Gentle Healing for Baby and Child: A Parent's Guide to Child-Friendly Herbs and Other Natural Remedies for Common Ailments and Injuries

ISBN: 0743497252

Author: Candee, Andrea

Condition: New

Give your child the gift of natural healthWhen your children are sick or injured, you want them to feel better -- fast. Although in some cases there is no substitute for traditional medical care, prescription drugs are not always the best answer. Countless parents are discovering that natural, health-promoting substances can often be both safer and more effective. Now, a master herbalist with more than twenty-five years of experience who is also a mother of two shares her natural approach to wellness. Inside you'll find easy holistic therapies for common childhood injuries and ailments, and learn:how a banana can remove a splinterwhich herbs help reduce feverhow an onion helps both bruises and earacheswhy garlic is nature's antibiotichow a spritz of rosemary hair juice prevents licewhy peppermint tea relieves both headaches and stomachacheshow gargling with lemon juice and table salt can ease a sore throatwhy ginger root can ease motion sicknessand many other intelligent uses of foods and therapeutic plants -- nature's own medicine -- to alleviate discomforts.Best of all, this invaluable reference stresses and approach that helps you teach you children the benefits of proventing illness -- not just treating it.