How to protect a child from bacteria, infections, how to strengthen his already weakened immunity? This is the main question exciting modern parents. Consider why pediatricians today recommend echinacea. Is Echinacea harmful to children? Or is it just a myth wandering among worried, scared parents?
The children's body is very fragile, helpless in front of bacteria and infections. And given that the child is always in a large team (in kindergarten, at school), it is clear why the children are sick all the time.
Especially today, medical statistics (pediatricians) are sounding the alarm. There are several health groups: in one pediatricians are considered practically healthy children, in the other - children with minor complications and there is a risk group. So, after all the children in recent years have been distributed among these groups, it turned out that there are no healthy children at all. Each child has identified one or another health problem.
So it turns out that our younger generation needs protection, but you won’t put them in a golden cage. Therefore, all efforts must be directed to protect the immune system.
Some mothers, having seen enough of the advertisement, buy yoghurts. And rightly so. The child’s food should be varied. And if there are no special health problems, the child does not go to a hospital regime every 3-5 months, receives vitamins in the right amount, then he does not need additional funds to strengthen immunity.
But in other cases, the first thing doctors strongly recommend is that parents give the child echinacea. Modern parents have stopped blindly obeying the advice of doctors (sometimes this is even correct), so we will figure it out for ourselves: is echinacea useful for children, how and when to use it.
Echinacea, application for children
Most often, children are prone to colds: ARI, SARS, flu. Echinacea will increase the body's resistance to these and many other viral, infectious diseases. Strengthens the immune system. It will fight chronic diseases, inflammatory processes, autoimmune, urological diseases. It will support the body during the rehabilitation period, after a powerful attack on the body with therapeutic methods (radiation, antibacterial). Those. the effect of echinacea can be called fortifying. And it helps in most cases. Even to stimulate the work of the nervous system, and for external use (for long non-healing wounds). In addition, Echinacea is rich in vitamins, in combination with rosehip (broth), for example, it enriches the body with necessary useful vitamins. All that remains is the question of how to apply it in the case of children.
Echinacea for children: instruction for parents
Echinacea is produced in various forms, there are also special ones for children: in preparations, in granules, in dried form, in tincture.
Echinacea tincture for alcohol, therefore, is suitable only for older children (from 12 years old), and then in a diluted form, in the proportions of 1 to 3 (one part of the tincture and three parts of water). At a time, the child can drink a few drops of diluted tincture. It should be taken before meals, 3 times a day. To strengthen the body, it is enough to drink tincture for 1, 2 weeks. In order to help in the treatment of a certain disease - 3-8 weeks (as the doctor says!). Side effects are minimal - only an allergic reaction and then rarely! The main thing is to observe the dosage and not exceed the maximum duration of the course.
Echinacea for children from 4 years old is suitable in a safe pill - Immunal (a modern drug). One course in accordance with the instructions and the child will not be sick for several months. And if already sick, he will recover faster. Immunal solution can be given to children from 1 year: 20 drops, maximum 3 times a day.
For the most Echinacea in the form of tea leaves is applied to small children (from a year). You can buy dried flowers, leaves or roots of Echinacea at the pharmacy and brew according to the instructions on the package.
If an allergic reaction occurs (yes, echinacea is not always suitable for children), remember the benefits of physical activity, hardening, other natural means of strengthening immunity, maintaining strength in the body (dogrose, raspberry, lingonberry, blueberry).