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Promoting Mother's Milk Formulae下乳（催乳）

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》

方一：

通乳丹《傅青主女科》卷下。

【主治】產後氣虛兼血虛

血虛，乳汁不下。(下乳)

【組成】人參 30克，生黃耆 30克，當歸 60克(酒洗)，麥冬15克(去心)，木通 0.9克，桔梗 0.9克，七孔豬蹄 2個 (去爪殼)

水煎服。二劑乳如泉涌。

傅青主指出缺乳主要是產後氣血虛衰所致。通乳丹補血益氣以下乳。即“氣旺則乳汁旺，氣衰則乳汁衰”之意也。較之一般單純利竅通乳，而忽略了補氣血的治療方法療效要好。傅氏指出：“世人不知大補氣血之妙，而一味通乳，豈知無氣則乳無以化，無血則乳無以生，不幾向飢人而乞食，貧人而索金乎 ”！

方二：

催乳湯《醫學集成》卷三。

【主治】氣血虛弱，乳汁過少。(下乳)

【組成】黃耆，熟地黃各 24克人參，當歸各15克，

川芎，枸杞，通草，王不留行各 6克

【用法】燉豬蹄服。

【功用】益氣養血，通絡催乳。

注意：關木通對腎臟有毒。不可用關木通。如果不能确定。可以不用。

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Last update: Mar 31, 2011; 11:10 a.m. LAH

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