Folk remedies for diarrhea in children

"That diarrhea, that scrofula" ... So in the old days they talked about a series of troubles that happen one after another. If we take everything literally, then diarrhea and other intestinal troubles do occur with children quite often. I think everyone knows that diarrhea is especially dangerous for young children.

Can diarrhea be treated with folk remedies? Yes you can. But first you must be clear about what diarrhea you are dealing with. Is it a consequence of indigestion or a symptom of a dangerous and serious illness? The answer to this question and explain the feasibility of using alternative medicine. Let's try to figure it out.

Hardly anyone has difficulty recognizing diarrhea in a child. Symptoms are always characteristic. This is loose stools, frequent urging to the toilet, abdominal pain, lack of appetite. A child may become lethargic, apathetic, or, conversely, irritable and aggressive.

Sometimes in the fecal masses you can see the admixture of blood, not fully digested large fragments of food. The sharp unpleasant smell of feces should also alert the parents.

If the symptoms are more or less clear, it is much more difficult to recognize the causes of diarrhea. If the condition is caused by the fact that the child has eaten a poor-quality product or you have made poorly combined food combinations (herring with milk, for example), then such diarrhea is quite easy to overcome with the help of “grandmother's” recipes.

If diarrhea has become a consequence acclimatization in a child (when changing climate, drinking water, new food, when traveling on vacation to the sea), the use of folk remedies is also effective and justified.

If the cause of diarrhea lies in violations of the nervous system, then non-traditional remedial measures should be directed not only at eliminating loose and frequent stools, but also at normalizing the psycho-emotional background of the child, solving his psychological problems.

Diarrhea of ​​viral origin (enterovirus, rotavirus infections) is quite successfully treated with the help of funds from the arsenal of traditional medicine at home.

Sometimes diarrhea begins in children with a lack of certain enzymes, if the pancreas does not cope with its "responsibilities". With this disorder, need qualified medical assistance.

However, if there are blood impurities in the fecal masses, and diarrhea is accompanied by severe abdominal pain, a strong smell of feces, and severe intoxication, the child may require quite traditional medical care. It is possible that the intestinal infection caused dangerous bacteria, viruses. Also, diarrhea can be a symptom of a serious gastrointestinal disease.

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Diarrhea is fraught with dehydration. In addition, with frequent liquid stools, the child rapidly loses vitamins, trace elements, and beneficial substances.

To rely on the healing effect of folk remedies is rather silly and even criminal if the child has diarrhea vomit, blood in the feces is noticeable, a pronounced pain syndrome is observed. It is best to call an ambulance in this condition, because it may turn out that your child does not need herbal tea, but an urgent surgical intervention.

Not always folk remedies can cope with such a condition of the body as intestinal dysbiosis. If diarrhea occurs while taking antibiotics or immediately after a course of treatment, correction will also require medical treatment. “Grandmother's” recipes can “drown out” manifestations of dysbiosis only for a while, but will not relieve the child from it completely, they will not be able to restore the intestinal microflora in full volume.

In case of diarrhea, which accompanies diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (pancreatitis, hepatitis, etc.), it is the therapy of the diseased organ that is needed, and not symptomatic treatment.

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Cook 100 gr.ris rice in unsalted water, drain, rice can be eaten by adults, cool in a decoction to a warm state and let the child drink several times a day. Babies under 1 year old take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day, children from 1 to 3 years old take a quarter cup 3 times a day, children over 3 times a glass three times. Diarrhea with rice decoction can be stopped in 2-3 days.

A drug with this name normalizes the water-salt balance in the body, disturbed by repeated liquid stool. But if the child has diarrhea, and in the home first aid kit there is not a single bag.Rehydron»And for some reason there is no possibility to immediately get to the pharmacy, you can prepare the medicine yourself.

Take sugar (a tablespoon), salt (a teaspoon) and a glass of boiled water cooled to room temperature. Mix it all up and give the child some sips every 15 minutes. This tool is suitable for newborns, and for children 2-5 years old, and for adolescents.

Suitable as an infusion oak bark, which is sold in a pharmacy, and dry raw materials. Infusion diluted with boiled water and make enemas for diarrhea, a decoction of the bark is also suitable for such an application. For cooking means take a tablespoon of crushed bark and two spoons of pharmaceutical chamomile. All mix and pour boiling water (500 grams).

