By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu           按此看中文。  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Name of Formula: tong ru dan (source: Fu Qing Zhu Gynaecology)

Application: qixu (qi deficient) and  xue xu (blood deficient)  after giving birth. Lack of milk.

Composition: ren shen 30g,  raw huang qi 30g,  dang gui 60g (wash with rice wine), mai dong 15 g (remove core),  mu tong 0.9 g， jie geng 0.9 g. Add two pig feet and water to make soup.

Another formula:

Name of formula: cui ru tang (milk promoting soup)

Compositon: huang qi, shu di huang,  24 g each,  ren shen, dang gui, 15 g each,  chuang xiong, qi zi, tong cao, wang bu liu xing 6 g.

Make into soup. Use as soup.

Another formula:

 wu zhi mao tao  60 g. Make stew with pig feet. Use with meals [1]

See acupuncture points for lactation.

Also see a milk promoting herb , a commonly used herb in southern part of China.

Warning: do not use guan mu tong. Guan mu tong (Aristolochiae Manshuriensis or Aristolochia debilis)  which is toxic to kidneys. If not sure, do not use  mu tong.

[1] "Guangxi Zhong Cai Yao" 《廣西中草藥》