Tag: Alowu

Alowu (Postpartum Insufficient Lactation) Overview In Miao medicine, postpartum lack of milk is called Alowu (or Mai Alowo). This condition arises when the mother’s constitution is weak and qi-blood deficient—whether due to illness before delivery, excessive exertion, emotional distress, or poor diet—so that after giving birth she produces little or no breast milk. Miao practitioners…