All About Supplements for Children

[Jworld]

you’re right to say that natural herbs and ways are best for sickly condition.


My mother in law have recently been boiling pear and some herbs for my kid to drink. There seems improvement. I have recently boiled apple to share the drink with her. We both seem to feel better after that.

But I still continue with the supplements. Frankly, anything can be harmful. Who knows. Somedays the news may report our apples and pears are poisoned or some negative effect on some herbs.

Before all these happen, we will just do what we feel most comfortable.

[Happy Mama]

Jworld:

you're right to say that natural herbs and ways are best for sickly condition.


My mother in law have recently been boiling pear and some herbs for my kid to drink. There seems improvement. I have recently boiled apple to share the drink with her. We both seem to feel better after that.

But I still continue with the supplements. Frankly, anything can be harmful. Who knows. Somedays the news may report our apples and pears are poisoned or some negative effect on some herbs.

Before all these happen, we will just do what we feel most comfortable.

Hi Jworld, just curious, may I know what's the health benefits of boiling pear with the herbs? and may I know what are those herbs?

You also mentioned boiling apple. What else do you boil apple with? What health benefits does boiling apple have?

Many thanks! :celebrate:

[Jworld]

Happy Mama:

Jworld:

you're right to say that natural herbs and ways are best for sickly condition.


My mother in law have recently been boiling pear and some herbs for my kid to drink. There seems improvement. I have recently boiled apple to share the drink with her. We both seem to feel better after that.

But I still continue with the supplements. Frankly, anything can be harmful. Who knows. Somedays the news may report our apples and pears are poisoned or some negative effect on some herbs.

Before all these happen, we will just do what we feel most comfortable.

Hi Jworld, just curious, may I know what's the health benefits of boiling pear with the herbs? and may I know what are those herbs?

You also mentioned boiling apple. What else do you boil apple with? What health benefits does boiling apple have?

Many thanks! :celebrate:

I can't remember the herbs that were used. I think one of them is chun bei, wu hua guo, nan xin and bei xin. The rest can't recall. My mom just went to the TCM shop and they recommended to her.

In any case, even boil the pear without the herbs are good enough, for cases like cough, bad throat. Not only you can the whole fruit's essence, but also at the same time take in a lot more fluid since it's a drink.

For Apple, quite easy. Just slice 3 - 4 apples, without peel. Boil with 1 litre of water until the apple is soft. throw away the apple and cool down the drink. Then you can start drinking. Good for fever condition. Even no fever, just a bit of heaty, also can drink. My daughter and I no fever. We both drank that last Saturday.

[Happy Mama]

Jworld:

I can't remember the herbs that were used. I think one of them is chun bei, wu hua guo, nan xin and bei xin. The rest can't recall. My mom just went to the TCM shop and they recommended to her. In any case, even boil the pear without the herbs are good enough, for cases like cough, bad throat. Not only you can the whole fruit's essence, but also at the same time take in a lot more fluid since it's a drink.


For Apple, quite easy. Just slice 3 - 4 apples, without peel. Boil with 1 litre of water until the apple is soft. throw away the apple and cool down the drink. Then you can start drinking. Good for fever condition. Even no fever, just a bit of heaty, also can drink. My daughter and I no fever. We both drank that last Saturday.

Thanks Jworld. I think I'll try with the apple first since dd is heaty and feeling under the weather today.

[24hr-mum]

oh i thot boiling fruits will kill the enzymes in them. and i thought fresh fruit juice better?

[Jworld]

24hr-mum:

oh i thot boiling fruits will kill the enzymes in them. and i thought fresh fruit juice better?

Not sure why fresh fruit juice doesn't give the same benefit. I also wonder. :? But last week, after drinking the apple water, I felt different. I usually get itchy throat in the evening esp if I don't have enough rest. But last Sat after drinking that, I didn't feel any discomfort in my throat ever since.

Some ppl also wonder why we don't just eat the fruit. But I guess if we drink the water, not only we get the good vitamins from the fruit, we are also taking in more fluid which is good for all the heaty and/or feverish condition.

[sall]

Jworld:

24hr-mum:

oh i thot boiling fruits will kill the enzymes in them. and i thought fresh fruit juice better?

Some ppl also wonder why we don't just eat the fruit. But I guess if we drink the water, not only we get the good vitamins from the fruit, we are also taking in more fluid which is good for all the heaty and/or feverish condition.

Heat destroys vitamin c and many other nutrients present in fruits. Even fruits that are stored for some time contains less vitamin c, research has shown this to be true.

[Jworld]

sall:

Jworld:

[quote=\"24hr-mum\"]oh i thot boiling fruits will kill the enzymes in them. and i thought fresh fruit juice better?

Some ppl also wonder why we don't just eat the fruit. But I guess if we drink the water, not only we get the good vitamins from the fruit, we are also taking in more fluid which is good for all the heaty and/or feverish condition.

Heat destroys vitamin c and many other nutrients present in fruits. Even fruits that are stored for some time contains less vitamin c, research has shown this to be true.[/quote]Vit C is just one of the many goodness in an apple. Apples are good because of the fibre and plenty of phytonutrients. There are many home remedies that recommend drinking apple water to reduce fever symptoms. Today I boil apples again cuz my daughter is down with running nose she caught from her classmates. As there was a lot leftover, so I drank some of it and am feeling less heaty now (this morning I was having some phlegm).

[Jworld]

Here is a list of the nutirients in Apples (one medium apple)


VITAMINS:
Vitamin A - 73 IU
Vitamin C - 9 mg
Folate (important during pregnancy) - 4 mcg
Vitamin E - .66 IU

MINERALS:
Potassium - 158 mg
Calcium - 9.5 mg
Phosphorus - 9.5 mg
Magnesium - 7 mg
Selenium - .4 mg
Also contains small amounts of iron, manganese, copper and zinc.

[Ed1975]

Anything good for the eyes. My son is 5yrs old and eye sight not too good. Thanks!