Pharmacy chamomile is used to treat various diseases not only in adults, but also in children. It has anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, healing and soothing properties. Thanks to all these qualities, the plant helps parents to raise a healthy child.
Chamomile can be used to bathe newborns. The skin of babies is very delicate, thin, easily injured. Easily appearing irritation and diaper rash cause pain and discomfort to the baby, which can cause a decrease in appetite. Malnutrition, in turn, has several consequences, including developmental delay.
In the first month of life, the baby must gain at least 600 g.
Dry skin is another problem in newborns. To a greater extent, this applies to children born in winter, since heating in apartments "dries" the air, and they need a certain humidity.
One of the most commonly used herbs for bathing babies is chamomile. Baths with its use help to improve tone, stimulate appetite, release metabolic products through the pores of the skin, as well as soothe and help to fall asleep quickly. Therefore, chamomile bathing is usually done before bedtime. They allow not only the child to rest, but also his mother, while he sleeps.
Chamomile has antibacterial properties. Therefore, baths with its addition heal diaper rash, irritation, micro-damage to the skin, relieve tension. This drug is such a strong antibiotic that, according to experts, boiling bathing water is not required.
For girls, chamomile baths are useful as a prevention of gynecological diseases.
Chamomile tea, as well as various preparations based on this plant, have a sedative effect. Chamomile is a herbal soothing for the child's body, completely safe and non-addictive. The beneficial effect of chamomile on the nervous system is explained by the content of apigenin in it. Therefore, most mothers from the first days of a baby's life give him chamomile tea.
Babies, as a rule, enjoy chamomile tea with pleasure, since they do not associate it with medicines. The benefits they get from this are enormous. The drink gently soothes the baby and prepares him for sleep. In addition, chamomile detoxifies bacteria in the mouth. With sore throat, stomatitis, chamomile tea will relieve pain and help in healing.
Chamomile tea also helps with colic, bloating in newborns, observed during the adaptation of the children's digestive system. The dose required in each specific case is determined by the doctor. As a rule, this is 20-30 ml before meals.
Children, in comparison with adults, are more susceptible to colds. It is extremely difficult to treat a small child, because he actively resists taking medication. But giving your baby chamomile tea to drink, especially if you add honey or brown sugar, is as easy as shelling pears. As an antiseptic, chamomile destroys bacteria in the throat, stops the development of bacterial infections, and restrains the disease. In addition, chamomile tea helps heal an irritated throat.
Drinking chamomile tea for colds is necessary 3-4 times a day. From the flowers and herbs of the plant, you can prepare a decoction for gargling the throat. To this end, 30 g of chamomile mixture is poured with 1 glass of boiling water and infused for a couple of hours. Gargle every 2-3 hours.
