|Children and Herbal Therapy | With its focus on preventive
medicine, holistic approaches to health can be most helpful in
many of the common problems of childhood. If conditions are
brought under control during childhood they can often be avoided
entirely in adult life. Examples are asthma and eczema, both of
which can start at a very early age and become an ongoing theme
throughout the persons life. If treated successfully with herbs
there is rarely a continuation of the disease into adulthood.
Children have special needs and special plants address these
needs. Whenever possible focus upon the tonics and normalizers.
The healing capacity of children can be quite incredible. The
most relevant remedies are pointed out in each section below.
Care must also be given to dosage, obviously a lower dosage
being used. For details of the standard pharmaceutical formulae
used to convert adult dosage to that appropriate for any
particular age, please refer to the preparations chapter or
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