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Against infant colic: fennel
Fennel actually has “carminative properties, which promote the expulsion of gases, but also antispasmodic properties,” notes Nina Bossard. How to benefit baby, and relieve the famous “colic” of the newborn? “An infusion with fennel helps calm bloating, soothe the child’s low transit. The dosage must be adapted to his age. “
In addition, the infusion of fennel, during breastfeeding, counts twice! “In addition to promoting the child’s digestion, fennel will support breastfeeding and lactation. »Dr Marion Keller prescribes Calmosine digestion, composed in particular of fennel, and advises rocking the child on the stomach. “It can also help calm and relieve digestive pain,” says the pediatrician.
To decongest: an onion ring in a cup
“The onion has a sulfur component that is found in garlic and which helps to decongest,” says naturopath Nina Bossard. There are other tracks of grandmothers, more pleasant, such as a mixture of ravintsara essential oil with radiated eucalyptus, to diffuse a quarter of an hour before the child goes to bed. However, this mixture is not recommended for children with asthma or allergies.
To promote sleep: orange blossom
Thanks to its “anti-stress, calming, slightly sedative properties, it promotes nervous appeasement and sleep,” says Nina Bossard. “It is administered as an infusion with a little water with a pipette, as a hydrosol or as an essential oil diffusion (petit grain bigarade) before bedtime. “And Marion Keller recommends products sold in pharmacies, easy to use, suitable for toddlers, like Calmosine sleep, in which we find orange blossom!
To relieve toothache: a clove
Clove combines antiseptic and analgesic virtues, and relieves dental or gum pain. “Dentists do not hesitate to recommend cloves to anesthetize the sore tooth, while waiting to consult!” », Notes Dr Marion Keller. Suddenly, we can give a clove to chew on the child as soon as he has teeth and knows how to chew without swallowing. On the other hand, we do not apply pure essential oil of clove: it can irritate the digestive tract. “It must be diluted in a vegetable oil or use or use a gel based on cloves, from 5 months, insists Nina Bossard. “
Against coughs: garlic syrup, flax seeds and honey
If the garlic syrup is calming, good luck getting the kids to swallow this funny drink! Another trick, gentler and also effective against coughs: a warm flaxseed poultice. Heat one of the water and flax seeds until it swells and becomes gelatinous. We put the mixture in a cloth (making sure that the heat is bearable) and we apply it to the chest or back. Linen soothes and the heat acts as a vasodilator which relieves, relaxes and soothes. Hot water or thyme tea with honey (after a year) also relieves.
* Author of the “Special Naturo Guide for Children”, ed. Youth