inhibit lactation points

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i've heard of points to promote lactation, but has anyone heard of

points to INHIBIT it? i searched through ACT and some other manuals,

and can't find anything. would be happy to have some feedback thanks '!

[Guest guest]

Dr. Tin-yan So's Acupuncture Points book has a point protocol I've

used to inhibit lactation, I used it successfully years ago to help

mothers wean children or in lactation after still birth.

 

 

On Nov 15, 2005, at 9:31 PM, shamanist1 wrote:

 

> i've heard of points to promote lactation, but has anyone heard of

> points to INHIBIT it? i searched through ACT and some other manuals,

> and can't find anything. would be happy to have some feedback

> thanks '!

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>

> i've heard of points to promote lactation, but has anyone heard of

> points to INHIBIT it? i searched through ACT and some other manuals,

> and can't find anything. would be happy to have some feedback thanks

>

 

this may not directly address your query, just thoughts your post has

provoked

 

rather than points which would influence lactation in one manner or

another, one is better off finding a pattern for breast in milking

state, as opposed to dormant

 

once identified one could as easily cause cessation as promotion

 

again, simply causing cessation in a milking breast using points could

lead to stagnation of milk, propensity to cysting, later inflammation

 

one really nasty effect is of duct blockage

 

i have seen:

 

1. HT not promoting/overly promoting ST & therefore breast

2. LV overwhelming ST with Wind & stagnative manifestations

 

of these 2 is more common than 1

 

because the woman has just given birth, the heavy expenditure of K

essence causes unpredictable shifts in qi dynamics

 

lastly there is an emotional matrix which has to be patiently

established, this being a primeval womanly function, propagation of life

 

classically she wants to live this role, sometimes not as in an unwanted

pregnancy and so on

 

treating lactative illnesses will involve getting a perspective on all

this and complete involvement of patient in whatever is proposed as

treatment

 

Dr. Holmes Keikobad

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[Guest guest]

Try a SI-1 and SI-11, GB-41 combo.

 

OFten times, it seems that acupuncture exerts a homeostatic effect on

the systems of the body. In other words, the same points can be used

to start or inhibit the same process.

 

David Karchmer

Austin, TX

 

Chinese Medicine , " shamanist1 "

<shamanist1> wrote:

>

> i've heard of points to promote lactation, but has anyone heard of

> points to INHIBIT it? i searched through ACT and some other manuals,

> and can't find anything. would be happy to have some feedback

thanks '!

>

[Guest guest]

On 16 Nov 2005 at 5:31, shamanist1 wrote:

 

Chinese Medicine

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inhibit lactation points

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> i've heard of points to promote lactation, but has anyone heard of

> points to INHIBIT it? i searched through ACT and some other manuals,

> and can't find anything. would be happy to have some feedback thanks

> '!

 

http://tinyurl.com/4ngf2 says: Stop lactation: GB37, GB41, GB21

 

http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/herbcentral/germinated_barley.html

says: Germinated barley (Maiya) has been ascribed sweet and neutral

properties, and is associated with the SP, ST and LV meridians. Its main

functions are to eliminate retention of food and harmonize ST, to

restrain lactation in women, and to promote flow of LV Qi. Germinated

barley contains digestive enzymes and vitamin B, which can assist in

digestion. It is used to treat stagnant LV and ST Qi conditions such as

distention, fullness in the chest, and epigastric pain. In women, it helps

to stop lactation and ease the pain associated with distended breasts. It

also helps to promote appetite. In addition, barley can be applied to the

skin to treat burns and wounds.

 

Guan ZH (1988) [Effects of AP on lactation]. Chin J Integ Tradit West

Med 8(7):441. Promotion of lactation: LI11, CV17 & ST18. Helper points

were SI01, ST36 & LV03. 3-4 points were used each time, once/d with

Bu Fa, retaining the needle for 10 min. Moxa was added at CV17 &

ST18. 11/42 cases were very effective, 23 effective, & 8 failed. To dry

off lactation (Huinai): three Huinai points (at midpoint of spinal process

of T4, T5 & T6 respectively), GB37 & GB41 were chosen. One of the 3

Huinai points was used/d; after needle insertion, rotate in a small

amplitude 1 min & retain 5 min. Normal Bu Fa-Xie Fa & 5 min needle

retaining were used at GB37 & GB41; moxa was added after AP. After

moxa, moderate circular flicking 2 times with plum blossom needle was

applied from the areola to the periphery. 5/12 cases dried off within 5 d;

3/12 were non-effective.

 

See also: http://homepage.tinet.ie/~progers/gu3b.htm#mamma

 

http://tinyurl.com/7655e says: What to do if one cannot breast-feed?

