Juniper Publishers : How easy is it Possible to increase or Decrease the Amount of Milk in Lactating Mothers?

    JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH

                             Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health-Juniper Publishers

 

Authored by  Behroz Mahdavi Poor*

 

Letter to Editor

In the last centuries, Iranian physicians such as Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya Razi (9^th-10^th century AD) in book of "Man La Yahzoroh al-Tabib” [1], Avicenna (10^th-11^th century AD)in "Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb, third book” [2] and Seyyed Mohammd Hossein Aghili Khorasani-e Shirazi (17^th-18^th century AD) in "Makhzan ol-Advieh” [3], wrote approximately similar instructions to increase (Table 1) or decrease the amount of milk in lactating mothers. The most important ones are as following:

Note: Foeniculum vulgare is the most well-known material in this field focused in other ancient medical texts such as Tohfat al-Mumen in by Mohammad Mumen Mir Mohammad Zaman Tonekaboni (17th-18th century AD).

In a mother who feeds her baby and the amount of milk in the breast exceeds the normal. The over-production of the milk may lead to some complications in the breast. Even in some cases, milk flow spontaneously from the breast, unassociated with childbirth or nursing, Galactorrhea [4]. To solve the problem, materials such as Lactuca sativa seeds, Vitex agnus-castus seeds, Caraway (Carum carvi) and Lens culinaris can be helpful. Another way is to mix Caraway (Carum carvi) with vinegar and rub on the breast.

Note: Caraway (Carum carvi) is a material (as topical) which has been mentioned in other Iranian ancient medical sources such as Tohfat al-Mumenin (17^th century AD) [5] in this regard.

Considering the nature of these materials may open a new window for researchers in this field.

 

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