Page 116 - April Issue

in focus: infant | health & safety

Natural remedies
for minor ailments

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), eighty percent
of people worldwide rely on herbal medicines. Mother, Baby and Child
finds out more about how natural remedies can help treat colic and

common ailments such as the common cold.

Coping with colic three-month period. Colocynthis, Lycopdium, Nux
“Colic and gas in newborns vomica, and Dioscorea. These
A colicky baby is an infant who are very specific medications
cries constantly for no particular is easily and effectively treated for different types of colic and
reason and can’t be consoled. using a combination of should be prescribed by a
It is most common in the first clinical and classical remedies homeopath in order to obtain
few months of an infant’s life based solely on the infant’s lasting relief.
and can cause the following symptoms,” says Fatima Paruk,
symptoms; constant crying, gas Homeopath at the Dubai Herbal According to Eman Al
and bloating and knees pulled & Treatment Centre. “Make Khazin, nutritionist at the
up to the chest. To diagnose a sure you get a full medical Organic Foods and Café, there
baby with colic, pediatricians examination to ensure that are several natural remedies
often use the ‘Rule of Three,’ there is no physical defect you can use to treat colic.
a baby who cries for three or causing the colic.” Commonly Massaging your baby with
more hours per day, at least used remedies for colic and one drop of essential oil and
three times per week, within a gas include Chamomile, one ounce of sweet almond

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