Let the resulting liquid for about an hour infuse in a thermos, after which it should be filtered through several layers of gauze, add a few drops of valerian tincture. The resulting remedy makes enemas three times a day. Children from birth to three years, the oak bark is given only with the permission of the pediatrician.

With this tool you can stop diarrhea in children of any age, however, if the baby has not yet turned 2 years old, it is necessary to use such a plant with extreme caution and only with the permission of the doctor. You will need a teaspoon of dried chicory flowers (the collection is sold in pharmacies and from private herbalists) and half a liter of water. It is necessary to boil the raw material for about 10 minutes, then give the broth a good brew. Strain and give babies 1 teaspoon 3 times a day, and children 3 years and older - 1.5 tablespoons three times a day.

These fruits, loved by children, are rich in potassium, namely, its deficiency is formed in the body as a result of diarrhea. In addition, parents do not have to persuade the child to take medicine, bananas are tasty and useful. Give the baby one ripe fruit every hour.

If the child has not yet learned how to chew food thoroughly, chop the banana pulp in a blender and let your baby eat the mashed potatoes. Do not drink a banana with nothing and drink. Usually the yellow fruit copes with diarrhea in a day.

This is another tasty and pleasant way to rid your child of diarrhea.Oven baked fruit, one by one every hour.

Older children can give pomegranate seeds, kids should not give them. For the treatment of diarrhea in children from 6-7 years make a decoction of the pomegranate peel. Remove it from one ripe medium-sized fruit, cover with water (0.5 liters) and boil.

Let it brew, strain through several layers of gauze, and then let the child cool 2-3 teaspoons several times a day. Pomegranate is rich in tannins, and diarrhea usually passes under their influence in one to two days.

The fruits of this tree, as everyone knows from childhood, are very knit. This effect is due to the presence of a large number of tannins in the berries of bird cherry, they are rightly considered one of the most effective remedies for diarrhea. In a glass of boiling water throw 5-7 berries and insist about an hour. Then the drink is heated to a warm state and given to the child in small portions each time before meals.

This berry is truly unique: when it is ripe, it has a laxative effect, and when it is dried it is an excellent remedy for diarrhea. Take 30 gr. dried blueberries, make a decoction using 250 grams of water. The resulting drink, give the child a quarter cup 4 times a day.

4 g of raw materials brew in 250 g of boiling water, boil in a water bath for 15 minutes, let it brew and water the child 2 tablespoons 4 times a day. Alder has a positive effect on the intestinal mucous membranes, normalizes peristalsis.

The most dangerous diarrhea, as we have already found out, is for young children. The smaller the crumb, the more dangerous for him diarrhea. For this reason, you should not get carried away with treatment at home with the help of folk recipes, if we are talking about intestinal disorder in newborns, infants at 1 year old and children under 3 years old. Even if you suspect that the cause was banal indigestion or cutting teeth, be sure to seek medical advice.

The optimal treatment regimen for diarrhea is prescribed by a specialist after determining the true causes of diarrhea. Delay in most cases poses a serious risk to the life of the child, because diarrhea leads to a rather rapid dehydration of the body, and this condition can be fatal.

• Give plenty of drink and broths in large quantities with intense vomiting.
• Take oak bark inside. Although many folk Recipes based on this useful raw material are recommended to drink oak decoction; for treating children, oak bark is used exclusively externally and nasally (with runny nose). It is dangerous to drink it to children, because it has a strong astringent effect, besides the abundance of essential oils can cause severe allergies.
• You can not give kids the means containing pomegranate peels. For crumbs, it can be very toxic and harmful.
• Do not insist on the child eating. With diarrhea, loss of appetite is quite normal. Some doctors even recommend treating diarrhea with fasting.

To determine the causes of diarrhea at home, you can use special tests that are sold in pharmacies. They are able to answer the question whether a bacterial or other infection has caused loose stools.

In order not to treat unpleasant symptoms like diarrhea, one must strictly follow the rules of hygiene. Teach your child to wash his hands before eating and immediately after returning from a walk, let him know from an early age that vegetables and fruits should only be used washed. Do not water the child with spring water.

Nursing mothers should closely monitor their own diet, to avoid taking foods that have a pronounced laxative effect (plums, for example). Then the infant and loose stools will be an infrequent phenomenon.