You may have been wondering what can I do to help my own sore breasts recover? You may have been in a position where the medical solution did not work at all, and the doctor has run out of options. These simple home remedies can pick up the slack where the failed medical treatment left off.
Check out this article and get started on the path to alleviate your pain.
And if you want to use home remedies, know that they are available. Here are 2 home remedies with instructions:
1. Cabbage Leaf Home Remedy for Extremely Sore Breasts
Many people buy green cabbage at the grocery store to make their own coleslaw, cooked cabbage or sauerkraut. It’s also a common ingredient in salads as it provides crunchiness. The head of green cabbage has large outer leaves on it.
Simply remove two outer leaves and place them directly on your breasts, getting them as close to the breast tissue as possible. In other words, place the leaf on your breasts and if it doesn’t match them perfectly, then add a warm compress directly on top of the cabbage leaf. This will bring the cabbage leaf closer to your breast tissue.
Cabbage contains all types of medicinal compounds that have a range of actions in the body. Some are anti-inflammatory; others will detoxify the body. No one knows which of the hundreds of medicinal compounds are active when you use this home remedy for sore breasts, but it has helped hundreds of people over the years. It’s sure to soothe your sore breasts, too.
2. Hot or Cold Fomentations on the Breasts
A hot or cold fomentation is a wet rag that is warm or cold. You can use a hand towel for this purpose. So fill a sink with either hot or cold water and allow a hand towel to soak for a minute. Then squeeze it out and rest it on your breasts.
Make sure that the temperature is not shocking to the breasts – either too hot or too cold. If it is too shocking, here’s a way to mitigate that: Put another towel down on your breast that has been soaked in water that is at a temperature your breasts can handle. Then lay the hot or cold fomentation on top of the mild temperature towel. What will happen is that the heat or cold from the fomentation will sift down into the wet towel directly on your breasts. It will do this slowly so you won’t feel a shock from a much higher or lower temperature of the fomentation towel.
Can you relieve sore breasts or breast tenderness before your period? Absolutely you can. Another way is to take a supplement that works directly on inflammation; there are many on the market now for this purpose. They usually contain herbs such as turmeric, cat’s claw, devil’s claw, licorice, and evening primrose. Looking at just one of these herbs and its dosage, let’s take cat’s claw. Two 500 mg capsules three times daily is all that’s needed to stop inflammation that may be causing sore and inflamed breasts.
A period vitamin is also another good supplement to begin if you aren’t on one already. This is a vitamin mineral supplement that contains different nutrients that specifically support the body during your menstrual cycle. You may be 
wondering what’s in it. Here’s a sample list of what a period vitamin will often contain:
- Fat-soluble vitamins A, E, and D
- Minerals: calcium, iron, magnesium
- Other nutrients: vitamin K, vitamin C
Vitamins dosage depends on each particular company’s formula, but is usually right around the recommended daily allowance or estimated daily intake value.
When you have sore breasts, you may have been led to believe there is nothing you should do on your own for it; just let a medical practitioner take care of it. Now you know that this is far from the real truth. There are many things to do for sore breasts. Never ask what to do for breast tenderness again. Just get busy!