Re: Teething Nappy Rash and more

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Here is some (more than you asked for) info I have... How to use herbs for baby's and young child's minor distressPlace a small amount of a powdered herb in baby's applesauce, or offer baby or child a few sips of weak tea (1 teaspoon of herb in 1 cup boiling water, cover and strain after 10 minutes); for older children, freeze teas into Popsicle-like treats, mixing them with apple juice first. * Bed-wetting starts about age 3 and can continue until middle school. Avoid liquids prior to bedtime, provide vitamin E 200 IU, l,000 mg calcium + 500 mg magnesium (to reduce bladder cramping that forces urine out), multi mineral, sesame seeds (are high in calcium; sprinkle in child's cereal or spread sesame butter on whole grain bread); slightly before bedtime offer a teaspoon or two of apple cider vinegar (or diluted vitamin C powder or plain diluted cranberry juice without sweetener) in juice to acidify the urine and help

with bed-wetting.* Colic: catnip, fennel, peppermint or any combination of these herbs in a tea can help.* Contipation: licorice root tea ( is sweet and tasty); benefits kid's bones; take child off cow's milk (a recent study showed that 21 out of 27 children under age 3 had more stools, and less discomfort and anal fissures without 3 days of having cow's milk removed from the diet.)* Cough: 1/2 ounce of cherry bark or coltsfoot tea* Diaper Rash: Calendula cream, yarrow oil, paste of powdered acidophilus with water, mullein leaf, or slippery elm used internally in juice or applied as a paste. Garlic water can help, too.* Diarrhea: 1/2 teaspoon of carob powder or slippery elm to 1 cup boiled skim milk.* Fever: raspberry leaf or peppermint tea; sponge body off with tepid to cool water; fever up to 105 degrees is the body's way of killing organisms. Above 106 degrees, there is danger; sponge baby and call health care practitioner; infants

under 3 months or a child who has a fever for more than 3 days should also be taken to your health care provider.)* Gas: peppermint or ginger tea* Head (headache, head cold); 1/2 ounce elder flower tea a day* Infection: calendula (can be included in soups) is an antifungal and immune tonic; 1 ounce of astragalus a day (can be used as a tea or broth, and has a sweet taste kids like. (avoid sugar in any form, it's a known immune suppressant); for ear infection, place a drop or two of garlic oil in baby's or child's ear once a weak as a preventive or pain reduction measure.* Loss of appetite: chamomile tea* Mucous membranes (cold/flu) and digestive distress: 2-4 heaping tablespoons of slippery elm bark made into a paste with water.* Nosebleed: ask child to inhale or sniff, or drop into the nose with an eyedropper, sandalwood oil, ice water, alum powder, camphor powder or ginger juice (this is hot; use just 1 drop!).* Pinworms:

chamomile tea* Sinuses: 1 ounce lemon grass tea a day* Sore Throat: 1/2 ounce a day of elder flower tea* Teething: wash your hands and rub almond oil or vitamin E (prick a vitamin* Yeast Infections: place garlic water on infected areaThis article is for information purposes only. For treatment consult your health care practitioner.Sources:Robyn Landis, Herbal Defense. NY, Warner Books.rainbowegret <egret.09@...> wrote: Hi againWas wanting to know if anyone knew how I can reduce the severity internally and treat externally the severe burning nappy rash my poor little Brady (22 months) is suffering due to teething.

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