Scanty lactation If, after delivery, a woman finds that she has

insufficient breast milk, she should drink some dark beer, such as a

stout, should add papaya to her diet, and also regularly eat some ham,

peanuts, and black sesame seeds. Chinese medicine believes that all

these things can increase milk production. Malted barley can stop

lactation when made into a tea, but malted barley brewed into beer

seems to have the opposite effect, rather promoting lactation. Papaya

strengthens the digestion and we have seen that the blood as well as

the qi is manufactured by the spleen or the digestion. Ham, peanuts,

and black sesame seeds are all believed to be very yin foods, and blood

is categorized as a yin substance in Chinese medicine. Therefore,

eating ham, peanuts, and black sesame seeds can increase blood and

yin fluids. Chinese medicine also believes that pigs feet are a specific

remedy for scanty lactation. Recipes for scanty lactation 1. Take 250g

of day lily flowers (available at Oriental food stores) and 500g of pork.

Soak the day lily flowers. Then stir-fry with the pork and some scallions

and salt to taste. This nourishes the blood and frees the flow of the

breast milk to treat scanty lactation. 2. Take 2 pieces of tofu, 150g of

towel gourd (available in Oriental food stores), 20g of mushrooms, and

1 pigs foot. Cut up the tofu, mushrooms, and towel gourd into pieces.

Cook the pigs foot first by boiling it in water. Then add the tofu,

mushrooms, and towel gourd and cook for 20 minutes longer. Add salt

and fresh ginger to taste. This supplements the qi and blood and

increases the secretion of breast milk. 3. Take 60g of peanuts, 60g of

yellow soybeans, and 2 pigs feet. First cook the soybeans and peanuts

till soft. Add the pigs feet and cook into a soup. This supplements the

spleen and nourishes the blood, opens the vessels and increases the

milk. 4. Cook a suitable amount of aduki beans into a porridge. This

descends the qi and frees the flow of milk. 5. Take 120g of brown sugar

and 120g of fresh tofu. Boil together in water. Eat the tofu and drink the

soup. This also supplements the blood and frees the breast milk. One

can also add some rice wine (i.e., mirin or sake) at the end to increase

this recipe's efficacy. 6. Cook 500g of papaya with 250g of fish and

make into a soup. Add salt and fresh ginger to taste. One could also

cook papaya with ham and peanuts. 7. Make a tea by boiling 10g of

anise in water. Add a little rice wine or sake and drink. If the above

simple remedies do not increase milk production, then the mother

should try to find a professional practitioner of Chinese herbal medicine.

There are many Chinese herbal formulas for increasing breast milk.

However, because Chinese medicine works by restoring balance, it is

important that the right formula be matched to the right pattern.

Therefore, women wishing to use Chinese herbal medicine for the

treatment of insufficient lactation should do so only based on a

professionally supplied TCM pattern diagnosis. Over the years, I have

successfully increased breast milk production in a number of women

using Chinese herbal formulas.

 

Lack of lactation: Earpoints: Endocrine(CO18) Chest(AH10); Body

points: Danzhong (CV17), Shaoze (SI01), Rugen (ST18).

 

Acupunct Med. 2002 Aug;20(2-3):107-8. Galactorrhoea following

acupuncture. Jenner C, Filshie J. A 41-year-old woman with breast

cancer was referred to the pain management clinic for a course of

acupuncture for intense pain following a subcutaneous mastectomy and

a latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction. She was treated with a standard

course of acupuncture for breast pain, using paravertebral segmental

points, trigger points, plus contralateral L14 on the non-

lymphoedematous arm. She experienced an episode of galactorrhoea

six days following the first treatment and during the second treatment.

She had not previously lactated for four years. CT and MRI of the brain

revealed no focal abnormality. Acupuncture has been used in to

promote lactation in the Traditional Chinese literature using the

'Tianzong' acupoint SI11. This acupoint coincided with a trigger point

over infraspinatus that was included in the neurophysiologically based

acupuncture treatment. Quantitative analysis has shown an increase in

the production of prolactin and oxytocin following acupuncture. These

hormones are involved in the synthesis and release of milk from

mammary glands respectively. This is the first report of galactorrhoea, in

the contralateral normal breast, following acupuncture in a patient with

breast cancer. Publication Types: Case Reports PMID: 12216598

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 1989;14(4):446-51. Relationship between effect of

acupuncture on prolactin secretion and central catecholamine and R-

aminobutyric acid. Sheng PL, Xie QW. This laboratory had reported

that acupuncture at CV17 could stimulate pituitary prolactin (PRL)

secretion in both lactating and non-lactating (male, female,

ovariectomized estrogen-supplemented) rats. Hu et al had discovered

that acupuncture could increase plasma PRL level in women of lactation

deficiency. As was known, pituitary PRL secretion was under the control

of prolactin inhibitory factor (PIF) and prolactin releasing factor (PRF)

released from hypothalamic neurons as well as several central

neurotransmitters. In the past decade, many studies in

neuroendocrinology revealed that Tubero-infundibular dopamine (TIDA)

neurons of hypothalamus play a major modulating role in PRL secretion.

It is generally agreed that dopamine was the major PIF. The central

noradrenaline (NE) is also a modulator. It was reported that NE could

inhibit PRL secretion, but others obtained opposite result. The GABA

has dual actions on PRL secretion: central action is stimulatory, but

inhibitory on pituitary directly Using agonist or antagonist of central

neurotransmitter as well as its biosynthesis blocker etc., this paper

mainly observed the possible role of catecholamine and r-aminobutyric

acid in prolactin-elevating effect of acupuncture. This will help further

studying on and provide possible central mechanism for the effect of

promoting milk yield and elevating PRL secretion by acupuncture.

