**Efficacy and Function:** Clearing heat, diuresis, promoting lactation, and relieving breast swelling.

**Treatment for insufficient lactation after childbirth:** Take 9 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum with pig trotters stew, or take 9 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum and 4.5 grams of Leonurus japonicus decocted in water. For those with weak constitution, add 12 grams of Astragalus membranaceus and decoct together.

**Recipe for Polygonatum sibiricum and crucian carp soup:**

**Ingredients:** 2 crucian carp, 3 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, 4 slices of ginger, 2 tablespoons of cooking sesame oil, and an appropriate amount of water.

1. Remove scales, open and clean the crucian carp, remove the internal organs, gills, and black membrane in the abdomen, then wash them clean with water.
2. Heat cooking sesame oil in a flat-bottomed pan, fry the crucian carp until one side is golden brown, then flip and fry the other side.
3. Add Polygonatum sibiricum and ginger, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer for 3 hours, and serve.

**Tips:** Polygonatum sibiricum and crucian carp soup is one of the must-drink soups for postpartum women, which can supplement more nutrition. Polygonatum sibiricum can promote lactation, just put a few grams at a time.