Infant and Children's Remedies

Hi, Our daughter was born with dry skin and we have always maintained a good diet with my wife occasionally having meat however our daughter had an outbreak of eczema and we have been trying everything to help alleviate the itching as well as attempting to overcome it. We have pretty much gone raw and although it hasn't completely disappeared it has certainly helped however it keeps recurring. We have cut out all fruits as we think it may be sugar related, take no wheat or any other form of flour, we bathe her in water with neem, baking soda and turmeric, ensure that the surroundings are as cool as possible and always make sure she is wearing clothes made out of cotton.

We also apply neem oil with a base of sesame seed oil and turmeric and this seems to be helping although we don't know what is causing the eczema to flare up. Both my wife and I take probiotics, magnesium, sacha inchi (for protein) and plenty of vitamin c from amla. We have the dehumidifier running round the clock as the property we are residing at has very high level of humidity. We also use detergent that has next to no chemicals and include baking soda as well when washing. Is there something we are missing as we are no closer to finding the root of the cause? Can someone please help as we are at our wits end?

Absolutly agree Ted.. Vitamin C helps fight off the cold in a day, but with Zinc you don't even get it in the first place.

Take B50, or vitamin B complex. Her inability to digest food is due to low digestive enzymes and her low liver nutrients. The B50 will take care of liver nutrients and the digestive enzymes will help prevent bloated stomach. Constant colds, is low immune systems primarily zinc and lysine will help that.

Ted

My son had neo-natal lupus, so he had the butterful on his face and kept it a long time. The vitamin E helped us a lot (even if we are not faithful). My husband just took the vitamin E (softgel) broke one and put it on the baby's face.

2 tablespoons of HEMP OIL every day! Also, cut out all whites (bread/starch/dairy/sugar) Apply Collodial Silver topical gel 6x a day. No steriod cream use or anything containing Propylene Glycol/parabens/ethanol...avoid S&S Johnson Products, cortisone creams, etc!!!!! )

Jackie, if you look at the ailments sections on earthclinic under exzema you will see a lot of people have had great results with bathing in sea/salt water. If you can't get to the water try some unrefined sea salt in his bath.

I also agree with others who have suggested probiotics and yoghurt. I would also try a digestive enzyme. The problem stems from a digestive issue. I would not use the steroid creams at all.

Keep him off processed baby foods, make them fresh as all baby foods have added MSG and other additives in them.

Is he being breast fed? If so your daughter needs to also take probiotics and clean up her diet.

I agree you should take a look at his food. Is he eating any gluten/dairy/nuts/eggs. Remove any or all of those from his diet immediately. See how he does without them. Take him off the hydrocortisone cream. It is not good for little ones let alone big people. I lived on the stuff when I was his age on up to about 10 years old. I have adrenal failure now and my skin is permanently destroyed from over using it and it doesn't even help the problem. It has been proven to thin the skin out permanantly. The steroids as well are the same thing. They are filling him full of cortisol and other hormones which are messing up the balance in his body.

You need to start from the beginning and look at his enviroment and what he is ingesting. The four things I mentioned above are the usual culprits but it could be anything. I have an eczema break out on my face if I eat mango. It never fails either and it took me 32 years to figure it out. I also have psoriosis and I figured that one out as well. The skin breakouts are usally diet related though your doctor will tell you it is not likely. I am proof the doctors are not always right. The mango allergy does not show up on allergy tests but when I eat it no matter how much I will get the same breakout. It starts slowly on my chin and if I keep eating mango I will have it take over my lower face and neck. It happened every year around the same time of year and that's how I figured it out. I only buy mango's when they are cheap which is spring time-ish when they must be abundant. That is when the rash would come. I stopped eating mango's 4 years ago and have not had a break out since. I wish you and the little guy luck. It is a terrible disorder to deal with especially when you are so young.

Eczema heals from the inside, out. After much trial and error, I found a combination that totally cured my 18 year old daughter's eczema - yogurt and fish oil.

While I know that getting fish oil into a seven month old is next to impossible, getting yogurt into them isn't. If you feed them a yogurt every day, you will notice a *huge* difference in less than a week.

My daughter suffered with eczema for her entire life and no doctor, specialist or medication ever made it go away. She was always loaded with inflamed and scabbed areas all over her arms, legs and occasionally, her face. Her skin is now as smooth as a baby's thanks to the yogurt and fish oil combination. (She has only one container of yogurt per day, and a fish oil capsule in the morning and before bed.)

