I respectfully dare to disagree with those more knowledgable of herbs and natural medicin than I am, but I would not sya that broth of fish (or chicken, which also is such an cure for all) is a galactogogue. A galactogogue will work by actually and directly enhancing the mechanisms that account for making milk, so they either built glandular tissue or make more prolactin. There are very few tings that actually do so. We do know some medications do enhance prolactin secretion and we do know for some herbs they probably do.
The majority of herbs however work mainly to either make the woman feel better and thus better able to make and release milk or it will work on het total well being by regulating her metabolism or adding to het vitamin/mineral status. This will improve her functions, make her feel better and so make her perform better.
But for the utmost part I strongly believe that the knowledge that someone is thinking and working with her and the feeling of being good to herself wil do the trick, along with better and more freqent breastfeeding (which ofcourse is the one and only tried and true way of making more milk). This ofcourse is a placebo effect, but if t works it works. But if a woman is going to try this broth and thinks it's gross, I doubt it'll work.
Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LClecturer in drowsy southern Netherlands
--- On Fri, 5/7/10, Jennifer Tow, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Jennifer Tow, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [LACTNET] A new Recipe for increasing Milk Supply!
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Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 3:21 AM
"Good broth will resurrect the dead".
Bone broth is a staple in herbal medicine across cultures. While I personally would not consume these broths for ethical reasons,
they are very nourishing and as Judy said--we are more significantly de-mineralized than we are lacking in vitamins. I believe
mal-nourishment and inflammation are significant factors in milk supply problems--a nourishing broth can go a long way toward
restoration of health. Western herbalists use bone broth to cleanse the kidneys--I wonder what positive effect this might have
on women who are saturated with IV fluids?
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC
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Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 08:30:03 -0700
From: Judy Ritchie <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: A new Recipe for increasing Milk Supply!
The placebo effect is a very very powerful thing.
Nina Berry
The fish recipe is a galactagogue of sorts and not a placebo effect:
This tilapia is the same recipe when done with carp for correcting anemia in
Chinese medicine. It is a fish bone broth. People have been told to do this
recipe with some wine or vinegar to get the calcium and minerals out of the
fish. It was prescribed for the anemia of giving birth and also after
chemotherapy.
http://www.westonaprice.org/Broth-is-Beautiful.html
http://pathstolymerecovery.wordpress.com/category/eating-for-health-recovery
/
In many cultures this type of broth is served women who have just given
birth for health and healing.
Interesting that in Hungarian the name of the dish is very similar to the
Chinese name and my father used to make it when someone gave him a fresh
carp when I was a kid. http://www.chew.hu/kocsonya.html
Kocsonya from fish: the fish was cut into steaks and laid in a pan of
water to cover, with a little vinegar and some vegetables-onions, carrots,
celery. It was baked in the oven in the pan, cooled, refrigerated to jell
and the whole thing eaten. The delicacy was the jelled fish broth. It was
most important to eat the whole thing, the gelatin especially consumed, as
the minerals are in the broth. It is said we are far more mineral deficient
than vitamin deficient in our diets-in spite of all the dairy consumption.
Judy
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