การประเมินลักษณะน้ำนมของมารดาหลังคลอดตามคัมภีร์ปฐมจินดาร่วมกับการศึกษาวัฒนธรรมและภูมิปัญญาในการดูแลมารดาหลังคลอดชุมชนบ้านห้วยนา จังหวัดเลย

Supakorn Heebthong; Wilaiwan  Khaikawing; Pensiri Chan-ae; Sirintip Promsensa

Authors

Supakorn Heebthong Thai Traditional Medicine, Pakchom Hospital, Loei Province
Wilaiwan Khaikawing Thai Traditional Medicine, Pakchom Hospital, Loei Province
Pensiri Chan-ae Assistant Professor, Department of Thai Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Natural Resources, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan Sakonnakhon Campus
Sirintip Promsensa ภาควิชาการแพทย์แผนไทย คณะวิทยาศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏอุดรธานี

Keywords:

Kum-Pee-Pathom-Jinda, Wisdom, Postpartum mothers, Characteristics of milk, Culture

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the characteristics of breast milk among postpartum mothers using Thai Traditional Medicine based on the Kum-Pee-Pathom-Jinda and to study the culture and local wisdom related to postpartum care in the Ban Huai Na community, Chiangklom Subdistrict, Pakchom District, Loei Province. This qualitative research was conducted as a case study, selecting a specific sample
group consisting of one traditional healer and fifteen postpartum mothers.
The results showed that postpartum mothers had 67% finer milk (Nam-Nom-Toe) and 33% finest one milk (Nam-Nom-Ake), respectively. Regarding culture and local wisdom, postpartum mothers in Ban Huaina demonstrated strong traditions of familial support and mutual care. Practices included preparing a Five Aggregates offering set to inform ancestors and call back the spirits of the mother and newborn, consuming restricted foods such as pork, small white fish, ginger, and galangal to promote good milk flow and prevent adverse reactions, and avoiding taboo foods believed to cause dizziness, musculoskeletal pain, or other discomforts. Local wisdom also involved the use of a traditional herbal recipe to enhance breast milk production. Evaluation of the milk characteristics according to the Kum-Pee-Pathom-Jinda, which states that a healthy child requires breast milk of good quality and sufficient quantity for protection and health promotion. In conclusion, the group of postpartum mothers in the Ban Huaina community continues to preserve cultural practices and inherited wisdom, including postpartum confinement, dietary practices, avoidance of taboo foods, and the use of traditional herbal recipes in maternal care

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