Home Remedies for Low Breast Milk Supply
Low breast milk supply has been a concern for nursing mothers across cultures, and traditions worldwide offer specific foods, herbal teas, and preparations known as galactagogues. This page gathers every lactation remedy in our archive, with preparation methods, cultural context, and the current scientific view.
Cabbage Leaf Compress
Joint pain, mastitis/breast engorgement, localized swelling
Europe
Fenugreek Seeds
High blood sugar/diabetes management, low breast milk supply, digestive complaints
Egypt · Middle East · India
Fennel Seed Chew
Bloating, indigestion, nausea, infant colic, low milk supply
India
Breast Milk for Eye Infections
Infant/newborn eye discharge, conjunctivitis ("sticky eye")
Global / Multiple Origins
Related ailments
This is a historical and cultural reference, not medical advice. Many of these remedies have never been scientifically validated, and folk reasoning (humoral theory, “hot/cold” classifications, spiritual causation) reflects older explanatory traditions rather than modern medicine. Ratings reflect community opinion, not clinical evidence.