced into your diet.
This article talks about how to properly and in what quantities you can use nettle while breastfeeding.
Beneficial features
All edible plants have not only good taste, but also bring great benefits to the body. Nettle is no exception, which has the following beneficial qualities:
Important! The leaves of this plant contain a large amount of iron. Therefore, its use is strongly recommended by doctors for anemia.
Can I drink while breastfeeding?
It is recommended to use this plant while breastfeeding.:
- with a lack of milk in a woman;
- with too abundant lochia and menstruation;
- with a lack of iron in the body;
- in the presence of any mild inflammatory diseases;
- with a lack of vitamins and minerals in the diet.
Nettle helps a woman's body return to its pre-pregnancy state faster, improve overall well-being and get rid of extra pounds faster.
Contraindications and side effects
In some situations, it is necessary to refrain from including nettle in your diet in any form.:
Attention! Experts do not recommend using nettle for those people who take any sedative preparations of plant or synthetic origin. This plant has a fairly strong sedative effect and will only enhance the effect of the sedative.
In some cases, the use of nettle may cause side effects.. This is usually an allergic reaction in the form of a rash or itching. Sometimes there may be bloating and diarrhea.
How does it affect lactation and the baby?
If you enrich your diet with this useful plant during breastfeeding, you can improve lactation. The amount of milk produced increases, its fat content and overall nutritional value increase.
At the same time, the body baby receives all the necessary nutrients, it nervous system strengthens, the baby becomes less whiny. It is especially important that the child's body receives iron in full, which is necessary for its normal growth and development.
But, despite all the benefits of nettle, it should be carefully included in the diet of a nursing mother and following some advice. For use in food, it is necessary to choose young plants that have been collected away from roads and large industrial facilities. If this is not possible, then you can buy the plant in dry form at the pharmacy. Nettle can be present in the diet of a woman during lactation in various forms.
How to prepare herbal tea?
There are several options for preparing this remedy:
In the future, 1 tbsp. collection is poured with a glass of boiling water and insisted for half an hour, then filtered and drunk. It is enough to consume three glasses of the resulting infusion per day.. Each time you should prepare a new portion.
Important! Drink a decoction should be 30 minutes before applying the baby to the breast. It is very important at this time to observe the correct drinking regimen- a young mother should drink at least 2 liters of pure water in 24 hours. The decoction should be drunk warm.
How to take with HB?
This plant can be introduced into the diet as early as a month after childbirth. At the same time, like any other medicinal plant, it should be used for the first time in minimal quantities and preferably immediately after the morning application of the baby to the breast.
It is best to introduce nettle into the diet in the form of decoctions.. In this case, for the first time, it is allowed to drink no more than 100 ml. If the child did not have any side effects and the mother's well-being did not change for the worse, then each next time the volume of the broth can be increased by 30 ml. The maximum allowable single dose is 250 ml.
The decoction should be taken in its pure form, without adding any ingredients to it.
If a child has an allergy, then the introduction of nettle into the diet should be postponed until he is 6 months old.
How else to use a nursing mother?
But in the diet of a woman during lactation, this useful plant may be present not only in the form of decoctions. You can cook a lot of healthy and very tasty dishes from nettles..
According to legend, the plant yarrow or in Latin akhilea (Achillea Millefolium), containing the medicinal substance achillein, was named after Achilles, a Greek mythical hero who used it to heal the bleeding wounds of his soldiers.
yarrow well known in the world thanks to great content medicinal substances.
General information
Yarrow belongs to the Asteraceae family and is similar in composition to chrysanthemums and daisies. It grows in sunny warm places, in meadows and along roadsides, on dry southern slopes of mountains.
Yarrow blooms from June to September. The flowers are usually white, pink or pale purple.
As a medicine, inflorescences, leaves and stalks of yarrow are used. The collection of the plant occurs only during full flowering.
Leaves and flowers contain flavonoids or antioxidants, bitter tannins, alkaloids, sterols (hormones), phenolic acids, including salicylate, coumarins that have an antiseptic effect on the human body, essential oils and other components.
Yarrow is one of the main types of plants used in homeopathy and herbal medicine.
This type of plant is also called the "master of blood" due to its many properties, such as increased blood clotting, effects on blood vessels and nerve endings, the ability to regulate the inflow and outflow of blood from capillaries and veins. These properties of the plant are used in the treatment of various wounds, bruises and bleeding.
Yarrow also helps to relax the smooth muscles of the intestines and uterus, which relieves pain during spasms and colic of various origins.
In addition to its activity as a hemostatic agent and normalization of blood circulation, yarrow has diaphoretic and diuretic properties, normalizing the water balance in the body.
The use of hot yarrow decoction promotes sweating and vasodilation, the use of a cold drink stimulates the functions of the stomach, promotes digestion and improves kidney function.
The effect of yarrow on the body depends on the use of fresh or dry leaves and inflorescences, on the method of drying and processing the plant, on the temperature conditions for plant development, collection and storage.
Application in gynecology:
Based on scientific research as an herbal medicine, the use of yarrow has a beneficial effect on the vascular and circulatory system and is excellent for the treatment of such ailments as:
- hematomas, bruises, wounds and bruises;
- inflammatory processes in the body;
- how depressant with nervous tension;
- diseases of the stomach and;
- diuretic;
- muscle spasms;
- to fight infection, as a bactericidal agent;
- fever;
- stops bleeding.
Use during pregnancy
Benefits and indications
Use yarrow as part of herbal preparations in late pregnancy, before childbirth and during childbirth should be taken with great care, and only on the advice of a doctor.
At the onset of childbirth, a decoction of the flower tops of yarrow relieves labor spasms, and the use of yarrow helps prevent overuse and pain.
For lactating women, to increase lactation, the use of herbal preparations, which include yarrow, is shown.
A decoction of yarrow is indicated to take to reduce pain during childbirth and prevent large blood loss.
For pregnant women early dates it is contraindicated to use yarrow.
Methods of use
During and after childbirth, a decoction of yarrow should be used 2 tablespoons 3 times a day.
Today, yarrow can be found in the following forms:
The flower's corolla (basket) is harvested at its peak and dried for use as a tea, spirit tincture, or ground into powder for capsules and tablets. Young leaves and roots can also be used.
Preparing a drink: Pour 1 teaspoon of dry herb with a glass of boiling water, cover with a lid to preserve essential oils, leave for 15 minutes.
With prolonged brewing of tea, a change is possible. medicinal properties plants. Dosage: take 100 ml before meals 1-3 times a day for chronic diseases; 6-8 times a day for fever and high temperature.
Usual dose of alcohol tincture is 5-20 drops 1-3 times a day. Yarrow tablets take 1 tablet 2-3 times a day before meals.
Precautionary measures
Application medicinal herbs strengthens the body and is used to treat many diseases.
Important to remember that herbs can cause side effects in the body and interact with other substances, food additives or medicines.
Therefore, medicinal plants should be used with caution, after consulting with your doctor.
With an existing allergy to plants of the Aster family(chrysanthemums, ragweed), yarrow may also occur.
With many virtues of yarrow, use this medicinal plant should be done with caution, since there are a number side effects and contraindications.
This plant contraindicated in people with, with thrombophlebitis and with increased blood clotting, as well as women at any stage of pregnancy.
With frequent use of a decoction or tincture of yarrow, the plant can cause poisoning, as it is poisonous in large doses.
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