编辑“︁母乳”︁（章节）

==其他用途==
母乳除了提供嬰幼兒基本營養外，對於兒童或成人也有許多其他的用途。

母乳用在醫學用途上已有上千年之久<ref>{{cite web |url=http://daniel-slack.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/26/2733785-the-milk-of-human-kindness-uses-for-human-breast-milkNewsvine.com |title='&#39;The Milk Of Human Kindness: Uses For Human Breast Milk'&#39; |publisher=Daniel-slack.newsvine.com |date=2009-04-26 |accessdate=2017-03-24 |archive-date=2019-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520093236/http://daniel-slack.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/26/2733785-the-milk-of-human-kindness-uses-for-human-breast-milkNewsvine.com |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art41924.asp |title='&#39;Medicinal Uses of Breast milk'&#39; |publisher=Bella Online |date= |accessdate=2017-03-24 |archive-date=2021-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110142107/http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art41924.asp |dead-url=no }}</ref>。母乳中含有強力的[[抗体]]及{{le|抗毒素|antitoxin}}，許多人認為母乳提昇身體的治癒能力，也可以改善身體健康。不過母乳不是無菌的，若哺乳的婦女有感染一些感染病（像是[[人類免疫缺陷病毒|HIV]]或是[[巨細胞病毒|CMV]]），可能就會透過母乳傳播疾病給嬰幼兒或是其他成人<ref>New England Journal of Medicine ''Breast Milk & Risk of CMV 1980'' http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/citation/302/19/1073 {{Wayback|url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/citation/302/19/1073 |date=20190912001517 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mabuka J, Nduati R, Odem-Davis K, Peterson D, Overbaugh J | title = HIV-Specific Antibodies Capable of ADCC Are Common in Breastmilk and Are Associated with Reduced Risk of Transmission in Women with High Viral Loads | journal = PLoS Pathogens | volume = 8 | issue = 6 | pages = e1002739 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22719248 | pmc = 3375288 | doi = 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002739 | editor1-last = Desrosiers | editor1-first = Ronald C }}</ref>。

母乳也已用在一些[[小病]]的家庭療法中，例如[[结膜炎]]、{{le|昆蟲叮咬|insect bites and stings}}、[[接觸性皮膚炎]]、[[傷口]]感染、[[灼傷]]及{{le|磨破皮|abrasion (medical)}}等。母乳因為其[[免疫學|免疫]]上的性質，在[[替代医学]]上用來增強特定疾病（像病毒性[[胃腸炎]]、[[流行性感冒]]、[[普通感冒|感冒]]、[[肺炎]]）患者的免疫系統，不過不該將母乳詮釋為[[萬靈藥]]。有些醫學專家指出母乳可以引發一些[[癌細胞]]的[[细胞凋亡]]，不過此一領域仍需要更多的研究及實證來作為佐證<ref name="Hallgren O, Aits S, Brest P, Gustafsson L, Mossberg AK, Wullt B, Svanborg C 2008 217–40">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hallgren O, Aits S, Brest P, Gustafsson L, Mossberg AK, Wullt B, Svanborg C | title = Apoptosis and tumor cell death in response to HAMLET (human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells | journal = Adv Exp Med Biol. | volume = 606 | pages = 217–40 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18183931 | doi = 10.1007/978-0-387-74087-4_8 }}</ref>。

有少部份人使用（或至少是建議）用人乳取代日常食用[[乳製品]]，或是食物料理中用到的牛乳。
世界各地的主流文化多半認為人乳作為成人食品很不尋常，也不建議這様使用，因此目前較少針對一般食物使用的人乳商業生產或販售<ref>Jelliffe, Derrick B., and E. F. Patrice Jelliffe. ''Human Milk in the Modern World''. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.</ref>。

在哥斯大黎加，曾有人試著用母乳製成起司或是奶黃醬，作為嬰幼兒[[斷奶]]後的營養補充品<ref name="Nacion">''[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/junio/17/aldea1131695.html Clínica busca cómo hacer queso de leche materna] {{Wayback|url=http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/junio/17/aldea1131695.html |date=20201003052203 }}'', Nación, 17 June 2007</ref>。提倡{{le|依附式育兒|attachment parenting}}的Tammy Frissell-Deppe也曾出書《A Breastfeeding Mother's Secret Recipes》，其中有許多使用人乳的食譜<ref>Tammy Frissell-Deppe. ''A Breastfeeding Mother's Secret Recipes: Breast milk Recipes, Fun Food for Kids and Quick Dishes!''. Dracut, MA: JED Publishing, 2002</ref>。

