Abstract

Kshipra Suhas Band* and Dr. Pramodini Patil

ABSTRACT

Every aspect of breastfeeding—hormonal, emotional, physical, and dietary—certainly has an impact. The ideal approach to care for a newborn is to give them milk, since it provides a full and unique nutritional supply for the mammal neonate and imparts immunological safety and developmental signals. It is not only the ideal food for them, but it also fosters an intense affinity between them. Various Acharyas have detailed various aspects of Ayurvedic scriptures, such as the creation of Stanya (breast milk), the reasons of Stanya pravriti (or milk ejection), Dhatri (wet nurse), Dhatri-pariksha (examination of wet nurse), Stanapan-vidhi (breast feeding), Stanyasampat (merits of Breasts), Therefore efforts should be taken to avoid it with appropriate foresight using a multifaceted strategy that includes physical techniques. Ayurvedic literature extensively references the use of herbal galactagogues and the administration of a good lactogenic diet. Modern science has linked synthetic galactogogues to increased risk of harmful health effects, whereas Ayurvedic medicine manages internal balances and external factors that contribute to issues. Charaka also wrote about Stanyajanana Mahakasaya, while Susruta Vagabhatta wrote about Gana, including a description of Methi Modak. Thus, with special reference to Methi Modak, this study provides an integrated overview of the physiology of lactation with an emphasis on the physiology of milk production and secretion in relation to Ayurvedic and contemporary concepts.