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Two Kids with Cough - Home Remedies
Asked by M.R. from San Francisco
on December 28, 2008
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I have two boys that both have bad coughs. The doc said it's viral and I should give them cought medecine (at night) but I would rather have something more natural. I'...
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- The best remedy I have found (with myself and my four kids ~ages 21 down to 10) is to make a Lemon-Honey tea.... Use fresh lemon and do about 1/2 lemon and 1/2 honey i...
- I wish my memory worked. I recently googled something about that and there is a lot of information out there, sorry I'm not more help on that. However, the Vics baby...
- I have been that boiling ginger with a little sugar (I am sure honey would work too, I usually replace sugar with honey when I can, like suggested before check the age...
16 Month Old with a Non Stop Cough and Congested.
Asked by J.M. from Detroit
on January 25, 2008
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I've been using an organic cherry bark blend for his cough and it wasn't really working, and now i'm using a syrup called Sambucol that has elderberry, echinacea and p...
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- I have also heard about the vapor rub on your feet. Be careful if your child has asthma or allergies though. I was using the vapor bath liquid until my doctor told m...
- When my little ones have a cough I rub vicks on their feet and put socks on them before bed. It really helps. They did a study on it in Canada. Google it if you want t...
- Dear J., I too went thru this with my children too and it was very difficult to find an alternative to over the counter product. I never did find anything that work...
Sick Lil' Guy
Asked by J.G. from Canton
on September 8, 2008
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My son has a pretty nasty cold. We had to walk out on his year pictures yesterday. He has a nose that runs like a faucet, has been sneezing a lot, a cough, had a fev...
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- J. G, I'd keep a close watch on him, allergies are horrible right now, and if it is allergies he could end up with an infection. If he has a temperature at any point...
- J.- Sorry to hear your son has been sick. We are going through the SAME thing right now too. Not that I can add a whole lot more to the responses already given, but...
- It sounds like your little guy may have conjunctivitis (pink eye). It is where the cold virus gets in his eyes. If the whites of his eyes seem reddish/pinkish, if he s...
Persistent Cough
Asked by K.J. from York
on April 15, 2008
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My 2 year old had a cold w/ a slight fever for 2 days, and now has a hacking cough that nothing helps. I've tried Robetussin, cough lollipops, humidifier, even meltin...
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- Elevate her matress at night with a pillow underneath. The post nasal drip is probably causing her hacking. IF it sounds like a rattle in her chest it could be going i...
- Have you tried Vicks Vapor Rub on the chest at night? ALSO, I have heard that an old wives tale type cure for a night cough is a thin layer of Vicks on the soles of t...
- i am no doctor but i would think from my experience it sounds like croup. you may want to see a dr since she has a fever on and off. i know when my daughter had croup...
