DISCLAIMER- I am not a doctor or a dietician. Please talk to your doctor if your toddler is suffering from cough and cold for more than a week. This helped me a lot and if it helps any new mother I will be more than happy ?Also, you should not give honey to babies younger than 1-year-old.
Thanks to weaning and new playschool, little A’s immunity took a toll. For almost 2 months he suffered from cough and cold, on and off. In this period, we took him to the doctor a few times. But, every time his chest was clear and he was active, as well as eating well, so the doctor suggested it will go slowly as its an infection. That meant constant worry and sleepless nights for three of us. It was difficult to watch him cough heavily in the middle of the night. We tried OTC medicine, homeopathy syrup, warm water, honey, etc but nothing really helped.
Home Remedies For Nasal Congestion Or Cold In Babies
On our recent visit to doctor (this was the first time we saw this doctor as our doctor was not available), I told her that how he is suffering from few months and he puked cough last night. She said the same thing, that it’s difficult for him but he will ok soon as it a virus and it will take time. But when I told her that I gave him honey and it didn’t work either she suggested that I should try BUCKWHEAT HONEY.
I had no idea about what is buckwheat honey or it’s benefits. But I did my research and bought a bottle of buckwheat honey soon and started giving him. I gave him 2.5ml every day before bed. And to my surprise it helped us a lot. I saw changes in his cough pattern and we slept better during nights.
WHAT IS BUCKWHEAT HONEY?
Buckwheat honey is honey made by bees that collect nectar from buckwheat flowers. Buckwheat is a grain-like seed that is very nutritious and have many health benefits. As the buckwheat flowers are very tiny, bees has to work extra hard to collect nectar and hence this honey is very delicious and highly nutritious than the regular honey. Buckwheat honey is darker in color than regular honey.
In a study conducted on 105 children – they were aged 2-18, and all were suffering from cough. They were ill for more than seven days and experienced symptoms during the night. 35 of them were randomly selected and given a dose of buckwheat honey, another 33 were given dextromethorphan (found in OTC cough medicine), while the other 37 were given nothing, 30 minutes before bedtime. The researchers found that honey helped children the most followed by dextromethorphan. Honey helped in problems like cough frequency, cough severity, the child’s sleep, and the parents’ sleep. What else we want ? 😛
OTHER BENEFITS OF BUCKWHEAT HONEY
- Wound care
- High in antioxidants
- Reducing cholesterol
- Skincare
If this helps anyone of you I will be more than happy and thanks for reading 🙂