If you want to treat your child to a healthy and tasty drink or start accustoming your baby to warm family tea parties, parents often have a question, what kind of tea should you drink?
Black and green disappear due to their strong stimulating effect on the body, and factory instant not everyone wants to buy.
Then it is worth remembering children's herbal teas & ndash; a separate and not too common category, which, nevertheless, allows parents to immediately solve several questions: how to drink/strengthen the immune system/pamper tasty/be useful and safe for the child.
What phytochas can a child under 1 year old use?
The youngest children herbal tea & nbsp; should be given with high caution, always after consulting a doctor. Dill seed infusion & ndash; this is the first herbal drink being prepared for newborns. And starting from 4-6 months, the baby can already be watered with prophylactic phytoche with chamomile.
What phytochas can children under 3 years old use?
Older children who have a fully formed GI can expand the number of phyto-ingredients, maintaining a constant variety of tastes.
Depending on the components, children's herbal teas are divided into:
- vitamin and immunosuppressive;
- soothing;
- curative.
The latter is prescribed only by a doctor for health reasons, taking into account the characteristics of the body. Herbal remedies can be prescribed for children when:
- colds, coughs;
- elevated temperature;
- digestive problems.
Vitamin charges are drunk like regular tea, regardless of season, instead of black or green.
Strengthening tea may include chamomile, rose hips, raspberry and currant leaves, sage, mother-and-stepmother, plantain, linden flowers.
It is not necessary to look for blends with 3-4-5 types of herbs: even monophytoche will enrich the child's body with useful substances.
Soothing teas are prepared for the child after consulting a doctor: if the doctor recommends sedatives, then you can try phytochai with mint or lemon balm. A child is watered with such drinks 1-1.5 hours before bedtime.
Each new herbal tea ingredient should be administered carefully, closely observing the possible manifestation of allergic reactions. For children, the recommended average phyto-capital rates per day & ndash; 2-3 cups.
Making children's herbal tea
The younger the child, the weaker his tea should be.
Average proportions are 1 dessert spoon of dry herbal brew per 150-200 ml of water.
Infuse tea in glassware, monitoring the concentration of the drink. A 2-3 minute exposure will be enough to complete the extraction, and the drink will become healthy, tasty and aromatic.
For brewing, the water is taken relatively hot - temperatures of about 75-85 degrees. Herbal teas are served with honey, dried fruits, permitted children's desserts.
Herbal teas are stored in a dry room, in an opaque container protected from sunlight and oxygen. Children need to prepare teas only from fresh blends, with a shelf life of up to 4-8 months.
Expert Opinion
It should be remembered that in addition to useful, phytochas can also be harmful to the body & ndash; this applies to grasses that are collected in polluted industrial areas or in areas near roads with heavy traffic.
To avoid this risk, you need to collect herbs yourself, which requires a lot of knowledge, or buy from reliable suppliers.
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