Herbal teas are not capable to do harm even to a children's organism if not to abuse them if it is correct to make and drink them. What herbal teas are especially recommended to be given to the child? How exactly they can affect children's health?
Fragrant and tasty herbal teas are capable to make favorable impact on health. Some of them perfectly are suitable for strengthening of immunity or for fight against viral seasonal diseases. Other drinks on the basis of herbs and flowers help to cheer up, add energy. There is special collecting which remove nervous tension and normalize a dream or positively influence digestion, work of internals. Many options of teas on herbs are admissible to be given also to children. What herbs it is possible and it is necessary to use at children's age?
Herbal teas for children: some nuances
It is recommended to enter the majority of teas on the basis of herbs and flowers into the child's diet after one year or three years. However some options, for example, tea with a camomile or fennel decoction, are admissible to be used when the child is absolutely small (of half a year or even earlier).
Herbal tea in the kids menu can be used not only as concrete remedy. It will add a variety, will perfectly cope with thirst. Separate types of herbal drinks can be applied for the purpose of prevention of any painful states, to normalization of health at the moment or to enrichment of a children's organism with useful substances and vitamins.
Beginning to give to drink to the child herbal tea, at first it is necessary to watch closely its reaction and the state of health very much. Many herbs are capable to cause allergic reaction. Too big dosage, plentiful drink of tea on herbs can also negatively affect children's health, having caused, for example, an indigestion. If is planned to give to the child herbal tea for the purpose of treatment, surely previously it is necessary to get advice at the children's doctor.
Grass infusions should not be done too strong. It is not recommended to give them in very hot look to the child also.
Top-5 herbal teas useful to children
Tea with a melissa
This herbal tea is useful in case the child sleeps badly, suffers from nightmares, often spills and very difficult fills up. The melissa will positively affect also day activity, removing concern and uneasiness at small children. It is recommended to make and give this herbal tea to the child if there are any problems with a stomach and with digestion in general. The melissa helps to strengthen nervous system, favorably affects immunity.
Lime tea
Such drink can be given to the child in pure form or with addition of sugar or honey. Honey should be mixed with tea accurately and small portions as he is capable to provoke a severe allergy.
Lime drink as well as tea with a melissa, removes nervous excitement and normalizes a dream. It improves process of assimilation and digestion of food, saves from problems with a chair. It is useful to give tea with a linden to children during a season of catarrhal diseases. As a part of drink there are vitamin C and flavonida which successfully fight against various inflammatory processes.
Drink with a plantain
Such herbal tea can be given to children from the smallest age, it practically does not cause allergic reaction. Tea with a plantain effectively fights against inflammations in an organism. It facilitates a state during a tonsillitis, ORVI/ORZ. If at the child gums are inflamed, then such tea will help too. It is worth addressing drink with a plantain and with the purpose to facilitate breath at various diseases of a respiratory system.
Tea with fennel
This natural means perfectly fights against various microbes therefore tea from fennel is recommended for the use in the period of diseases. Herbal tea is useful to children in the period of problems with digestion. It saves from intestines pains and gases, normalizes process of digestion of food and can serve as very soft, but effective depletive.
Tea with a thyme
If the child was tortured by belly-aches, gripes and other negative manifestations from digestive tract, once it gives such option of herbal tea. The thyme very quickly saves from serious condition and normalizes work of bodies of a GIT, helps to get rid of worms also. At the same time infusion of a thyme tones up, helps to cope with various loadings, it can be useful to children who only just began to adapt to school. The thyme at nervous tension, cough, high temperature and flu is effective.