Fennel for nursing mothers

Every year the assortment of different kinds of funds for breastfeeding women only increases. The vast majority of them are phyto-tea, increasing lactation. Practically in each of such collections in structure it is possible to find fennel. Let's talk in more detail about what can be useful tea with fennel for nursing mothers and whether you can cook it yourself.

What is the effect of fennel on the body of a nursing mother?

In numerous studies it was found that this plant has a stimulating effect on the synthesis of female sex hormones. It is they that lead to the secretion of the pituitary gland of prolactin - the hormone of lactation.

It is also necessary to say that fennel has a calming effect, which is simply necessary for women who have undergone such stress as childbirth.

In addition, the expansion of peripheral blood vessels under the influence of fennel leads to a surge of blood to the mammary glands and relieves spasm directly from the ducts of the mammary glands, which also positively affects the production of breast milk.

Separately, it must be said that in addition to increasing lactation, the effect of taking tea with fennel is also experienced in infants. The fact that this plant gently regulates digestion, and stimulates the secretion of digestive juices, while a little exciting the motor activity of the intestine. All this contributes to the elimination of this phenomenon in infants, as colic, with which the baby will cope alone can not.

In what form can you eat fennel and how to drink it properly to your nursing mother?

Telling about the useful properties of fennel, let's see if each feeding mom can drink it, and how to do it right. In order to increase lactation, nursing is recommended to use fennel not in its pure form, but in the composition of teas for lactation. Today there are a lot of kinds of tea with fennel, made especially for nursing. An example of such can be: "Tea for nursing mothers" (Babushkino Lukoshko) , "Natal for Nursing Mothers" (HIPP), etc.

In order to use a remedy like fennel, the nursing mother can make tea for herself and brew it. There are several recipes, here is an example of one of them: 200 ml of hot boiling water pour 1 tablespoon of fennel seeds and insist for 2 hours. Take 2 tablespoons of broth before eating. Also, instead of water, you can use warm milk.

Thus, a remedy such as phyto-tea with fennel can be used, both for nursing mothers and for fighting colic in infants.