Gentle Healing for Baby and Child by Andrea Candee

[Gallery] Give your child the gift of natural health When your children are sick or injured, you want them to feel better -- fast. Although in some cases there is no substitute for traditional medical care, prescription drugs are not always the best answer. Countless parents are discovering that natural, health-promoting substances can often be both safer and more effective. Now, a master herbalist with more than twenty-five years of experience who is also a mother of two shares her natural approach to wellness. Inside you'll find easy holistic therapies for common childhood injuries and ailments, and learn: - how a banana can remove a splinter - which herbs help reduce fever - how an onion helps both bruises and earaches - why garlic is nature's antibiotic - how a spritz of rosemary hair juice prevents lice - why peppermint tea relieves both headaches and stomachaches - how gargling with lemon juice and table salt can ease a sore throat - why ginger root can ea