When a child is sick, the first question that arises from parents is: what medicines should be given to him? It is not always necessary to try at once to give the tablet and medicine a little, especially if his general state of health does not arouse concern. Try special, homemade medicinal herbal teas that are easy to prepare. Even if the doctor prescribes medications, herbal teas will greatly facilitate the course of the disease, will contribute to a quick recovery.
First of all, it is rosehip tea. It contains a whole bunch of vitamins. and above all vitamins C, B2, R. Rose hip tea quickly restores strength, contributes to the normalization of temperature, has a choleretic effect.
Prepare it very easy. 1 tbsp. rosehip poured art. boiling water, boil for 10 minutes. in a closed enamel bowl, allow to infuse and filter. Tea is consumed 3 times a day before meals. Children of preschool age give 2 tbsp. infusion with sugar, schoolchildren - a quarter cup at a time.
🍃 Tea made from birch leaves. This tea contains a lot of vitamin C, as well as substances that act as antibiotics. In addition, it is a good diuretic.
Prepare tea as follows. One tbsp Fresh or dried leaves washed down with a small amount of boiling water, allowed to cool, then add baking soda at the tip of the knife. Then pour art. boiling water, insist for 2-3 hours and filter, take twice a day (morning and afternoon) before meals. The dose for children of preschool age is a quarter of a glass at the reception, for schoolchildren it is half a glass. It is good for small children to add some sugar or honey in all teas.
🍃 Chamomile flower tea. It helps a lot with bloating, cramps in the stomach and intestines, acts as a diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory agent, stimulates bile and urine, helps with allergies. Tea is also used as an external agent in the form of rinses, lotions, compresses, inhalations.
To make tea, 1 tbsp. Chamomile flowers poured Art. boiling water, insist, allow to cool and filter. Drink before meals - schoolchildren in a quarter cup, toddlers - 2 tbsp each.
🍃 Nettle leaf tea. It is used for diseases of the kidneys, lungs and digestive diseases, contains a large amount of vitamins.
One tbsp dried and finely chopped nettle leaves pour art. boiling water, but does not boil, but only allow to stand for 30 minutes. Strain and give to drink 3 times a day: students in the canteen, preschoolers - in a teaspoon at the reception.
🍃 Bear-ear tea (bearberry). Well helps with diseases of the kidneys, urinary tract and bladder.
The method of preparation is the same as from nettle: st.l. crushed herbs poured art. boiling water and let it brew for 30 minutes. Bearbird tea is drunk 5 times a day, preferably before meals. Older children are prescribed a tablespoon, and preschoolers are assigned a dessert spoon to a reception.
З Hypericum tea. This herb has a surprisingly wide range of therapeutic action. It helps with coughing, inflammatory bowel diseases, digestive disorders, liver and gallbladder diseases. Outwardly, tea is used for rinsing the mouth, lubricating the inflamed gums.
1 tbsp. Hypericum herbs are poured over Art. boiling water and boil for 10 minutes, cool, filter. Give tea to drink for 30 minutes. before meals 3 times a day, older children - in a quarter cup, small - in a tablespoon.
🍃 Tea from coltsfoot leaves. This is an excellent expectorant and softening sputum remedy.
1st.l. pour art. boiling water, boil for 10 minutes. Tea is given every 2-3 hours for babies according to a dessert spoon, older children have two tablespoons. appointment.
🍃 Linden tea. They drink at the first sign of a cold, cough, inhale a pair of hot lime tea for respiratory diseases, rinse the throat and mouth with a decoction.
Crushed inflorescences do not boil, but only insist 20 minutes. in such proportion: one tbsp. pour art. boiling water. Tea is poured hot. Schoolchildren are given half a glass, young children - a quarter cup at the reception. In lime tea you can add some honey. to enhance its therapeutic effect. When rinsing, some baking soda is added to lime tea.
🍃 Tea from Valerian Root. It soothes well, helps with increased nervous irritability and intestinal cramps in young children.
It is enough for them to give 3-4 tablespoons 3-4 times a day, a decoction of valerian root, which is also extremely easy to prepare. A tablespoon of shredded roots is poured st. boiling water and infused for thirty minutes. Cooled and filtered tea with a spoon of sugar, or better honey, will remove any nervous condition in schoolchildren if they are given tea for a few days for a quarter cup
🍃 Tea made from mint leaves. It is used as an analgesic and choleretic agent.
Mint tea reduces nausea and the formation of gas in the intestines, improves digestion, helps to normalize the bladder. Mint tea - one tablespoon of mint per cup of boiling water - will be ready in 20 minutes. insisting in a warm place. It has a pleasant taste, so you can do without sugar. Older guys should drink it 3-4 times a day in a tablespoon, the kids have enough teaspoon several times a day to solve many health problems.
🍃 Tea from yarrow. This grass, which can be gathered in the near forest, will help a lot with swelling of the intestines in young children, with sluggish digestion, with cramps in the gallbladder and biliary tract.
Tea from a yarrow will quickly stop bleeding from a wound or from a broken nose. Tea is prepared according to the same scheme: one tbsp. herbs pour art. boiling water and insist 30 minutes. They give tea three times a day before meals, school-age children take 1 dessert spoon, and preschool children take one tea spoon.
🍃 Tea from sage leaves.
Preparing the same. like most medicinal teas, it is brewed and infused for 20 minutes. Excellent means for rinsing the mouth and throat during inflammatory processes.
🍃 Tea from the plantain.
Well helps with coughing, as well as the gastrointestinal tract. The leaves of the plantain dried, crushed, st.l. pour art. boiling water, insist. Give