We still can't believe the amazing results. Truly miraculous.

My daughter is 7 and suffers from hives intermittedly. She has several food allergies... Soy, all nuts, peas, cantalope and is basically allergic to every tree, grass and animal. She suffers from very bad eczema and the hives come and go and keep her up all night. We have tried every antihistime out there, she lives on benadryl and she has had several courses of predenisone. We are currently giving her 2 tsp of allegra twice a day and benadryl as needed.

Dermatologists have prescribed all kinds of topical steroids which have now become ineffective. She does not sleep well because she is so itchy and she scratches till she is bleeding all over. She goes to the chiropractor once a week and I am looking into acupunture as well. I just had a hair analysis done on her to figure what what her body may be deficient in. I am seeking anything that can help relieve her. Upon reading all the various posts, I am going to look into getting her tested for a histamine intolerance. I need help please.... Medical doctors just want to keep trying various drugs. They all make her sleepy and moody. None get rid of the eczema or the hives permanently. She is miserable and I am exhausted!

Check what he is eating. You might get a clue there.

Searching the great world wide web for answers. My grandson is 2 and has been to the ER 4 times this week. His eczema has been getting worse for the past 2 weeks and has caused skin infection on his body from head to toe. He started antibiotic last Sat which is just making him very ill and has changed antibiotics. His itching is now so severe- he can't get any rest much less sleep- he literally wants to rip his skin off (in fact did tonight). He now has ulcers in his mouth and is just a big scab red/raw skin everywhere from his itching.

After 9 hours in the ER last night- we were told they don't know what to do. He is back on steroids which are not doing anything yet. He also has used the strongest steroid cream, an adult does of benadry, zyrtec, and they other stuff (hydroxy - I think) and cream. Still nothing is working with the itch. After reading, I am thinking of doing a diluted ACV bath followed by coconut oil.

My 7 months has been suffering eczema on her face and hands, and we are reluctant on putting steroids on her face. We stumbled upon VCO and applied it on her face 2 days ago, but it looks like it is making her eczema worse. Is this normal after applying vco? Some say that this is the VCO at work: worse then better, but is it? How long should I keep using VCO on my daughter? Anybody have this experience? Thanks much!

That's a point - thanks Gavin. It would certainly explain her wonderful appetite for food!! Can it also cause bloating do you think? Will work to eliminate this from the possibilities. Appreciate this, thanks

For kids that age always think worms first, they seem to pick them up like a magnet.

Hi there. My almost-2 year old daughter has had a firm, bloated stomach on and off for quite some time. She is a wonderful eater and has a very healthy diet so haven't thought too much of it. She doesn't appear to be in any pain, her tummy is just noticably bloated or full a lot of the time. I've been to my Chinese doctor who seems to think it's her spleen and a blockage in her stomach. My Chinese doctor is also sourcing a children's 'wellness' tonic for her as we speak.

I've had a look online - they mention everything from gluten/lactose intolerance to too much fructose? She eats a lot of fruit - could this be adding to it? Her stools are quite soft. Has anyone come across this? Could she just be overeating or is it possibly an intolerance to something? She's had a winter of constant colds and sickness, so clearly her immune system is not functioning as well as it should be. Love to hear your thoughts! Thanks!! Rebecca

One may try a product from Utah called Tahitian noni juice. The one from the Utah based company is the only one I recomend because I witnessed the results with my suffering grandchild. Born with a severe case of eczema you will tear up at the site of him. After taking this Taihitian noni in some apple juice daily once a day in three weeks sores were healing! We were giving nothing that would help cure him or the itching. My grandson found a miracle in a bottle, he has beautiful healthy skin. We were told the scars would never heal on his body and today you can't find a scar.

Hello Dear, I read your article in earth clinic thus I am indian and My daughter age of 6yrs having skin eczema(photo attached) in her both hand palm and right leg sole & under toe. Before 3 yrs it came first her right leg sole then it came to her hand palm just 6month before. Initially it was in small portion now covering full hand as you can see in attached pics.

