Fennel
Fennel is a very useful herb for infants and children in general; it treats colic, strengthens the digestive system, promotes digestion, strengthens the stomach’s ability to absorb food, and is also considered the mildest herb or medicine that can be given to infants. It treats abdominal pain, gastrointestinal cramps, Belly and gases.
Fennel is one of the oldest plants used in herbal medicine and its origin from the Mediterranean region. It has been cultivated since the Middle Ages. Its flowers contain seeds that dry and make fennel tea, which treats most diseases of the digestive system.
The mother may drink her fennel tea and must be given in very small quantities. It should be consumed by the child as a kind of medicine and not as a kind of nutrient, and the best way to prepare it by boiling a small amount of fennel seeds in water and then sprinkle fennel tea and give a small amount of the child .
Benefits of fennel for infants
- Colic treatment: Compulsive cramps or stomach cramps are common in children, either because of cold or milk, and signs of the child’s abdominal swelling, and can be treated by drinking fennel three times a day for a week and a dose of fennel tea does not increase About one hundred and fifty milliliters.
- Treatment of gastrointestinal disorders: Fennel is useful in reducing gastrointestinal disorders such as indigestion and flatulence. This condition is treated by boiling a large spoon of fennel seeds in one hundred and fifty ml of water for half an hour and then allowing the child to drink it.
- Natural laxative and constipation therapy: Fennel tea reduces constipation and is a natural laxative for children, especially children who drink milk from breastfeeding.
- Treatment for respiratory diseases: Reduces fennel of respiratory disorders such as cough, asthma, bronchitis, lung, and various infections. Fennel can be used to prepare the juice, but if it is not available, the fennel can be drunk.
- Drugs: Fennel contains anti-microbial properties and controls to reduce infection.
- There are plenty of natural preparations made from natural fennel, and the child is given a few drops to treat flatulence and get rid of gases.
- Safety and safety: Be sure not to give infants and young fennel seeds as they are to avoid any problems such as suffocation, and fear of entering the airways, so it is always better to provide boiled fennel and filter for infants and children.