Fig. 1

a Milk yield of lactating rats, b changes in pup weight (no significant difference),and c lactating Wistar rat body weight during lactating periods. The polyherbal formula (PHF) containing Sauropus androgynous Folium (300 mg), Trigonella foenum-graceum (150 mg), and Moringa oleifera Folium (150 mg). The negative control group of rats was orally administered distilled water; treated groups were orally administered 26.25, 52.5, and 105 mg/kg/day of PHF, respectively. As a positive control was treated orally with 2.7 mg/kg/day of domperidone. All the PHFs were administered to the mother rat groups from the 3rd to the 15th day of parturition. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01)