The use of Thai herbal galactogogue, ‘Plook-Fire-Thatu’, for postpartum heat re-balancing

Kitti Krungkraipetch, Chuleekorn Kwanchainon

Abstract

Plook-Fire-Thatu is a traditional Thai medication designed to assist breastfeeding moms. However, no documented clinical research on its efficacy exists. Therefore, the authors recruited women who had a singleton baby vaginally between June 2019 and July 2020 and randomly allocated them to one of three groups: Plook-Fire-Thatu, Domperidone, or Placebo. The test-weight method was used to compare breastmilk amounts. During the hospital stay, all volunteers and newborns were followed for adverse effects. There were three groups of participants: Plook-Fire-Thatu 78, Domperidone 74, and Placebo 76. On the third postpartum day, the Plook-Fire-Thatu group exhibited a statistically significant increase in breastmilk quantity (F=15.11, p≤0.01). The mean body temperature of postpartum women in the Plook-Fire-Thatu group on the third day was significantly higher than in the placebo group. (F=4.22, p=0.016). Participants and infants in the intervention groups experienced a few adverse effects. In comparison to domperidone, Plook-Fire-Thatu has been discovered to be a natural way to increase postpartum breastmilk supply.

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