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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Natural Remedies / Breast Infection Begone!

Breast Infection Begone!

by Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) / Affiliate Links âś”

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  • Baby’s Nutrition
  • Homeopathy for Mastitis
  • Specific Remedies to Use

How a nursing mother can easily resolve mastitis with three easily obtained, inexpensive homeopathic remedies instead of gut-harming antibiotics.

nursing mother using natural remedies for breast infection

Did you know that a breast infection, also known as mastitis, which is so common to nursing mothers, can be easily and inexpensively resolved?

Read on!

It doesn’t get any better than this. The moment we realize we’re pregnant, our lives make a whirling shift and our attention becomes future-focused, generational, eternal.

Indeed, my motherly duties snapped to attention 9 months before each of my babies arrived, almost to the day.

Baby’s Nutrition

So how do we prepare and treat our baby and ourselves in the early months?

Need I discuss the importance of nutrient-dense foods for Mom?

Fermented foods help prevent mastitis, as one of many simple examples.

It’s absolutely key to what I call “generational well being,” in which no amount of prenatal vitamins will substitute for well-executed meals via a traditional pregnancy and nursing diet.

Homeopathy for Mastitis

But for many, this isn’t enough. That’s when homeopathy comes in.

Consider breast infections, also called mastitis.

Many students and clients call me regarding this oft-debilitating infection that can interfere with the nutrition of the baby and the well-being of the mother.

The efficacy of homeopathy for breast infection is well documented in medical Materia medica and repertories.

As long as the correct remedy is chosen, it works every time and has done so for over 200 years.

In fact, when a woman had mastitis centuries ago, she likely chose one of the remedies below, just like today’s modern mom.

Not unlike traditional foods, real medicine transcends the ages.

No chemical tinkerings, no shenanigans from the pharmaceutical industry.

Just simple, safe, and efficacious!

Specific Remedies to Use

Here are three main remedies to consider for a breast infection, also referred to as mastitis.

  1. Belladonna 30
  2. Phytolacca 30
  3. Hepar sulph 6

Belladonna 30C is the remedy to think of when the breast is red, hot, deeply painful (particularly when mom is jarred), and swollen.

The skin might even be shiny from swelling.

Symptoms may be accompanied by fever as well. This is what we call a Belladonna picture.

If this fits the description, Belladonna 30 is taken every 3-5 hours (4 pills or whatever is considered a dose on the bottle).

As with most homeopathic remedies for acute situations, the remedy is stopped as soon as there is significant improvement.

If there is no improvement after 5 doses, it indicates that it is time to consider another remedy.

If the symptoms are not as angry and extreme, then Phytolacca 30 is likely the right choice. This remedy would be used in the same fashion as above. That is every 3-4 hours until improvement.

Again, it should be noted that once the remedy has acted fully, it should be stopped.

Regardless of the symptoms, Hepar sulph 6 has a history of aiding the healing of mastitis if integrated into the schedule with either of the two other remedies above twice daily.

That means it would be taken every 3-4 hours but on the off hours from the other single chosen remedy.

Not only has this method been shown to address even the most painful of breast infections, but it may also uproot the propensity for another infection to ensue.

But, if another one does occur, now you have an effective strategy in place.

Homeopathic remedies are safe for mom and baby, inexpensive, and easy to take.

Most importantly, this approach keeps mom off antibiotics which threatens her gut health (as well as baby’s) and might even prematurely end the nursing relationship!

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Category: Healthy Pregnancy, Baby & Child, Natural Remedies
Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na)

Joette Calabrese HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na) is the founder of Homeopathy Works.

She has a passion for teaching moms and her methods are simple. Clean living, nutrient-dense foods, and knowing…really knowing…homeopathy.

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Comments (52)

  1. Rachel May Flesher via Facebook

    Apr 10, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    I used cabbage leaves successfully several times. Very helpful to clear up a clogged duct within a few hours.

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  2. April Michelle MacKay via Facebook

    Apr 10, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    yes..i had a bit of a brest infection while and when i knew what it was, and that i got a fever (i had seen yer artical) so i whent to bed and coverd myself in blankets (which felt good cause i had chills & was tired) and when i woke up my fevor had broke. ha ha!

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  3. Amy Frizzell Bodkin via Facebook

    Apr 10, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    Or a hot boiled egg wrapped in a wet rag in your bra. The egg will stay hot for quite a while, and the warm moist heat helps unstoppable the blockage.

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  4. Karen

    Apr 10, 2013 at 12:43 pm

    I am a dairy farmer and these are some of the main remedies I use on my mamas…although I am an herbalist, I find homeopathics easier and cheaper to administer to the girls, and they are immediately and incredibly effective when I choose the correct remedy.

    I also find that they get fewer infections (of course) when they are well nourished, and find that regular use of probiotics seems to prevent such conditions from occuring in the first place.

    Reply
  5. Lindsey Curtis Costa via Facebook

    Apr 10, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    I read that being stressed and not getting enough sleep makes you prone to mastitis.

    Reply
  6. Christa

    Apr 10, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    I had information expressing the roots of homeopathic is not one that you’d want to be involved in. That dr who study it for years will trash all of their literature after years of studying. I found this information after researching homeopathic. Does any one have any information that confirms or disregards this?

    Reply
  7. Annemarie Scolari via Facebook

    Apr 10, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    I’ve used a mixture of goldenseal root and castor oil applied to the breast, wrapped saran wrap around it and applied a hot wet towel around it. That always helped. What seemed to be faster the last time I had it was marshmallow root and I took Oscillo to minimize the symptoms. Cabbage leaf works well to soothe the breast. Nurse, nurse, nurse.

    Reply
  8. Beth

    Apr 10, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Here’s a relevant story posted yesterday about how homeopathy is under attack in California. You can bet that big pharma wants to squash all competition in whatever way possible.

    anh-usa.org/homeopathy-under-attack-in-california/

    Reply
  9. elizabeth

    Apr 10, 2013 at 11:23 am

    Great information! I have endured over 30 bouts with mastitis in my nursing career and dealt with all of them homeopathically. I more recently found out about echinacea’s great ability to help with mastitis and also use that now.

    Thanks, Joette!

    Reply
  10. Kathy Pilarcik Deutsch via Facebook

    Apr 10, 2013 at 11:22 am

    pack the breast with raw grated potato to draw out the heat. I had double mastitis and the potato pack had me cooler and smaller in 24 hours.

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