PMID: 2517609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Am J Chin Med. 2003;31(1):149-55. Effect of bee venom treatment in

sows with oligogalactic syndrome postpartum. Choi SH, Kang SS, Bae

CS, Cho SK, Pak SC. College of Veterinary Medicine and Research

Institute of Veterinary Medicine Chungbuk National University, Cheongju

361-763, Korea. shchoi The objective of this

study was to determine the clinico-therapeutic effect of worker

honeybee venom in sows with oligogalactic syndrome postpartum.

Comparison between bee venom- and drug-treated groups was our

main concern in the present study. Sows after parturition were assigned

to bee venom- and drug-treated groups, respectively. In the bee venom-

treated group, 22 sows were bee-acupunctured once a day for 3

consecutive days. Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) forbee acupuncture

were about 15 days old after metamorphosis. Live bees were used to

sting the acupoints known as yang-ming (ST-18, 1.5 cm lateral to the

base of the last two pairs of teats) and jiao-chao (GV- , at the

indentation between the base of tail and the anus). In the drug-treated

group, 20 sows were intramuscularly injected with a standard dose of

penicillin G (400,000 IU/head) once a day for 3 consecutive days. On

post-treatment day 4, 85.0% of the drug-treated group and 90.9% of the

bee venom-treated group recovered from oligogalactic syndrome

postpartum. The result suggested that apitherapy using worker

honeybee is an effective treatment for sows with oligogalactic syndrome

postpartum. Publication Types: Clinical Trial PMID: 12723765 [PubMed

- indexed for MEDLINE]

 

J Vet Sci. 2001 Aug;2(2):121-4. Therapeutic effect of bee venom in

sows with hypogalactia syndrome postpartum. Choi SH, Kang SS.

Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and

Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National

University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea. shchoi

The objective of this study was to determine the clincotherapeutic effect

of whole bee venom in hypogalactic sows postpartum. Sows after

parturition were assigned to treated and nontreated control groups. In

the treated group, 22 sows were bee acupunctured once a day for 3

consecutive days. Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) for bee acupuncture

were about 15 days after metamorphosis. One live bee was used to

sting the acupoints known as Yang-ming (ST-18, 1.5 cm lateral to the

base of the last 2 pairs of teats) and Jiao-chao (GV-1, at the indentation

between the base of tail and the anus). In the control group, 20 sows

were intramuscularly injected with a standard dosage of penicillin G

(400,000 IU/head) once a day for 3 consecutive days. At post-treatment,

85.0% of the drug-treated control and 90.9% of the bee venomtreated

group recovered from hypogalactia syndrome. The advantages of

apitherapy were that the patients did not have stress because they were

not restrained for a long period. The result suggested that apitherapy

using bee venom is an effective treatment for sows with hypogalactia

syndrome postpartum. Publication Types: Clinical Trial Randomized

Controlled Trial PMID: 14614282 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Minerva Med. 1980 Dec 22;71(51):3747-52. [Acupuncture therapy of

hypogalactia] [Article in Italian] Fava A, Bongiovanni A, Frassoldati P.

Reference is made to the current tendency to reappraise breast feeding

in the light of both medical and social-cultural considerations, and

attention is called to the current lack of sound treatments for

hypogalactia. The physiopathological mechanisms underlying this

condition are examined, and an account is given of results obtained with

acupuncture reflexotherapy in this field. The conclusion is drawn that the

technique is effective, innocuous and well accepted. PMID: 7194991

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

http://tcm.health-info.org/Acupunture/treatment/lack-of-breastmilk.htm

says: Lack of Breast Milk Qi & Blood deficiency milk production is low,

secretion is poor, milk is clear and dilute, no breast tenderness, fatigue,

pale complexion. This is very common among new mothers. After

labour, Qi and blood have been consumed leaving very little to be

transformed into breastmilk. Continuous stimulation and not skipping

feedings is very important here. P/T – nourish Qi and Blood, promote

milk production and secretion Acupuncture - *SI 1, ST 36, BL 20, ST 18

(moxa), Ren 17 - excess blood loss- BL 15, 17 - palpitations, shortness

of breath- Ren 6, PC 6 - soft stool- Ren 12, ST 25 LVQi Stag: woman is

stressed out, angry, irritable, depressed, milk is thick, breasts are hard

and in pain, stagnated flow of milk. This pattern shows the formation of

a plugged milk duct and may be turning to mastitis if feverish feelings

occur. P/T – soothe LV Qi, promote flow of milk Acupuncture - *SI01,

ST18 (moxa), CV17, PC06, LV03; chest/hypochondriac pain- LV14;

fever- LI04, LI11, GV14; poor appetite- CV12, ST36; Alternative

Treatment Methods: Ear points: chest, endocrine, LV, KI. Try ear seeds.

 

 

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