Alternative Medicine for a 2 Year Old's Cough

Hi J.,

We use the Melaleuca oil & a product called Sol-U-Mel.

I put two capfuls in the cold mist vaporizor.
We used this process in our son's room for his asthma too.

It seems to do the trick. My kids didn't like the smell at first, but they got used to it. And we saw a huge improvement. We also use the oil for brochile (Spelling ?)infections. It worked incredibley well.

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My pediatrician also recommended that we could just use regular corn syrup for our 2 yr olds cough. Similar to honey, I suppose, but would be available for kids under 1. She said it coats the throat and works as a cough medicine would, without the worry, as we choose to limit any medications as much as possible at this age. As for the decongestant, we use a saline mixture, which is difficult to administer to a 2 yr old, but we have a spray bottle that you can put in their nose and gently tilt back so it drips in a little (rather than spray) and that will loosen up things a little. Good luck! I know it can seem never ending!

I was just reading an article on this. It says a teaspoon of honey for kids over one. Here is a link to the article http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314805,00.html

Try zone theraphy. It is great. No drugs, they become addictive.

There is a children's cough syrup out there that has no sugar in it that will help with her getting hyper. We had to use it with our children too. I cant' remember the name right now. and i just threw the bottle away. but if you ask at a pharmacy they should be able to tell you

I have always bought a whole pineapple and cut it up and let them eat a few cut pieces. Dont buy canned pineapple because of the juice and other things they put into it. I heard of this from my friend and it has always worked when it was just a cough and not when it was not bronchitis or pneumonia. It usually stops the cough. I have never had it not work. Children under six should not be using cough medicine anyway anymore. My daughter and son both had this horrible cough for almost 5 months and they put them on different antibiotics and nothing worked until they were both put on a steriod for 3 days. I was nervous about it but, I do have to day that by that third day it was almost totally gone.
With the Vicks also put it under her armpits and on her chest this will help alot.

Try a spoonful of honey (of course this is only good for kids over one). I think it works because of the way it coats an irritated throat. It has worked great for my kids. Good luck!