Re: ELLE'S RASH HAS GONE/cough syrup

[Guest guest]

My son's eczema also disappeared after a couple months SCD. I'd been

trying to get rid of it since, um, well.... BIRTH, 5.5. yrs ago!! In

addition, his belly is flat (no longer has an " outie " belly button!!,) and his

poops are much more regular and less gassy, normal colored.

Incidentally, J. has had some nasty bug for the last 2 weeks. Ear infections,

cough.... for 2 nights I got desperate and gave him some cough syrup that was

loaded full of illegals, colors, etc. A day later, the eczema was back!!

So what do you all use for cough syrup when your kiddo just can't stop

hacking? Is there anything OTC that is legal?

Herbs? I'd tried hot steam, honey, etc.

Any ideas?

Becky

[Guest guest]

Hi Becky,

This is from our old list posted by Patti D:

" COLD REMEDIES

Most of these would not work if you're avoiding honey.... but here

goes.....

Ginger and honey make a wonderful cough " syrup " ..... you can use

regular powdered ginger like you use for baking. Add about 1/4

teaspoon to 2 Tablespoons of honey..... mix well and then give one

teaspoon or less at a time.

Fresh carrot juice with a small chunk of fresh ginger and a little

fresh garlic in it would be very healing..... but dilute, dilute!!

May have a strong taste.

Fresh lemon juice in water, heated up.... sweetened w/ honey is great

for colds and sore throats.

Just keep the liquids up for that cough.

A little cayenne pepper and garlic added to SCD chicken soup would be

great, too..... especially if you can't do honey right now. Cayenne

opens up the small capillaries in the body and helps relieve pain....

and battles infection. I think it helps loosen up the tight chest

congestion.

Let fever run if you can........ let it do it's job. Unless a fever

is VERY high...... and for a child as young as Hannah, pedicatricians

don't consider even 104 to be all that high (but call YOUR doc to

ask).... you should not try to suppress it because it's battling the

virus. I only give Tylenol if there is pain involved.... headache,

sore throat.... that is just unbearable. There seem to be drawbacks

to using either Tylenol (bad for kids w/ autism) or ibuprofen (very

bad for the gut)..... so best to avoid both of these. Someone posted

the other day about peppermint oil for fever.... but I didn't save

the post. Tepid baths..... or sponge baths.... can work well to cool

down a high fever..... but unless it's really raging high, you should

think of fever as your friend. SUDDEN HIGH FEVERS can be a danger

sign for something like meningicoccal disease so don't mess around

with that.... call the doctor!! "

I found the ginger/honey combo quite effective.

Sheila

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> Incidentally, J. has had some nasty bug for the last 2 weeks.

Ear infections, cough.... for 2 nights I got desperate and gave him

some cough syrup that was loaded full of illegals, colors, etc. A

day later, the eczema was back!!

>

> So what do you all use for cough syrup when your kiddo just

can't stop hacking? Is there anything OTC that is legal?

> Herbs? I'd tried hot steam, honey, etc.

>

> Any ideas?

>

> Becky

>