Fennel or "pharmaceutical fennel" as call this perennial plant, is known for the remedies for a long time. The grass is vitamin-rich, essential oils, organic acids. In Ancient Greece fennel was used for elimination of problems with digestion. And today pediatricians advise to apply dill broths and infusions to disposal of gripes of newborns.
In traditional medicine fennel is one of the most widespread plants. Use of medicines on its basis is recommended at weight loss, treatment of a neurasthenia, bronchial asthma and other illnesses. Sweet fennel is irreplaceable in care for babies, "dill water" or tea, broth, infusion of fennel are capable to remove unpleasant symptoms at a meteorizm, gripes.
Fennel in treatment of a meteorizm of newborns
The gripes which are expressed in spasms, the increased gas generation, an abdominal distension can be observed at newborns during adaptation of digestive system of the kid. To calm the baby and to save it from pains, parents should use the checked recipe. Dill water on the basis of fennel is natural means which was applied still by our grandmothers. Fennel improves an intestines vermicular movement. The mixture prepared from fennel helps at complex treatment of a problem of gripes.
The essential oils which are a part of fennel reduce an abdominal distension. Besides, the grass of fennel has the antibacterial, antifungal and calming effect. She removes intestines muscles spasms therefore the kid will cease to suffer from the raised meteorizm. Dill water accelerates adaptation of digestive tract of the newborn to new conditions. It is a fine alternative to pharmaceutical means from gripes, insomnias. After intake of dill tea, drink on the basis of fennel the baby will quickly fall asleep.
How to use fennel from gripes
Quite often doctors recommend to take tea on the basis of fennel to the feeding mothers. The product allows to increase development of breast milk, to adjust a lactation. In small amounts at problems with digestion or nervous tension pregnant women can use fennel. However it is always necessary to consider individual intolerance of components of a plant, including, at treatment of gripes of newborns. For babies it is possible to prepare fennel infusion independently, having used pharmaceutical raw materials. For this purpose the teaspoon of the crushed fruits of fennel is filled in with a glass of boiled water and infuse liquid within half an hour. Having filtered, the cooled-down dill water can be given to the kid from a small bottle or by means of a spoon. It is the best of all to give infusion from fennel fruits between feedings because means reduces appetite. It is enough to use one tablespoon of medicine a day to notice positive effect. To save time, it is possible to use the medicines made on the basis of fennel. It can be ready tea with pharmaceutical fennel, means of "Plantex". Such medicines do not demand insisting and filtering, they are made taking into account a dosage. Newborns can not only allow to drink fennel from gripes, but also to use dill water for treatment of skin inflammations, an intertrigo. For this purpose infusion of fennel is added to water for bathing, wipe sites with rashes the cotton pads moistened in dill water.