Preventing and Treating Infected or Sore Nipples During Breastfeeding

If you wish, you may use this formula the entire time you are breastfeeding. INFECTED NIPPLE A third problem is that during the time you are nursing your child, the nipple is not properly cleaned and a fungal infection develops. So take care to wash carefully to prevent this from happening. PREVENTION To prevent breast abscess, mastitis, congestion, and stagnation of milk in the breast, gently massage your breasts with warm castor oil.

Take 1 teaspoon of the oil, and gently massage the breast from inside outward—that is, from the sternum (breastbone) back toward the armpit, both underneath and around the nipple, and to the side. Do not apply the castor oil to the areola and nipple. If you apply castor oil to the nipple and your baby sucks the oil, he or she may get diarrhea. So either avoid the nipple or wash off the oil before nursing the child.

Breasts, Sore Sore breasts are generally symptomatic of hormonal imbalance, lymphatic congestion, or premenstrual syndrome. Or the physical discomfort may be associated with some emotional factor, such as grief or sadness. Here are several suggestions for effective self-treatment: . Take 1 teaspoon of warm castor oil, and gently massage the breast from inside GENTLE MASSAGE outward, that is, from the sternum (breastbone) back toward the armpit, both underneath and around the nipple, and to the side.

This kind of gentle massage before the morning bath, as well as at bedtime, will help to relieve the soreness. Water retention may also be responsible for sore breasts. The breasts HERBS FOR WATER RETENTION become tender, swollen, and enlarged, and the bra becomes tight. To reduce the swelling, make the following herbal mixture: For a Constipated Baby In India, if a nursing baby becomes constipated, the mother intentionally applies a few drops of castor oil to her nipple.

Then, when the baby sucks the milk, those few drops of castor oil are taken in along with the milk, and the constipation is relieved in a gentle way. punarnava 1 part shatavari 1 part musta 1 part Use ½ teaspoon of this mix in 1 cup hot water to make a tea, and drink it. Then massage the breasts as above, and you will see remarkable improvement. You may drink the tea twice a day until the soreness goes away.