Hypogalactia - Que Ru
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Definition
In breast-feeding period when there is very little or no milk.
Causes and Pathological Mechanisms
- Qi and Blood Deficiency – generation and transformation
- Liver Qi Stagnation – stagnation and blockage
Patterns
- Symptoms: Lack of milk or even no milk, clear and thin, soft and empty breasts with no feeling of fullness, tired shen, poor appetite and a pale face.
- Tongue: Pale tongue with little coating
- Pulse: Thready and Weak
- Treatment strategy: Tonify qi and nourish blood with assistance to drain milk
- Formula: Tong Ru Dan
- Acupoints:
- Symptoms: Lack of milk or even no milk, thick and sticky, distending and hard breasts with pain, depressed, chest and hypochondriac distension, poor appetite and a low fever.
- Tongue: Normal tongue with thin yellow coating
- Pulse: Wiry and Thready or Rapid
- Treatment strategy: Soothe liver and relieve stagnation, activate luo and drain milk
- Formula: Xiao Ru Yong Quan San
- Acupoints:
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