一家位在倫敦考文特花園的冰淇淋店在2011年2月開始販售一種稱為{{le|Baby Gaga|Baby Gaga}}的冰淇淋，其中用到的人乳是由Hiley太太提供，每提供10盎司可以賺15英鎊，Hiley太太稱這是「對經濟衰退的打擊」<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12569011 | work=BBC News | location=London | title=Breast milk ice cream goes on sale in Covent Garden. | date=2011-02-24 | accessdate=2011-03-07 | archive-date=2021-04-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411031518/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12569011 | dead-url=no }}</ref>。冰淇淋第一天全部賣光。雖然銷售非常成功，但西敏寺的官員仍將這個冰淇淋從菜單上移除，原因是為了確保菜單上的內容「適合人類進食所需要。」<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12615353 | work=BBC News | location=London | title=Baby Gaga breast milk ice cream seized for safety tests. | date=2011-03-01 | accessdate=2011-03-07 | archive-date=2011-03-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302052333/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12615353 | dead-url=no }}</ref>。

有一個名叫[[善待动物组织]]的[[動物權利]]組織曾呼籲一家乳品公司將其冰淇淋製品中用的牛乳改為人乳，以避免對小牛的虐待，此一論點提出後引發許多的批評<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=11993 |title=The Breast Is Best! PETA Asks Ben & Jerry's to Dump Dairy and Go With Human Milk Instead |publisher=PETA.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-24 |archive-date=2010-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621011717/http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=11993 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>WPTZ.com: ''PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk''</ref>。

瑞士人漢斯·洛根（Hans Lochen）在紐約的餐廳餐單中就曾有人乳有關的菜<!--and Daniel Angerer of [[奥地利|Austria]]--><ref name=nydailynews>{{cite web |last=Black |first=Rosemary |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/09/18/2008-09-18_restaurant_drops_plan_to_cook_with_breas.html |title=New York Daily News: '&#39;Restaurant Drops Plan to Cook with Breast Milk'&#39; |publisher=Nydailynews.com |date=2008-09-18 |accessdate=2017-03-24 |archive-date=2011-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805032411/http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/09/18/2008-09-18_restaurant_drops_plan_to_cook_with_breas.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

中國有出現過[[人乳宴]]的例子，除了有色情或性招待意味在內的人乳宴之外<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20160312/54857573|title=【舉報官員】曾揭高官涉「人奶宴」 全裸少婦當係菜|date=2016-03-12|publisher=蘋果日報|accessdate=2017-03-11|archive-date=2017-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004154223/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20160312/54857573|dead-url=no}}</ref>，也有以人乳為材料的菜餚，例如長沙一家餐廳曾試圖推出這類含有人乳的菜餚，但後來受到輿論壓力而暫緩<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20030127/3085645 |title=長沙食肆人乳宴夭折 |date=2003-01-27 |publisher=蘋果日報 |accessdate=2017-03-11 |archive-date=2017-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312064022/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20030127/3085645 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

在2015年的新聞中有提到有[[健美]]因為人乳的營養價而飲用人乳。在2015年2月[[ABC新聞]]的報導中，有一位前健美選手提到：「這不常見，但我知道有人飲用人乳，不少人有在網路上的健美論壇中提到。」他說到：「就算這類的食物完全沒有科學研究的支持，只要有可能有潛在的影響，就會出現在健身俱樂部中，而且會有人願意試試。」。當時美國人乳銀行有殺菌的人乳，有安全的控管，但價格很貴，每盎司美金10元，網路上的直接人乳交易約每盎司美金1至4元，而牛乳是每[[加侖]]（128盎司）美金3.44元<ref name="ABC News">{{cite web | url=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/body-builders-pounding-breast-milk/story?id=29020910 | title=Why Bodybuilders Are Pounding Down Breast Milk | publisher=ABC News | date=17 February 2015 | accessdate=4 December 2015 | author=Neporent, Liz | archive-date=2021-01-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124073404/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/body-builders-pounding-breast-milk/story?id=29020910 | dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/human-breast-milk-and-bodybuilding | title=Bodybuilders Are Drinking Human Breast Milk. Are They Insane, or Super Insane? | publisher=Men's Health | accessdate=4 December 2015 | author=Michael Easter | archive-date=2018-02-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209073928/https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/human-breast-milk-and-bodybuilding | dead-url=no }}</ref>。

母乳皂是用母乳製成的[[手工皂]]，多半聲稱洗淨其效果和傳統肥皂相同，甚至更好<ref>{{cite web |author=Gently Borne Midwifery |url=http://traditionalmidwife.com/mothersmilksoap.html |title='&#39;Mother's Milk Soap'&#39; |publisher=The Traditional Midwife |date= |accessdate=2017-03-24 |archive-date=2021-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211080526/http://traditionalmidwife.com/mothersmilksoap.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>。