A Natural Food Cure for Your Childs Cough
A teaspoon of sugar may help the medicine go down, but research has shown cough and cold medicines shouldn’t be used on children younger than 6 years of age. Many manufacturers are even taking some products for babies off the market. So what are we to do now when our child can’t sleep from a cough? Is there an alternative?
Well, there is an old food cure remedy that your grandmother probably used. Try using a teaspoon of honey before bed. This will help your child sleep better. According to a recent study, honey worked best to coating and soothing a sore throat.
For the research, researchers recruited 105 children with upper respiratory infections from a clinic in Pennsylvania. Parents were given a paper bag with a dosing device inside. Some were empty. Some contained an age-appropriate dose of honey-flavored cough medicine containing dextromethorphan. And some contained a similar dose of honey.
Honey was the clear winner in this three way comparison. So if you are looking for an alternative to cough and cold medicine give honey a try. It should also be noted that children under the age of 1 should not be given honey because of a rare but serious risk of botulism. How sweet is that food cure?
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