Alternative medicine for children?!
Question: My 2 and a half year old daughter suffers from recurrent ear infections and has recently been diagnosed with asthma. She always seems to need an antibiotic and I'd love to break the cycle as it very distressing for her. I'm taking her to an Osteopath to see if that will help, but I'd love to hear of other people's experiences of this.
Thanks in advance.
Answers: My 2 and a half year old daughter suffers from recurrent ear infections and has recently been diagnosed with asthma. She always seems to need an antibiotic and I'd love to break the cycle as it very distressing for her. I'm taking her to an Osteopath to see if that will help, but I'd love to hear of other people's experiences of this.
Thanks in advance.
if you can locate a certified 'zone therapist' you'll certainly get some good results for the ear trouble and the asthma...
if no luck there, then you can try a reflexologist....
Our daughter was clinically deaf from ear infections till the age of 13 months old & we had tubes put in her ears. She was always taking antibotics and getting worse! It was horrible.
Plus her allergies and asthma were turning into pneumonia even in the summer. We were in the ER so much that first year of her life. Also we discovered at 6 months old she was deadly allergic to strawberries!!
We hated giving her so much medicine, but the doctors told us it was the only way for her not to get worse.
Right after her tubes were in her ears our child's overall health immediately changed! Instantly. 30 minutes after we checked out she was singing to her self & was so happy.
When our daughter was 6 years old I had a basic skin test done & discovered she was allergic to penicillan!!! I was shocked!! Then we find out that in my husband's family that 4 out of 5 women are allergic to penicillan! I can't believe no one told us?!? Also my mom told me she was allergic to penicillan too ... !! I was irrate!!
I think finding out family medical history is VERY important now & I found this out first hand.
We treated our daughter with penicillan so many times as a child. No wonder she was getting worse. The skin test also revealed that she had enviromental allergies, to dust mites, 4 main types of yard grass, and cats.
Now our daughter is 9 years old. She still has asthma, her ears have had only 2 infections since she had the tubes put in. She still uses a inhaler as needed for her asthma & has a neubulizer for breathing treatments when the environmental allergies get the best of her.
But she isn't taking a ton of meds!! An allergy pill & asthma inhaler. That's all.
She drinks lot of Traditional Medicinals tea, eats cinnamon, & uses many different non-medical ways to function.
In the winter we put peppermint oil on a wash cloth in the base of the shower and she breaths in the vapors while she showers.
Also we kept peppermint oil on our stove in water (heated) in the air for her to breath in. It opens her lungs & sinuses and keeps her from getting horrible sick in the winter.
Our daughter now rarely takes any antibotics. If she does it only 1-2 treatments a year.
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You did good by asking for advice!
I just learned from my own experiance & what others have told me as well.
Good luck!
My daughter is now 15, but when she was your daughter's age she had ear problems also. Here is what to do:
Make a tea of mullein for her daily. About 2 T. per 2 cups of water; cool and strain well. It sounds like she is old enough to sweeten the tea with honey and let her enjoy this throughout the day as her beverage. Milk and juices cause phlegm and should be avoided.
Have on hand an echinacea glycerite. For children it is an effective antibiotic. Only use it as needed (not continuously).
Take about 15 capsules of goldenseal powder and blend with 1/4 cup olive oil. Add 1/4 t. of tea tree oil. Keep this on hand and use a few drops in each ear as needed.
You should be able to find all of these items at a well-stocked health food store. Also, find an NAET practitioner and treat your daughters allergies so she won't have to deal with all of this into adulthood.
Best of Luck!
Google pediatric Chiropractic. Imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system is frequently a problem. Unfortunately asd the air becomes more polluted we are seeing huge rates of increase in case numbers.
Unfortunately not everyone can move to low pollution areas.
After seeing the Chiropractor, get allergy testing from an allergist willing to test more than the skin with pin pricks. Should do RAST or other tests!