AIM: Puerperal milk stasis is one of the most common puerperal complication
that directly affects breastfeeding. Massage treatment with topical cactus
and aloe for puerperal milk stasis might be a superior treatment, and it
does not affect breastfeeding.
METHODS: The intervention group was treated
with massages with cactus and aloe cold compresses, and the control group
was treated with massage treatment or cactus and aloe cold compresses alone.
We evaluated the efficacies of the treatments through comparisons of the
feeding patterns, hardness, and pain after treatment between the three
groups.
RESULTS: We found that breastfeeding rates were significantly
increased in the massage combine with combined with cactus and aloe cold
compress group (P < 0.05 for both). Breast hardness and pain were reduced to
greater extents in massage combine with combined with cactus and aloe cold
compress group than in the massage or cold compress group (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Massage treatment with topical cactus and aloe topical
effectively improved the pain status, hard lump of puerperal milk stasis and
increase breastfeeding rate.