Other she feels much itching in whole body & more Cold. Her diet is very poor & frequent passing urination in day time..
Our family history is none. We visited to one Homeo Doctor-She prescribed Petroleum 30c & calcarea sulphur 6x & iricar cream. But no improvent & it seems spreaded more after using Iricar. Since it is serious issue for my small daughter kindly advice best suitable medicine to cure & clear eczemz for forever.
Thanks & Best regards,
Suresh

My 7 month child has 6-7 kidney stones. Does this olive oil lemon juice treatment dissolve stones or it pass through urine? Is it safe give this to my child?

Please let me know, my child have lot of pain and we cant see him crying all time.

Thanks

Hi Francisca - This is all I was saying - there is no ONE "right" way.... to each his own, and live and let live. I see no need to make a woman who did not, or could not breast feed for ANY reason feel as if she had failed. Many people were raised on formula and did fine, and turned in to fine, healthy people.

I was just a little taken aback by the other poster who said the breast was the ONLY way to feed a baby. No, it isn't. It is a wonderful, and fine way... But not the ONLY way. (MO)

Your daughters sound awesome!

Carly :-)

Hi Carly, my three daughters were formula babies because they all three were lactose intolerant but they are smashing young women now: 30, 26 and 22. Ok, maybe the youngest wouldn't have had chest infections as a baby if she had had breast milk, or the two youngest wouldn't have had eczema... Who knows but the bottom line is that they couldn't have had breast milk!

Now they say that formula is no good but... They have had such a long time to develope a good formula, why didn't they do it? True, in my country women didn't give the breast anymore back then so I wouldn't be thinking about it although I was living in Holland when the children were born and there they did. Anyway, I have just read an article about breast milk and how contaminated it is with all kinds of nasty stuff, including chemicals from sun creams. That kind of articles has been around for decades.

I think that people have to stop attacking other people. Look at my daughters now (yesterday I showed a photo of the middle one in a shop as I wanted to buy a small photo album to house the photos of the children and the lady asked me if she modelled for Victoria Secrets, the oldest has just been the most wonderful bride and the youngest one has the most smashing eyes you have ever seen! ), look at your children and a lot others. Breast may be best or may have been best in certain circumstances but forcing it on people is not a good thing! Women have committed suicide because of all this nonsense, now that can't be good.....

To Evelyn - If breast milk is the "only" nutrition for babies.... I would really like you to explain my two super healthy 27 and 32 year old "babies". One climbed Mt. Ranier last weekend, and the other does demolition work. They were both "formula" fed babies, and are healthy as can be.

I do realize what you were trying to say... but putting it as you did makes me feel like you are coming at me in a very harsh manner. You can catch more flies with honey (organic, to be sure! ) than you can with vinegar.

Just saying ~ I found your post a bit combative.

Carly

Joyce sounds like a wonderful lady, but I feel there are many bits of advice here that are way off the mark, and that folks reading this should be pointed in other directions. Breastmilk, not any kind of formula, is the ONLY choice for babies, at least until one year of age, but preferably up to age three at least. Introduce foods if you wish starting at six months, but remember that these are only to develop babies' tastes. Until age one, breastmilk should be primary food. Formula is a "food" of last resort.

Furthermore, the issue with milk and many other foods is far less about allergies to those foods in their natural forms, and much more about the modern practices used in raising those foods. Raw milk, butter and cream from raw milk and eggs from pastured chickens, as well as grass-fed meats, including organ meats, and the whole fish (including organs) is the healthiest food we can eat (alongside of the vegetables, fruits and occassional grains that work best with these foods). Mamas should not avoid these life-giving foods! They should seek them actively throughout the nursing years and beyond, and give them to their children to eat as well. I suggest reading Ramiel Nagel's book on tooth decay as an intro to the work of Weston Price and others in this field -- then you can get the cookbook, Nourishing Traditions, to help you learn how to cook in traditional ways, and you can check out the Weston Price Foundation on line. There are many excellent articles there.

My seven year old daughter has had a patch of hyperpigmentation on her right cheek since she was 2 and a half. It lightens and looks almost gone in the winter but once the summer arrives it is very noticeable throughout the season until fall. Is there anything natural I can do to help this?

I too had hives, added to which an acid reflux that affected my throat.

I am sorry to hear your son of only 4years, is experiencine them, as they're awful.

After numerous things from the doctor, failing to impact them and side effects.

I discovered this site and started taking both apple cider vinegar and coconut oil, they have cleared at last but the relief as brought so much more with it. Bathing in vinegar helps too. It removes the itch and burn cycle. Hope this helps.

