Oral galactagogues (natural therapies or drugs) for increasing breast milk production in mothers of non-hospitalised term infants.
- 2020-05-18
- Meta-Analysis · n = 3,006
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2020(5)
- Siew Cheng Foong
- May Loong Tan
- Wai Cheng Foong
- Lisa A Marasco
- Jacqueline J Ho
- Joo Howe Ong
- PubMed: 32421208
- DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011505.pub2
- High evidence
- Infants
Subgroup analysis shows we are very uncertain whether fennel or fenugreek improves infant weight, whereas moringa and mixed botanical tea may increase infant weight compared to placebo.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes