Usefulness of Trigonella foenum-graecum in breast milk as an alternative and complementary medicine

Abstract

The purpose of the bibliographic review article focuses on the main objective of analyzing information about the usefulness of Trigonella foenum-graecum “fenugreek” in breast milk as an alternative and complementary medicine. It is a descriptive, non-experimental study, for which 9 articles with a publication time of no more than 15 years old were selected. The results found for the usefulness of Trigonella foenum-graecum in breast milk were that, increases its production up from 20 to 100% in volume, increases prolactin levels and the weight of the infant of mothers who consume Trigonella foenum -graecum for a period of one month. It was concluded that Trigonella foenum-graecum is useful in breast milk mainly by increasing its production, being able to be used as part of alternative and complementary medicine due to its safe use in mothers who breastfeed their babies; it also increases prolactin levels and helps increase the infant’s weight.