Ask the Expert: TCM perspective on increasing milk supply

Its time for yet another Ask the Expert series! The topic for this session is especially for our breastfeeding mummies 🤱🏻 Our experts for this session is Yen Lim - Founder of Madam Partum, and Judy Chen - Chinese Physician at Madam Partum. They will be answering all your questions about increasing your milk supply and clearing blocked milk ducts, from a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Perspective 🍼 Start commenting your questions NOW in the comment section!

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Hi! I have a lazy left boob and noticed that the flow is slower than right size whenever I pump. I have also experienced twice of the clogged ducts and on both left and right boob on different period and latter resulted in a bruise pain, I pump every 3 hours but sometimes I overslept by an hour. What can I do with my lazy left boob? Thanks in advance.

Madam Partum

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6y ago

Hi Joy Love Faith! For your issue, we would advice to look at the causes of blocked ducts and treat that first before addressing the lesser milk production of the left breast. There is a possibility that lesser milk production is caused by the blockages. TCM believes that the stagnation of Qi are reasons for causing blockages in the milk ducts. Hence we will recommend you to have meridian lactation massage and consumption of TCM herbs to help boost your Qi for a better flow of breastmilk. When this blocked ducts issue has been resolved, by increasing the number of feeds or pumps for the left side, we believe your left side supply should increase over time. - Yen & Judy 💕

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