Children's tea with fennel

Children from birth face a host of problems associated with adapting to the world around them. The world is big and sometimes quite aggressive, and the children's body is not yet strong, and needs support. Infant colic, restless sleep are replaced by anguish from cutting teeth, then begins a period of stress from visiting kindergarten and school, numerous viral infections ... In many situations parents come to the aid of fennel tea - a natural remedy that suits children of any age from birth.

The plant with the beautiful name "fennel" is a fennel pharmacy. Not the one that grows in the country, but its close relative, similar, but still a bit different. It grows wild in the Caucasus and Krasnodar Territory, but in other regions it is quite successfully cultivated.

Despite the similarity in appearance, fennel differs from ordinary dill in its composition, which determines its widespread use of traditional and traditional medicine. And it is rich in essential oils, saturated fatty acids, flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene, group B vitamins, mineral substances, and this is not a complete list.

All parts of a plant, and stems, and roots, and leaves are used. However, for medical purposes they use only the fruits of fennel and the oil that is extracted from them. Here are just an approximate list of diseases in which this umbrella plant has an effective effect:

• ENT diseases (fruit oil is included in licorice elixir, effective against cough and in the chest collection).
• Digestive problems (Fennel is an important component of the laxative collection, which can be given to children with constipation. Dill water (this is also a drug from fennel) helps to reduce flatulence, flatulence, and therefore is the main medicinal weapon of young mothers with children's colic).
• Nervous system problems (the plant is part of sedative feeswhich are allowed to give children with insomnia, sleep disturbances, increased moodiness, neurosis, stress).
• Skin diseases (The essential oil of fennel fruit is used as a component of external preparations, including homemade, which relieve irritation, inflammation, soothe the skin and promote rapid healing).

Tea with fennel is a multifaceted concept. This may be a ready-made herbal collection, granulated, in sachets or in the form of dry plant materials for brewing. The concept of "tea with fennel", many parents invest multi-component recipes, which in addition to the useful umbrella plant, include other equally useful herbs and fruits.

If you do not want to experiment with medicinal plants, you can buy specially prepared raw materials for preparing drinks for children - Grandma's Basket, HiPP, Fleur alpine, Bebivita. They differ in price, form of release and only slightly - in composition.

Fennel tea from the Grandmother's Basket basket is designed for the youngest - it is given to babies from colic. Parents will be comfortable to prepare such a drink, since nothing to measure out and weigh is not Fennel.Raw materials are packaged in sachets, strongly crushed, resembles powder, it is enough just to brew it.

In the composition - only fennel seeds and no dyes, flavors, stabilizers and preservatives. In one bag - 1 gr of vegetable raw materials. One sachet requires about 200 ml of water. Do not give too much of such a drink. The daily need for it is equal to the volume of one feeding. In other words, if a child eats 120 ml at a time, the amount of drink with fennel should not exceed this figure. The amount of daily divided into several receptions.

The price is relatively small - about 90 rubles.

A small excerpt from Dr. Komarovsky’s program on children's colic and whether tea helps with fennel or dill water can be viewed below.

Tea from Fleur alpine with fennel contains only the fruits of fennel, neither sugar, nor any other excipients in it. The drink is designed for children from colic and older children for a comfortable digestion. One filter bag contains 1.5 grams of fennel fruit. Water for this amount requires 200-250 ml. After brewing the drink is recommended to insist 5-10 minutes.

Instructions for use prescribes giving children from 1 month no more than 50 ml of drink per day, half-year-old children - no more than 100 ml.

The average price of tea in Russia is about 200 rubles per package, which contains 20 filter bags.

The composition of the drink "BIO-fennel tea" from HiPP is also only fennel and nothing superfluous. However, manufacturers offer different ways of cooking. For babies from birth there is herbal tea bag (30 bags per pack). Babies from 1 month old and older manufacturers offer a drink of fennel extract (packaging 100 grams). Children from 4 months and older can buy HiPP-200 g, granulated tea, which is convenient to dissolve in water. This variant of fennel tea contains sucrose.

The recommended daily dose of the drink is 100 ml., If the child is 0 to 3 months. At the age of 3 months to six months, a child can drink 150 ml per day, up to a year - about 200 ml. After a year - 2-4 cups per day.

The average cost of tea in the country is about 250 rubles.

Fennel tea from Bebivita can be bought in bags for brewing, and in the form of granules, which easily dissolve in hot water. In addition to fennel seeds, dextrose is included. Feedback from parents about this tea is ambiguous.

Some mothers complain that children do not like the taste of the drink. Almost all parents note that the instructions for the use of tea are not correct, without specifying the daily dosage. Pediatric practice implies that the amount of drink per day should not exceed 100 ml for a child up to 4 months, and 200 ml for a child up to a year.

The price of such tea in pharmacies and specialized children's stores - from 150 rubles.

To make fennel tea at home you need about 2 grams of fennel seeds and 250 ml of water. Boiled water should be cooled to 80-90 degrees, pour the seeds of the plant and let it stand in a container under the lid for about 15 minutes. In another container separately in the same way you need to brew lemon balm and thyme. To insist on these herbs you need about half an hour.

Strain the drink from fennel and gently add decoctions of other herbs to the child in a single serving so that the proportions are as follows: for 1 dose of fennel tea, half the dose of thyme and lemon balm dose.

Children from 2 years with constipation prepare fennel tea with the addition of a spoon of honey, and the concentration of seeds for brewing can be doubled, so the weakening property of fennel will be revealed more fully and will facilitate the speedy cleansing of the intestine.

A video on how to properly brew fennel tea can be viewed in the next issue.

• The first tea intake should be “trial”. The child is given a very small amount of drink to find out if he has an allergic reaction to herbal ingredients. If during the day an inadequate reaction does not appear, tea can be given.
• For children under 6 months it is not advisable to give multicomponent teas that contain more than two plants. This significantly increases the risk of developing allergies.
• Tea to drink should not be hot or cold. It is better to give the child warm tea, only so fennel and other components of the drink will be able to "uncover" the maximum of its beneficial properties.
• Herbal teas can not be brewed with boiling water. It is better if the temperature of boiled water is about 80 degrees. Before each use, brew fresh tea.
• Herbal tea does not imply constant consumption. Parents must give their child his courses, with interruptions.
• Before you start brewing such a drink to your child, be sure to consult with your pediatrician.