Abstract

Today low supply of milk is one of the most common reasons for discontinuing breast feed. Galactogouges are the medications or the substances to assitinitiation, maintenance and argumentation of maternal milk products. Nowadays the herbal plants and its preparations are known to increase significantly milk production in women. Women often face challenges in their efforts to breast-feed their infants. One of these challenges may be a real or perceived insufficient milk supply. Presented here are some results from a qualitative study of self-care in pregnancy, birth and lactation among a purposeful sample of childbearing women in India. This review aims to report the medicinal plants that used to improve the breast milk secretion. This review reveals that galactagogue herb use is an element of postpartum self-care for some women, and it also identifies a need for clinical testing of the herbs. A larger-scale survey of galactagogue herb use would be beneficial to the state of knowledge, as would clinical trials and case reports on the more popular herbs.