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Hi my daughter is 7 and has had this constant cataarh that rattles in her throat, ive lost countof the times been to docs, sometimes its on her chest so they give her Anitibiotics, which after a week shes back the same.
is there anything i can try herbally for her, its sounds awful but a breath stinks really badly and ive tried to get her to cough it out and she just cant, people have noticed this habit she has of , rattling it, cant explain but she kind of rattles it in her throat,,[:'(]
any advice would be helpful. i asked the doc was there anything else i could take to get rid of it without the antibiotics, something to 'dissolve' it.
she said NO!
thanks



Hi there
Does she drink a lot of milk? Or eat bananas? These (well, dairy produce in general) are known mucous producers and you would be advised to cut them out of her diet.
I'm sure other people on this forum will come up with other ideas too.
Good luck to you and your daughter.
Love
Sunanda xxx



Hi,
My dad has terrible Cataarh, so bad infact his coughing used to make me vomit when I was younger!
He was given an electric Ioniser, and it made a huge difference to his sleeping and snoring. I gave him a salt crystal lamp for Christmas, and he said it was quite good, but he couldnt sleep with the light on, and I beleive its the heat from the bulb which helps send out the ions.
The electric ones are about £25 in Argos.
Cheers
Mark



thanks very much for your replies. she doesnt drink a lot of milk or eat bananas much but she does like cheese, i will look into the ioniser ,
i wish i could cough up for her![sm=banghead.gif] it gets really frustrating even for her.



Hi there,
My recommendation (having a son who suffered similar) would be to cut out ALL cow's milk protein for a month (cheese, milk, yoghurt etc) and replace with soya, goat or rice products. Also reduce the amount of processed carbohydrate and wheat in her diet. That alone will probably be enough but Plantago tincture and a good multivitamin (floradix for children is good) would be worthwhile too.
Two more thoughts - cranial osteopathy and constitutional homoeopathic treatment would be very beneficial too.
Sarah



yes to cutting out dairy but also try hopi ear candles.
I suffered terribly as a child and I ate loads of dairy.
I now suffer from rhinitis, and still eat loads of dairy, but get relief from the candles.



Sugar is another thing than can produce mucous...
Plantago is good. You can also try fresh ginger tea for helping clearing the lungs.
Artemis



thank you for all your replies.
Canyou use hopi candles on a child?
xxx