Chamomile Tea for your Colic Baby
Many moms would identify with the pain that is caused when their infants cry incessantly through the night and you cannot seem to do anything about it, Doctors diagnose the unstoppable crying as colic pain which can be taken care of with the help of certain herbal remedies.
Chamomile, the herb
Chamomile is a herb whose flowers are used as an antispasmodic and easing the abdominal and intestinal cramps and is considered to be an important herb in colic care. Chamomile is also endowed with soothing and calming properties.
All mothers should have a jar of dried chamomile in their medicine cabinets. Chamomile tea is a gentle and safe herb whose tea can be effectively used as an astringent for diaper rashes and heat rashes on direct application to the skin while it calms a queasy or sore tummy and even in diarrhea on oral administration. Chamomile rinse can also provide relief from the itch and scratch of cradle cap in babies. A couple of ounces of warm chamomile tea also soothe the babies who are teething.
Chamomile herb is used for holistic benefits in infants and even older children to treat.
1. Indigestion, spasms of abdominal pain or tummy aches
2. Anxiety, sleep problems
3. Irritated skin and mouth membranes and eczema
Chamomile tea for colic babies
Chamomile tea is one of those natural remedies which have proven to be effective. Chamomile tea is endowed with certain healing properties which offer restful sleep to the baby. Research studies have been conducted to confirm the fact that chamomile tea can effectively treat a baby’s colic pain. Lukewarm chamomile tea can take care of commonly found stomach ailments in your child. It relieves stomach pain and cures stomach discomfort. Approximately 2 to 3 ounces can alleviate the pain.
Chamomile tea is considered to be safe and allergic symptoms are very rare in occurrence. Chamomile tea given thrice a week mays top the attacks of colic pain for almost about a month. Chamomile tea promotes sleep and thereby offers rest to the colic babies whose sleep and rest have been interrupted because of their discomfort. Research studies conducted on chamomile tea have shown that herbal tea consisting of chamomile combined with vervain, licorice, fennel and mint balm given in a dosage of 5 ounce three times a day showed significant decrease in the colic symptoms.
How to make chamomile tea for babies
Boil a cup of water and steep the chamomile flowers for about 20 minutes. Strain out the chamomile flowers and store in air tight containers. Take approximately ¼ cup of tea and ¼ cup of water in a baby bottle. This diluted tea is given to the baby to treat colic and calm fretful babies.
Is it a safe herb
The only problem with chamomile is that it may have a binding effect so should not be given to constipated babies. Extremely rare cases may exhibit an allergic reaction or show a side effect. But as per evidence, chamomile is by far one of the safest herbs.
Category: HERBAL TEAS
