HE Huanjun, FENG Wenying, KONG Yingchun, et al. Nursing Experience with Manual Lactation Drainage Combined with Herbal External Application for Acute Mastitis[DB/OL].Clinical archives of integrative medicine, 2025.
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HE Huanjun, FENG Wenying, KONG Yingchun, et al. Nursing Experience with Manual Lactation Drainage Combined with Herbal External Application for Acute Mastitis[DB/OL].Clinical archives of integrative medicine, 2025. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202506090006.
Nursing Experience with Manual Lactation Drainage Combined with Herbal External Application for Acute Mastitis
This article summarizes the nursing management of acute mastitis using integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) techniques. Following comprehensive nursing assessment and guided by TCM syndrome differentiation principles, a dual intervention protocol was implemented: Manual lactation drainage technique to resolve ductal obstruction. Herbal external application to reduce inflammation and disperse stagnation. Conventional nursing interventions—including dietary guidance, emotional regulation, and lifestyle modification—were simultaneously administered. Within two days of intervention, the patient achieved: marked alleviation of breast pain, resolution of erythema and edema, mastery of proper breastfeeding posture, establishment of milk supply-demand equilibrium.
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