Home Remedies for Diaper Rash

Found these great home remedies at AOL Health Following are a few of the remedies listed with a few of my own remedies added in. If you want to see the complete list follow the link AOL Health.

Home remedies for a headache:

Lay down in a darkened room. You can also take a hot bath using a few drops of lavender essential oil or you can simply inhale the scent of the lavender oil. Alternatively you can rub the area between your thumb and pointer finger, and/or open your mouth wide several times to relieve jaw tension. Headaches can also be caused by dehydration or dehydration can make your headache worse. So make sure to drink plenty of fluids. Drink an electrolyte solution such as Gatorade if you are very dehydrated.

Home remedies for nausea:

Drink lemon water, peppermint tea and/or suck on a peppermint to reduce your stomach pains. You can drink ginger tea or sip ginger ale, but be sure to get the kind with real ginger from a health food store.

Home Remedy for In-Flight Comfort:

Try yawning or chewing food or gum, since this can reduce the pressure on your ears. To prevent the ear pain from occuring you can put hand warmers (like those used for skiing) on your ears before takeoffs and landings and you won’t feel the pain of the pressure change.

Natural Cold Remedies:

For a sore throat gargle warm water with a heaping teaspoon of salt or drink Hot Lemonade

Home remedies for diaper rash:

Coat the rash with a thin layer of vegetable shortening. It will act as a moisturizer and help soothe the rash.

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Hot Lemonade Recipe

Take one big water glass. Into the bottom of it put 1 large spoonful of honey and 1 cinnamon stick. Slice a half a lemon into thin slices and put those in too. Now squeeze the remaining lemon half, and 1 more lemon, and put the juice into the glass. Fill with hot water, stir, and serve to the sick person with the glass wrapped in a napkin.

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Recently the Food and Drug Administration recommended that cough and cold medicines not be used in children under the age of 2 because of rare but serious and potentially life-threatening side effects, primarily caused by dosing problems. In response to the FDA’s recommendation, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, the makers of cough and cold medicines, announced that these over-the-counter formulas would now have labels warning parents not to give the products to children under 4 years of age.

The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages physicians not to prescribe cold and cough medicine for children younger than 6. They base this advice on several studies that have shown that the medicines are not effective at treating cold symptoms in this age group. The FDA is continuing to look into the efficacy of medicines for children 2 to 11 years old.

So what’s a parent to do with flu and cold season already upon us. Here are some sugggestions from Dr. Richard Ball, a pediatrician with 27 years of experience, and many other pediatricians recommend:

Lots of fluids: The idea says Ball, is to think out the mucus that builds up during a cold-virus infections so that it is easier to clear out. Try chicken soup,tea (I like chamomille and thyme tea as they are both good for colds and coughs),broth or clear liquids. Stay away from dairy products as these tend to increase mucus.

A cool mist humidifier: It can help with the discomfort of a scratchy throat, but make sure to clean it frequently, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. I like to add a few drops of eucalyptus oil to the water. The oil given off by the eucalyptus leaf is called eucalyptol and has powerful healing, disinfectant and antiseptic properties. If you don’t want to add eucalyptus oil to the humidifier than sprinkle a bit on a hankerchief and tuck it in their pillow.

Steam: Turn on the hot water in the bathroom and let the child breathe the warm steam for 10 minutes help relieve congestion. You could also put a hankerchief with 6 to 12 drops of eucalyptus oil on it and place in the sink where the water is running. Just be careful not to let your child put hands or face near the hot running water.

Saline nasal wash: A salt-water wash to clean out the nose is very helpful to infants, who can’t blow their noses. You place drops in each nostril and use a suction bulb to pull mucus out of the nose. Be sure to sterilize between uses. Saline nasal spray may also relive stuffiness for older children. I know several adults who use the saline solution and say it works great.

Honey: Several studies have shown that buckwheat honey is as effective as over-the-counter cough supressants. Parents frequently report that it helps children sleep without coughing all night. But DO NOT GIVE HONEY TO CHOLDREN YOUNGER 1 YEAR OLD. There is rare but serious risk of infant botulism, which can be fatal. Pediatricians also remind parents that a cough serves an important purpose – to clear out the mucus and during the day, there’s no reason to suppress it.

Plain,old fashioned prevention: Though this one often seems like a losing battle try to get your kids wash their hands frequently. I know they make those cool foaming soaps and sometimes kids are more likely to use those since they are fun. Also, encourage them to cough into their sleeve or elbow, and make sure they get plenty of rest.

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