No Breast Milk or Too Much Breast Milk

In modern society, the stress of work can of overwhelm people. When a woman becomes a mother, there are more things than usual to be worried about, specifically at the beginning when you have a newborn. It is a good idea to breastfeed even though we have so many formulas around. On one hand, formulas are good for mothers with too much work and those that cannot see the child too often. On the other hand, the new mothers may have opportunities to breastfeed their baby but don't produce enough milk. There are many reasons for not producing enough breast milk such as stress and imbalanced hormone levels. If the mother lost a lot of blood during childbirth, her body will be focused on making more blood, not breast milk. In China, there are many natural ways to facilitate breast milk production such as fish soup (carp fish preferred), pig feet soup, vaccaria seeds, etc. For most women, this will help greatly. For some other women, this may not be enough. In that case, it is necessary to have acupuncture for help.

Ancient Chinese doctors found a specific spot on both pinky fingers two to three millimeters away from the edge of the nail on the outer portion of the finger. It is called shaoze, the first point on the small intestine channel (in Traditional Chinese Medicine). What you need to do is acupuncture the points and some adjacent points on or around the breasts/chest after sterilization for twenty five minutes once a day for a week or once every other day for two weeks. It is highly recommended to combine this treatment with the foods mentioned above for the best results.

Another issue for new mothers is sometimes they find themselves lactating too much and it is annoying, or they want to stop breastfeeding for some reason. You can use herbs like barley sprout/malt to inhibit lactation. If you combine the pair of acupuncture points, Zulinqi, the results will be better.

In the past years, we have seen quite a few patients like we mentioned above for help. So far, we have helped every body. The patient will definitely get better results if they combine acupuncture and herbal and/or diet changes together. One of the patients in particular (which is listed in Complex Cases under New Mothers) did not have enough breast milk for four months after her child's delivery. She went to different specialistis for help. After six sessions of acupuncture treatment, she said she finally had enough milk.

This is still new in the USA. We hope that more and more people realize that many problems and conditions can be helped easily by Chinese medicine or acupuncture or a combination of both. In this way, more people can get benefits from an easier method.

Dr. Wang, an MD from China, is a master acupuncturist licensed in NY, CT, and WI. He is a former Columbia U. Medical School visiting professor and research scientist (1991-2004) with more than 30 medical and acupuncture works and has been featured in TV shows, such as CBS News, radio shows, magazine articles and medical journals. He was invited to talk about acupuncture and Chinese herbs in many prestigious universities. Dr. Wang is also a Chinese Herbal Medicine and acupuncture consultant at Mount Sinai Medical School. Dr. Wang practices acupuncture in NYC and Long Island.

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