Natural Medicine for Children: Drug-Free Health Care for Children from Birth to Age Twelve : A Practical, Comprehensive Guide to Herbs, Homeopathy, - Softcover

Scott, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380758768 ISBN 13: 9780380758760

Publisher: Avon Books, 1990

Synopsis

For every parent who has even worried about treating a child's illness with drugs, Natural Medicine for Children offers an abundance of safe, powerful, drug-free remedies for virtually every childhood illness and ailment. Outlining step-by-step treatments that are easy to understand and apply, this is an indispensable addition to every family's home medical library, with essential information about:

• the curative powers of herbal medicines such as Chamomile, Echinacea, Fennel, and Burdock Root
• using massage therapy to treat headaches, coughs, asthma, and motion sickness
• the most effective natural treatments for respitory problems and digestive disorders
• recognizing symptoms that indicate you should seek medical advice
• natural treatments for colds, flu, and fevers
• safe, nonsynthetic therapies uniquely designed for infants

About this title

Synopsis:

"Natural Medicine for Children" aims to be a practical, authoritative guide for parents, on complementary and alternative therapies and medicines for children. Drawing on a range of powerful natural therapies, both eastern and western, "Natural Medicine for Children" shows parents how to cope with childhood ailments. Each illness is presented simply in a standard format with background, symptoms, treatments and dosages, as well as recovery stages. It includes: remedies and treatments based on herbalism, homeopathy, tissue salts, massage, traditional and folk medicine, naturopathy, vitamins and minerals, aromatherapy and bach flower remedies; dozens of unique home prescriptions specially developed for children; and clear instruction on recognising and deciding how to treat common ailments - and when to get professional help, either from complementary or orthodox practitioners.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0380758768
• ISBN 13: 9780380758760
• Binding: Paperback