All parents strive to ensure that their children fully eat, and their daily diet must include fruits, vegetables and other foods rich in vitamins. So you can strengthen the immunity of the child, that is, increase the resistance of the child's body to infections.
It is immunity that plays the role of a special “armor” that protects us from pathogens. Therefore, it is so important to increase it in order to maintain the
health of the child and make him less vulnerable to various infections. This is especially difficult in winter and spring, when there may be a lack of vitamins in the diet of children.
Of course, you can buy special drugs at any pharmacy, but many experts believe that their use is not enough to strengthen the immune system properly. For these purposes, it is desirable to use infusions of medicinal herbs.
Useful properties of echinacea and its use
Traditional medicine is well known for such a plant as echinacea. For immunity, children are often prescribed it. Echinacea is a unique plant, all parts of which, from roots to flowers and seeds, are extremely beneficial. The healing power is due to the fact that their composition includes many components vital for the body.
Echinacea is rich in useful resins, essential oils, antioxidants (the most important of which are vitamins A, E and C) and organic acids, and also contains macroelements (calcium, magnesium, iron, silicon, sodium) and trace elements (selenium and manganese).
Due to these components, this plant is widely used in medicine as an immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral and antihistamine.
Echinacea is necessary for immunity in children, but it is also recommended for use in diseases of the bladder, as a remedy for colds, flu and acute respiratory infections, for external use.
Separately, it is worth noting its powerful restorative effect on the human body. Granted to people by nature itself, it is a great alternative to synthetic immunomodulators.
With regular use of echinacea by adults and children, doctors note the stimulation of the redirection of leukocytes from blood vessels to damaged tissues, in addition, the multiplication of microbes is significantly inhibited and immunity is strengthened.
Echinacea for immunity in children
Children, using public transport and being in a team, are at increased risk of contracting various infections. And when a
child is often sick, his immunity decreases. The first thing you need to do is increase it. In this case,
echinacea is necessary
for the immunity of children. Doctors' reviews about this remedy are positive, they strongly recommend taking it to maintain the vitality of a weakened body.
In addition, echinacea helps to get rid of various chronic diseases, has a local healing effect. It also saturates the body with useful substances and therefore is widely used during the rehabilitation period after an illness, especially when antibacterial or radiation methods of treatment were used.
Recommendations for use
Due to the exceptional properties of this remedy, echinacea for immunity is prescribed to children quite often. The following dosage forms: tablets, herb, syrup, tincture. Here are some recommendations for use:
- Echinacea preparations are used before meals.
- The tablets must first be crushed into powder and washed down with warm water.
- Echinacea broth is best prepared in a thermos.
- Syrup is given to children for 1-2 teaspoons 3 times a day.
- Tincture of Echinacea is taken 5-10 drops twice a day, previously diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 3.
Contraindications and side effects
Almost any medical device has contraindications for use. Echinacea was no exception . Tincture for immunity for children under 12 years of age is contraindicated due to its alcohol content. Therefore, for children whose age has not yet reached this mark, doctors prescribe tea, syrup or tablets. Please note that echinacea for immunity in children under 1 year of age can only be prescribed by your doctor.
A contraindication to taking drugs with echinacea is also its individual intolerance. In order to avoid the development of adverse reactions and overdose, do not exceed the dose prescribed by the doctor or indicated in the annotation!