AGALACTIA , SCANTY OR LOW MILK IN LACTATING MOTHERS
AGALACTIA OR LACTATION FAILURE – It is a condition in which there is low or scanty milk formation in breast .
In breastfeeding women, low milk supply, also known as lactation insufficiency, insufficient milk syndrome, agalactia, agalactorrhea, hypogalactia or hypogalactorrhea, is the production of breast milk in daily volumes that do not fully meet the nutritional needs of her infant.
Causes
Low milk supply can be
Primary - caused by medical conditions or anatomical issues in the mother
Secondary - caused by not thoroughly and regularly removing milk from the breasts
Second cause is by far more common than first one .
PRIMARY CAUSE INCLUDES-
1.Scanty glandular tissues in breasts.
2.Sheehan’s syndrome
3.History of breast surgery either breast augmentation or breast reduction or any other form of breast surgery.
4.Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
5.Hypothyroidism
6.Hypoprolactinemia etc.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT –
Important homeopathic medicine for agalctia are
Failure or scanty supply of milk: Acon., Agn. cas., Asa., Bell., Bry., Calc., Carb. an., Caust., Cham., Chel., Chin., Coff., Dulc., Form., Frag., Jabor., Lac defl., Lach., Merc., Nux v., Puls., Rheum, Ric., Rhus, Sec., Stict., Sulph., Urt. ur., Zinc.
Now we will see the indications of few remedies-
1. Aconitum napellus
Mammae congested, hot, hard and distended, with little or no milk.
2. Agnus castusDespairing sadness; milk scanty or disappears.
3. Asa foetida
Deficiency of milk, with oversensitiveness, and when the milk flows it is offensive to the babe; veins unnaturally distended.
3. Causticum
Amaurosis threatens; pulsations and noises in the ears; anxiety and despondency, sallow face-the woman has suffered from night-watching and troubles; rheumatic diathesis.
4. Dulcamara
Suppression from exposure to cold, damp air; milk scanty and skin sensitive to cold.
5. Lac vaccinum defloratum
Breasts diminish in size and the secretion of milk nearly stops.
6. Mercurius solubilis
Milk scanty, with scorbutic gums, swelling of glands, etc.
7. Pulsatilla pratensis
Mammae swollen and painful; flow of milk scanty or absent; patient gloomy and tearful, though in apparent good health.
8. Rhus toxicodendron
Entire want of appetite, mental derangement and thoughts of suicide; vitiated lochia, lasting too long; loss of power in lower extremities.
9. Secale cornutum
Thin, scrawny women, whose breasts do not properly fill with milk; there is much stinging in them.
10. Urtica urens
Nonappearance of milk without any appreciable cause.
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CONTENT- LILIENTHAL THERAPEUTICS
BOERICKS MATERIA MEDICA
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