Many people have childhood memories of how they were treated with sweet radish and honey syrup. This folk remedy uses relevance to this day, as the root crop has a unique composition and is useful in various diseases.
How to make a therapeutic radish with cough honey for children in learn in our article. We will tell you how this vegetable is useful and how to give it to babies with colds. You can also watch a useful and interesting video on this topic.
The chemical composition of the root
Radish is often used in traditional medicine to treat many diseases.. This is not surprising, since this root crop contains vitamins A, B1, B2, B5, B6, C, E, PP, various amino acids, fiber, important micro and macronutrients, such as iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, calcium and phosphorus.
The calorie content of radish is 36 kcal, the amount of proteins in its composition is 1.9 g, fat 0.2 g, carbohydrates 6.7 g. Also, the vegetable contains dietary fiber, organic amino acids, and ash.
Due to its composition, radish has many useful properties., but it is allowed to eat not all children. Can I use very young children? For babies up to three years, this vegetable is not recommended.
The benefits and harm to the child's body
Due to its composition, the radish has many useful properties, but it is not allowed to eat it to all children. Can I use very young children? For babies up to three years, this vegetable is not recommended.
Root crop has many beneficial properties.:
Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic.- A high content of fiber in the vegetable helps to normalize the work of the intestine and acts as a prevention of constipation.
- Radish is also good as an antioxidant.
- Vegetable improves appetite.
- Root contains substances that have a beneficial effect on the nervous system, blood vessels and heart.
Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic.In addition, when a vegetable enters the body in the blood, the mustard glycosides are absorbed, which are then released from the body through the lungs, exerting an antimicrobial, expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect on their tissue and bronchi. Therefore, radish can be used to treat tracheitis and bronchitis in children over three years old.
Besides that black radish should not be given to very young childrenShe also has some other contraindications:
- Vegetables should not be given to children who have chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as stomach ulcers, gastritis, colitis, etc.
- Radish should not eat those kids who suffer from acute and chronic kidney disease.
- Root is contraindicated in the propensity to allergies.
- Also, you should not eat it to those children who suffer from dysmetabolic nephropathies, as it aggravates these ailments.
- Radish should not be used for cardiac arrhythmia and tachycardia.
Features of use for adults and children
Medical folk remedy for cough of radish and honey is drunk by adults with tablespoonsand. Babies cannot use such syrup in these quantities, therefore, when treating cough, a therapeutic drug is given to them in teaspoons or counted down drop by drop.
At what age can you give and how much?
Modern pediatricians do not recommend treating a child under three years old with radish with honey. The fact is that the vegetable is able to irritate the mucous membranes of the tender children's stomach and intestines.
but more than twenty years ago, some doctors allowed us to treat a cough with this folk remedy and children from year. But this can only be done very carefully, adhering to the following instructions:
- Freeze and then melt 50 ml of boiled water.
- Then mix it with 3-5 drops of root juice.
This solution could be given to the child once a day before feeding.
How to cook and eat?
Many parents do not trust modern pharmaceutical cough medicines., as some of them contain a large number of chemicals in their composition and cause side effects. In this regard, they prefer to treat children with folk remedies. But such a position can also be dangerous.
Important: If there is no improvement for 3-4 days after taking the radish syrup with honey for cough, then you should immediately take the child to the doctor. Self-treatment in such cases can face serious complications.
How to choose to cook for treatment?
There are several types of radish, they are all similar in composition.. Green radish or Margilan is best for treating young children from coughing, it is also rich in vitamins, minerals and amino acids, but there is no mustard oil in it, so it is not bitter at all.
White or winter radish also contains many vitamins, phosphorus, potassium and calcium. Most doctors advise that you use it to cure a child from coughing, as it has a more delicate taste than black and is not so allergic.
Despite the obvious advantages of green and white radish, most popular recipes still use black radish, since it is believed that this particular root crop contains the most beneficial substances.
What kind of radish to choose for the preparation of the healing syrup is decided by the parents of the baby, based on the individual characteristics relating to his health. But when buying a vegetable, you should choose solid, whole without damage to the shell specimens. Root crop should have a diameter of about 10-15 centimeters. A large fruit will be overripe and a small fruit unripened. These vegetables contain less vitamins.
Recipe
The recipe for healing cough syrup from radish and honey is quite simple. First you need to prepare the following ingredients:
- 1 root crop with a diameter of 10-15 cm;
- 2 teaspoons of floral or lime natural honey.
Next you need to act as follows:
- Root thoroughly washed under running water.
- Cut off its top to get a cap.
- Next, inside the radish, make a small funnel, pour into it two teaspoons of honey, so that there is little free space left.
- Then the "pot" is covered with an improvised lid.
- Give the radish with honey to infuse from 4 to 12 hours. During this time, the vegetable will allocate juice, in which the honey should dissolve. Use the same root can be no more than three times.
We recommend to watch the video about cooking black radish with honey for cough in children:
If you need to cook urgently?
You can also get a healing medicine in a faster way.. To do this, peel the radish, rub on a fine grater, put in a glass jar and add 3-4 tablespoons of natural honey. In this case, the syrup stands out almost immediately and can be taken immediately.
How to use?
Children are treated with this tool quite willingly, since radish juice with honey has a pleasant taste and is easy to take. If, however, parents decide to treat a child under 2 or 3 years old in this way, then pediatricians recommend giving them this syrup one teaspoon three times a day. For children from 3 to 7 years old, one dessert spoon is also not more than three times a day. Those over 7 years old and teenagers are allowed to take one tablespoon twice a day.
It is worth noting that the duration of cough treatment with radish and honey should not exceed 5-7 days. It is best to take this syrup half an hour before meals, without drinking. It is also worth saying that doctors do not recommend treating cough with this remedy more than once every six months.
Compress
In order to make a compress to a child or adult, you must:
- grate black radish, mix with a small amount of honey;
- squeeze out excess liquid from the resulting mixture;
- wrap the composition in a thin cloth or gauze;
- the resulting compress can be put to the child both between the shoulder blades and on the chest;
- top cover with cellophane and a warm blanket;
- leave for 15-20 minutes, then removed.
It is best to do this procedure before bedtime, so that the patient, dressed in warm pajamas, can immediately go to bed. You can make such a compress for children from three years.
Conclusion
Many pediatricians advise the use of radish and cough honey as an aid to basic treatment. It is also believed that this method of treatment is well suited to get rid of residual effects after suffering ARVI.