God bless.x

My son has chronic hives. He will be 4 years old in a few months. He is taking zytrec and zantac. He has been seen by many doctors/specialist. All kinds of blood work/ scratch test have been performed. Everything has come back negative. Wondering if anyone can help with some ideas? Thank you.

Nikki as per the attached article:

One of the best things to have in your medicine cabinet is tea tree oil. In medical studies, tea tree oil has proven successful in wiping out staph bacteria quickly. Simply use a cotton ball or swab to apply tea tree oil to a skin infection, and cover with a clean bandage. Repeat two or three times per day until the infection is gone.

Another natural treatment is to make a paste of baking soda and apple cider vinegar, and apply to the infection with a cotton ball or swab. Cover with a clean bandage. Repeat several times a day

Mix 1 tbsp. Of honey with 1 tsp. Tea tree oil, and cover the infection with the sticky paste. Cover with a clean bandage, repeating several times per day.

Mix 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 3 tbsp. Honey and 1 cup hot water. Soak a clean cloth in the solution, and wring out. Use as a hot pack three times per day, using new solution and a clean cloth every time. Be sure and launder these cloths with bleach after use to keep the infection from spreading.

Read more: Natural Cures for a Staph Infection | eHow.com

Also because your baby has had antibiotics you need to buy some probiotics because the antibiotics will kill off the good bacteria in the baby's stomach and you need to repopulate the good bacteria. Doctors don't tell you this.

I have a son that is 7 mo. old I recently took him to the doc for a staph infection on his thigh & he is almost done with his antibiotics. I would much rather treat his staph infections naturally. Is it safe for an infant to drink apple cider vinegar?? What other ways could I treat his staph that arent too difficult??? I have a hard enough time getting him to take his antibiotics.

Hi Ayman, Your son's pH level is very low indicating that it is very acidic which may be why he has kidney stones. You need to add more foods into his diet which are more alkaline. Water and green vegetables among other things are very alkaline. You can purchase pH strips and check his levels every morning. Googling more info on alkaline vs acidic pH levels would help you.

Here is an article on pH levels.

http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/2008/03/testing-urine-and-saliva-ph.html

Sea Salt... 1/4 tspn to 1 liter of water (adult dose- may want to try smaller for child but may depend on severity) - drink all day. Use fine Sea Salt and Let fully dissolve. Use this for a couple days for maintenance if needed. Eat whole cranberries or cook them low and dried. These are good to eat daily. If you can't find fresh, use dried.

For pain, drink Alkaseltzer water. But Sea Salt should start breaking it up right away. I recommend a kidney liver cleanse. Hope this helps.

my child 4 years old has mudy kidney stones not deticted by X ray or US onlt by CT scan

urine high RBCS 100 - Ph 5

type of salts I s oxlate

he has sever pain for 4 days. please advice me what can I do for treatment. if you write treatment midical plz by chemical name to find like it in Egypt

thanks in advance, ayman makram

My son had bad cradlecap and I used both olive oil and coconut oil (separately) on the area. I left it on there for a while and then it can just be gently lifted off. Both natural products so you can use as much as you need.

My 2 yr old had a deep abraison on his head about 10 months ago. The scab has grown and it appears like his hair has matted itself into the scab. We tried to assist it by moistening it and "teasing" the hair out and scraping the scab but it was very painful for him and the scab seemed to be very vascular and thick. We put some tea tree oil on it and it really burned temporarily. His pediatrician told us to try to gently pull the scab off but he is very sensitive to it. We feel it is taking too long and it has not gotten better. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. MJB

Chinese Herbs and Cranial Adjustments for headaches:

My 9yo son was getting headaches almost daily. He also started getting a pinching pain behind his right eye, a few times a week. I assumed it had something to do with his eyes since he wears glasses, so I called the eye doctor and she said his prescription was perfect and the eye pain was an opthalmic migraine. She recommended getting meds from the Dr.Since a headache is a sign that something is wrong, I was not about to give him toxins just to take the pain away without trying to figure out the problem. We took him to a naturopath. He noticed that one of his eyes looked bigger than the other, and recommended cranial adjustments. We started taking him to a chiropractor that specializes in cranials, and the butterfly-shaped bone behind his eyes was crooked. She gently "encouraged" it to go back in place, and his eye pain disappeared. Every time he gets it (maybe every couple of weeks) we take him back and sure enough, his cranium is out, so she puts it back in and his eye pain is gone again. His eye pain is getting less and less frequent as his cranium gets used to being in the right place.

