Lactation
Symptoms/Problems |
Remedy |
Frequency(doses) |
| Profuse flow of milk;breasts inflammated,red,hot,swollen,tender,at times stony hard;face flushed;skin hot and dry |
Belladonna 30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Copious flow of watery milk;refused by infant;or milk scanty with distended breasts;patient chilly,aversion to cold air;pale,flabby,weak,apt to perspire,specially on head at night |
Calcarea carb.200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| Diminished secretion of milk;decrease in size of breasts;feels very depressed and despondent;very thirsty |
Lac def.30 or 200 |
6 hourly |
| Flow of milk excessive;nipples extremely sore,nursing painful,pain radiates all over the body;breasts hard,lumpy,possibly due to formation of pus |
Phytolacca d.30 |
4 hourly |
| Milk scanty;nursing painful,pains extend to chest,neck and back;or continued secretion of milk after weaning and breasts feel stretched,tense and sore;mild,and tearful patient;aversion to stuffy heat and desire for cool.open air |
Pulsatilla 30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Milk suppressed;discharge of blood from nipples when attempts to nurse the infant;child refuses milk or vomits after feed;breasts inflammated,deep red in center and rose coloured elsewhere breasts hard and sensitive to touch |
Silicea 30 or 200 |
4 hourly |