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How a nursing mother can easily resolve mastitis with three easily obtained, inexpensive homeopathic remedies instead of gut-harming antibiotics.
Did you know that a breast infection, also known as mastitis, which is so common to nursing mothers, can be easily and inexpensively resolved?
Read on!
It doesn’t get any better than this. The moment we realize we’re pregnant, our lives make a whirling shift and our attention becomes future-focused, generational, eternal.
Indeed, my motherly duties snapped to attention 9 months before each of my babies arrived, almost to the day.
Baby’s Nutrition
So how do we prepare and treat our baby and ourselves in the early months?
Need I discuss the importance of nutrient-dense foods for Mom?
Fermented foods help prevent mastitis, as one of many simple examples.
It’s absolutely key to what I call “generational well being,” in which no amount of prenatal vitamins will substitute for well-executed meals via a traditional pregnancy and nursing diet.
Homeopathy for Mastitis
But for many, this isn’t enough. That’s when homeopathy comes in.
Consider breast infections, also called mastitis.
Many students and clients call me regarding this oft-debilitating infection that can interfere with the nutrition of the baby and the well-being of the mother.
The efficacy of homeopathy for breast infection is well documented in medical Materia medica and repertories.
As long as the correct remedy is chosen, it works every time and has done so for over 200 years.
In fact, when a woman had mastitis centuries ago, she likely chose one of the remedies below, just like today’s modern mom.
Not unlike traditional foods, real medicine transcends the ages.
No chemical tinkerings, no shenanigans from the pharmaceutical industry.
Just simple, safe, and efficacious!
Specific Remedies to Use
Here are three main remedies to consider for a breast infection, also referred to as mastitis.
Belladonna 30C is the remedy to think of when the breast is red, hot, deeply painful (particularly when mom is jarred), and swollen.
The skin might even be shiny from swelling.
Symptoms may be accompanied by fever as well. This is what we call a Belladonna picture.
If this fits the description, Belladonna 30 is taken every 3-5 hours (4 pills or whatever is considered a dose on the bottle).
As with most homeopathic remedies for acute situations, the remedy is stopped as soon as there is significant improvement.
If there is no improvement after 5 doses, it indicates that it is time to consider another remedy.
If the symptoms are not as angry and extreme, then Phytolacca 30 is likely the right choice. This remedy would be used in the same fashion as above. That is every 3-4 hours until improvement.
Again, it should be noted that once the remedy has acted fully, it should be stopped.
Regardless of the symptoms, Hepar sulph 6 has a history of aiding the healing of mastitis if integrated into the schedule with either of the two other remedies above twice daily.
That means it would be taken every 3-4 hours but on the off hours from the other single chosen remedy.
Not only has this method been shown to address even the most painful of breast infections, but it may also uproot the propensity for another infection to ensue.
But, if another one does occur, now you have an effective strategy in place.
Homeopathic remedies are safe for mom and baby, inexpensive, and easy to take.
Most importantly, this approach keeps mom off antibiotics which threatens her gut health (as well as baby’s) and might even prematurely end the nursing relationship!
Fixed mine a couple months ago- LOTS of sleep, hot water bottles, hot showers and gentle massaging and expressing(if the baby doesn’t empty it out properly)… Also did I mention sleep?!
This is such valuable information! But I have managed to recover from numerous bouts of mastitis using hot compresses with Epsom salt and Young Living essential oils
Hello Erin,
I recently got over my first bout of mastitis, using hot compresses, massage, nursing, pumping, and YL EOs as well. I used ImmuPower and lavender (applied topically) and Thieves (in a capsule). Which oils did you use? I am fairly new to YL and I want to learn all I can! Thanks!
I used orange and lavender topically. Welcome to the world of EO’s. Our family loves them!
I don’t think you need to be concerned about losing your milk if your still nursing/expressing…at least I never had any issues with supply using cabbage leaves/parsley.
Have you treated yourself with homeopathic remedies for mastitis? Homeopathic remedies never worked for me, maybe they are just good for certain conditions/situations??? I like what I read about them, but in practice they seem to be just bogus…
Homeopathy always works…as long a s the correct remedy is chosen. And that’s the hard part; finding just the right remedy specific to the person, potency and frequency . Don’t give up.
Cabbage leaves are used to dry up your supply…beware!
Oh! Im so glad you posted this! Im about to read it. Im going through my third case of mastitis breastfeeding my 3 month old second child. I took antibiotics, resentfully, with the second case. I wasnt able to breastfeed my first child much due to poor diet and stress so all this is new to me.
and do. not. stop. nursing!
I also had great success using bruised and boiled fresh parsley and or cabbage leaves applied warm wrapped in a warm damp wash cloth. Never had to go on antibiotics for it!
A friend’s OB/GYN told her to tuck cabbage leaves into her bra. She tried it, and the problem resolved quickly.
How timely, and wonderful information!
I’m currently suffering from a sudden onset of a bout with mastitis. I’m nursing a 19 month old who is cutting molars. I do not have the other homeopathics, yet, but I do have arnica 30C, and that has helped a lot. This is in addition to taking echinacea tincture dosed at 1 drop per 2 pounds bodyweight, every 4 hours while symptoms are severe and tapering down to twice a day until everything clears up.