Application of motherwort tincture for children

Motherwort tincture is a well-known and inexpensive remedy for relieving nervous tension. Motherwort, which is also called heart weed, is accessible to everyone - it is easy to collect, dry, in any pharmacy there are always ready-made preparations - tablets and tincture. Adults rarely have questions about the use of this herbal remedy. However, when it comes to a child, everything changes. In this article we will talk about whether babies can take tincture and how to do it correctly.

Motherwort tincture is an alcohol solution. It contains 70% alcohol and extract from the plant. The extract, by the way, in contrast to dry raw materials, is most saturated with useful substances, in them their maximum quantity. The liquid has a greenish-brown hue. Sold in glass bottles of 25 and 30 ml.

Motherwort is rich in alkaloids, tannins and essential oils, carotene, ascorbic acid and B vitamins, glycosides.

In addition, motherwort tincture is an excellent diaphoretic, anticonvulsant, diuretic and expectorant, hemostatic, mild antimicrobial and wound-healing agent.

For most of us adults, motherwort tincture is known as a sedative. But only.

However, the drug can be useful for a fairly wide range of children's problems:

• Restless child syndrome, hyperactivity.
• Hysteria, panic attacks, neuroses of different etiologies.
• Stress, depression, depression.
• Violations during teething.
• Sleep disturbance
• Heart rhythm disorders.
• Circulatory disorders.
• Reduced immunity.
• Headaches.

It would be naive to believe that herbal remedies are so harmless that they have no contraindications or side effects. In motherwort tincture, side effects may occur with an overdose. It manifests itself in a violation of the digestive system (diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, dry mouth, thirst), in nervous disorders (apathy, lethargy, drowsiness, dizziness, inability to concentrate, with a strong overdose - confusion), in allergic reactions (rash , itching, edema, urticaria).

Tincture of heart weed is sold in pharmacies without a prescription, but it is not recommended to use it for children without first consulting with a doctor. Parents can be confused by the official statement of the manufacturers in the instructions for use that the drug should not be taken to children under 12 years old.

So they write because in children under twelve the effect of the drug was not clinically tested, respectively There is no documented safety evidence. However, the drug is often recommended by pediatricians. And you can use it for children in different ways.

The general principle in the selection of dosages for a child is as follows: 1 drop of tincture for 1 year of life of the baby. Doctors agree that the tool should not be used for children under 3 years old.

• Age 3 years. Motherwort tincture can be given 1 drop by mixing into juice or tea, not more than three times a day, and also use the drug for external use, adding the tincture to the bath for bathing. Dosage - 20 drops of tincture per liter of water. Pour this solution into the bath.
• Age 4 years. Motherwort tincture can be given in case of sleep disturbance, severe stress, as a course intake, the duration of which the doctor will prescribe, and as an “emergency aid”, for example, if the child is very frightened and cannot calm down. Dose - no more than 1-2 drops 2-3 times a day. For bathing a child in the bath, you can add the drug at the rate of 50 drops per 10 liters of water.
• Age 5-6 years. A single dose for these babies - no more than three or four drops. You can give the tincture no more than three times a day. It is best to dilute it in 150 ml of pure water or fruit juice.
• Age from 6 to 12 years. For a single dose of children, you can count the dosage, adding drop by drop for each year, starting from the age of three. That is, a child at 7 years old needs 4 drops, a child at 9 years old - 6 drops. In adolescence, the drug helps the child more easily endure hormonal “battles”, and contributes to girls in a more painless and milder formation of the menstrual cycle.

On a teaspoon or 2 bags of vegetable raw materials you need to take about 200 ml of boiled water, which has previously been cooled to 80-90 degrees. Brew for about half an hour, and then hold on the water bath for about five minutes.

Herbal tincture should undergo a filtration stage without fail, if you have brewed sachets, you do not need to filter the ready broth. The dosage of such a remedy for children from 2 to 3 years is 2 tablespoons three times a day, for toddlers from 1 to 2 years, 1-2 teaspoons three times a day.

The dosage can be increased for very nervous babies twice, but only a doctor can make such a decision.

All about sedatives - in the transfer of Dr. Komarovsky.