Herbal Remedies
Most kids here in US often gets sick with cold and cough during winter. We always rely on known cold medicines like Tylenol etc… to comfort the child.
But back home in India, There are certain herbal remedies that we use. It’s something we have been using for many generations. But here in US we are afraid to use it because the AMA (American Medical Association) does not recommend any herbal remedies.
It is true that certain herbal remedies surely do help for some minor ailments. But the only factor that is preventing us from using it is the fear factor. If it does have some side effect and if we have to take our child in to the doctor – ‘What do we tell the doctor?’ This is the only reason why we don’t use it.
Meanwhile when our parents come here and see their grandkids suffer, they just can’t take the fact that we are not doing the some things they did to us when we were a child.
Whenever I try to explain the reason to them they always ask me
‘Aren’t you still alive and healthy?’
Beats me. I am not sure how to answer this.
2 comments:
It is always better to play safe. We can do 'trial and error' for many things in life but not when it comes to a child's health. Back in those days they did not have the Physician-patient relationship that we have today. When we have it why not use it to its full potential?
Awareness makes us cautious. Are we more aware when it comes to science and medicine today than our older generation, when they were like us? I think the answer is yes. Moreover do we know as much as they did when it comes to herbal remedies. I think the answer is no. So go with the best we have.
Just couple of hours ago... I had to shout at the kids on our street for playing in the stagnant dirty waters. God knows how many bacteria and virus live in that pool. They were having fun by catching fish, I really felt bad for shouting at them -- after all they are kids. They will never get ill, their immune system is prepared for the worse and they continue to get better by living a carefree life.
Medicine are only invented in the last century and most of your medicine still protected under patent. I wonder how mankind survived in the past. I trust old methods still, in which turmeric and garlic are used raw instead of packed in a capsule with a hard to spell name written all over... oh yea that expires.
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