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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!
Internally you can also do a yeast and fungal detox followed but super probiotics.
Ginger applied to the breast as well as activated charcoal work well.
I benefited a lot from Bowen Therapy and Reflexology treatment when I had mastitis – gave immediate relief.
As someone else has mentioned, while cabbage leaves and parsley can work to clear up breast infections, they do also dry up your milk. So be cautious.
This is fine, as long as your child isn’t dairy-sensitive. It has been hard to find lactose-free homeopathics. My youngest is too sensitive for me to use Hylands, etc.
Erin, what EOs did you use?
Contact Hahnemann Laboratories in California. They sell the remedies in alcohol. you can add 5 drops of alcohol to an ounce of water and use that instead.
Echinacea tincture is another good remedy. Currently battling a bad case with my 19 month old. Homeopathic arnica has been helpful to me, too.
I have healed myself from 4 breast infections over the course of nursing two boys. I used the above, hot compresses, extra garlic, broth, rest and Acupuncture. When I got a particularly bad case 4 days after my second was born I used fermented turmeric (in kraut) and it worked wonders! Lovely post and I hope more nursing moms realize the ability to heal with out turning to drugs right away.
Calcium deficiency is sometimes a contributor to breast infections. Hot compresses can help (you can do this in the bath if you like). So can nursing the baby on the affected side.
Echinacea is good, and also Vitamin C.
There are also effective herbal treatments: make a tea (fomentation) of 3 parts mullein and one part lobelia, and apply as a compress, cover with plastic and leave on. Comfrey poultices can work, too.
These infections are no fun. And I agree with the author, you CAN treat yourself!
I would appreciate if you could add a note to your post. Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) usually presents as mastitis. This is a very fast spreading aggressive cancer. My friends, Jennifer Starr-Reivitt and Ginny Mason, can share their stories and I am sure they would be happy to. My mother actually died from IBC 10 years ago. Thank you.
I’m hoping not to develop a case this time around because all the home remedies that I tried didn’t work out for me in the past (twice) & after 4 days of feeling like death, my husband forced me to the ER to get antibiotics. I am glad to hear that it does work for some people though 🙂
Home remedies are not what i’m advocating here. I’m talking about homeopathy… a solid, data and evidence based medicine used in hospitals from around the world by millions of of people.