As for the general headaches, the naturopath recommended a chinese herbal blend that brings up the "essence", which was low in my son. He also has other symptoms such as motion sickness, poor memory, short attention span, and mood swings. Since starting him on the Chinese herbs his headaches are extremely rare. He is more focused, less moody, and has a better memory. I am not telling you what the remedy is because Chinese remedies must be selected by a qualified practitioner who fully evaluates the patient. What works for my son will not be the correct remedy for everyone else. Frequent headaches are not something to ignore! Take your child to a qualified natural practitioner for help. There are soooo many causes for headaches, and it's the body's way of telling you that something is wrong. Give your child a gift that will last him/her a lifetime and get some help!

I would get Formula 636 - it is available from many stores - search the internet and find the cheapest place. It is probably due to a circulation problem. I have a small cup shaped vibrator next to my bed and at night time I use that on my scalp. Along with some other stuff, but for your 3 year old, I would suggest to just do the formula and the vibrator - for 30 minutes a night.

My daugher would get an occasional gray hair. I have her a green drink made from powered barley grass. There are many available brands. I suspect if she had an abundance of green vegetables she would have not needed the green drink in the first place.

I read a long time ago that gray hair is from a copper deficiency. You might want to check it out. I would do some research. check it out.

My little daughter is 3 years old and she has been getting gray hairs from the past 1 year. It seems to be increasing in number... pls advice.

My almost 4 year old daughter has been very sick for two weeks with one of the above, she saw two different GPs who said different things and both prescribed antibiotics which I didn't want to use (and didn't), but surfing the net in desperation for my little girl who was in so much pain I could barely touch her.

I found this website. I gave her a tbsp of extra virgin coconut oil and made a warm drink with Apple Cider Vinegar and she was so much better when she woke up at 6 am. She has had 2 tsp of coconut oil straight out of the jar this morning and her extremely swollen neck is nearly gone completely and all other symptoms have subsided. I must add that over two weeks there were no signs at all of improvement and I am so relieved and stunned and overjoyed. Thank you Earth Clinic and thank you to all who have contributed. I am now giving the same to hubby who has come down with symptoms this morning and PS901E will report back. I have also administered Echinacea, Vitamin C and Manuka honey 20 throughout and hubby is having these too.

Antibiotics cause yeast infections, also known as Candida overgrowth. Always give and take probiotics. Antibiotics kill all the bacteria, and that allows the bad bacteria to overgrow, you need a balance so make sure you aren't giving him any or taking any yourself, esp if you are breastfeeding, also make sure that you don't give him any sugar or breads unless you make the bread yourself.

Never give honey to infants younger than 1 year. Honey is a known source of bacterial spores that produce the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. This bacterium makes a toxin that can cause infant botulism. This rare but serious form of food poisoning affects a baby's nervous system and can result in death. Unlike adults, infants haven't developed beneficial bacteria in their digestive tracts that can control botulism spores and prevent growth of the bacterium and production of its toxin.

I would not give honey to an infant.

I would try ACV. It has worked for me. 2 teaspoons in a glass of water with one teaspoon of honey. Do this 3 times a day.

Hi Hb, when my daugther was five months old she got the congestion and what seemed like a very bad cough for such a young baby, so I took her to the doctor (in Mexico) thanfuly the Dr. was an old school Dr.

He adviced me to make a strong mint tea, which I could only find dry and set a pot of the very hot steaming te on the floor, Put the baby on my lap face down above the pot (please be very careful)and let her breath the steam I did this at night and nothing happen, but the next morning she sneesed and a whole glob of mucus came out. I think I did it one more time just to be sure everything was going to be out.

Hope this is a help and don't give babies antiboiotics if you can help it. Sincerly Aurora

Congestion/Cough remedy for Infant

Our 9 month old daughter is congested and has a cough that sounds like she is trying to expel mucous. She gets this every so often thanks to daycare and it seems like antibiotics her doctor prescribes don't really fix the problem. Are there any natural remedies I can use with her? I hate pumping her full of medicine. Many thanks!

When I put H2O2 in my son's ear (he's 3) I simply soak a q-tip with it and rub his ears with it. No diluting necessary.