26/02/2022
HOMEOPATHY & BREAST FEEDING PROBLEMS
Here are 3 remedies than can help breast feeding issues:
PHYTOLACCA
Suitable where breast are inflamed and you may feel lumps. Ni***es are cracked, raw and sore. There is pain while nursing, pain from the ni***es radiate all over the body. Useful for infections and for abscesses where the lump is hard, nodular.
BELLADONNA
Suitable where breasts are engorged, hard, hot inflamed, painful with red streaks. The pains are throbbing and the milk supply is over abundant When the milk 'comes in' in the first week after the baby's birth, the breasts sometimes become hard and painful and they may throb.
BRYONIA
Suitable where breasts are engorged, hard, hot, inflamed, pale and painful. The milk supply is over abundant. Pains are worse for the slightest movement. The breast looks pale compared to a belladonna breast which is red. With Belladonna the pains are more likely to be throbbing whereas with bryonia they will be stitching. Any movement is painful and the inflammation may be accompanied by fever and some depression.
Always seek the advice of a registered homeopath or your medical practitioner if symptoms persist or get worse.
To find a homeopath:
https://irishhomeopathy.ie/list/find_homeopaths/