| Question: Sometimes it seems the coughing
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| | congested area, making sure it is not too
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| will never end, especially during cold
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| | hot to the touch, and cover with a
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| and flu season. The pharmacy shelves are
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| | terrycloth towel to retain the heat.
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| stocked with cough syrups full of
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| | As the onion poultice cools on your
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| chemicals, alcohol and dyes. Are there
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| | child’s chest, prepare another one to
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| natural cough remedies to try?
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| | replace it.
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| Andrea Candee replies: Try some of these
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| | This procedure can be repeated several
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| easily prepared cough remedies made from
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| | times using fresh onions for each
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| nature’s pharmacy.
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| | poultice.
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| Onion-Honey Cough Syrup
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| | The Onion Pack
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| Here’s a sweet and delicious cough
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| | I’ve never seen anything work faster to
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| remedy your child will love to eat! The
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| | stop incessant coughing than a pack made
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| anti-inflammatory properties of both
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| | of yellow onion. When my sons coughed
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| honey and onion help relax coughing
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| | through the night, remaining asleep while
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| spasms and soothe irritated tissue. Onion
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| | I lay awake, I’d head for the kitchen
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| and honey are anti-microbial, as well.
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| | to prepare this remedy. By the time I
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| Research reveals that onions, as well as
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| | would get from the bed to the door, the
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| garlic and cayenne, produce an irritation
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| | coughing would stop!
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| in the stomach lining that signals the
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| | The medicinal properties of the onion are
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| lungs to release a flow of secretions
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| | contained in its fumes and the inhalation
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| that help thin sticky, thickened mucus.
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| | of them is what does the trick. The room
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| Can you recall how peeling an onion
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| | won’t smell so fabulous in the morning,
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| brings tears to your eyes? That’s the
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| | but I always figured it was worth a
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| same mechanism in action. This is what
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| | night’s sleep.
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| makes onion such a good expectorant,
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| | Thinly slice a small yellow onion, place
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| breaking up congestion in the lungs.
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| | in cheesecloth, folding it over to make a
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| Mountain Rose Herbs. A herbs, health and
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| | self-contained “pack.”
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| harmony company. Since 1987
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| | Place in a 200-degree oven for just a few
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| In a small saucepan, mix together 1 cup
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| | minutes to warm it.
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| honey; 1 medium, yellow onion, chopped;
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| | Place on your child’s chest, taping in
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| and 1 tablespoon thyme leaf (more, if you
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| | place with surgical tape and covering
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| use it fresh).
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| | with a nightshirt.
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| Cook the above ingredients until the
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| | Chest-Relaxing Ginger Rub
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| onion is softened.
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| | When your child’s chest feels tight as
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| Serve warm by itself, eaten by the
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| | a result of cold or flu and coughing is
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| teaspoonful, over mashed potatoes or with
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| | painful, a ginger rub will bring herbal
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| your child’s favorite vegetable, meat
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| | heat to the chest. Ginger’s stimulating
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| or chicken.
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| | properties increase circulation and help
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| Small amounts may be eaten several times
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| | loosen things up, with greater comfort
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| a day, if desired.
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| | being the happy result. I can remember
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| The healing properties of thyme have
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| | times when this remedy was so effective
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| often been called upon in another of my
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| | that the next night my son required an
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| passions, directing children’s theatre.
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| | onion pack to stop the incessant coughing
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| Sometimes, the fledgling thespians’
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| | from all the loosened phlegm!
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| vocal chords don’t hold up for multiple
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| | To prepare this rub, mix together 1
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| performances, so I share the formula with
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| | tablespoon each of powdered ginger
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| their parents, suggesting they use it
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| | (Zingiber off.) (purchased from a health
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| throughout the day. I also recommend that
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| | food store, where it will not have been
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| they send their children to the
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| | irradiated) and a non-petrolated
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| performances with a container of
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| | petroleum jelly (also available at a
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| honey-sweetened thyme tea. School plays
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| | health food store).
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| don’t usually have understudies, so you
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| | The mixture will look rather like brown
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| can imagine how important in the
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| | frosting. But don’t eat it — spread
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| microcosm of the little actors’ world a
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| | it on your child’s chest, then cover
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| remedy for laryngitis can be!
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| | with a cotton T-shirt.
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| Thyme-Honey Syrup
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| | A reddening of the area is normal and
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| Thyme is an excellent expectorant as well
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| | indicates that the ginger is increasing
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| as an anti-microbial herb, and honey not
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| | circulation to the capillaries near the
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| only soothes but acts as a preservative
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| | surface of the skin.
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| as well. I keep this wonderful-tasting
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| | In the morning, the petroleum jelly will
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| syrup in my refrigerator all winter long.
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| | have been absorbed and the ginger will
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| It can be used for colds, coughs,
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| | have worked its magic, as indicated by
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| laryngitis and sore throats.
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| | your child’s ability to breathe more
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| Steep 1 ounce of dried thyme leaf (Thymus
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| | easily.
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| vulgaris) in 1 cup boiled water, covered,
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| | Another wonderful reason to use ginger: A
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| until cool.
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| | Brigham Young University study revealed
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| Strain; mix the liquid with 1 cup of
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| | that this herb significantly decreased
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| honey.
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| | nausea and diarrhea associated with the
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| Store refrigerated in a glass jar. It
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| | 24-hour flu.
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| keeps well for several months.
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| | Aromatic Congestion Oil
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| Give undiluted doses of 1 teaspoon to 1
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| | Blending together any of the following
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| tablespoon several times a day as needed.
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| | oils will create a treatment that deeply
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| Thyme-Eucalyptus Bath
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| | penetrates tissue, stimulating blood flow
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| Another way to benefit from the
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| | to the lung area, helping to open air
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| anti-microbial properties of thyme is in
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| | passages. In addition, the herbs are
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| an inhalation bath. As thyme is also a
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| | anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial.
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| bronchodilater, it’s a good way to help
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| | Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
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| relieve the constricted breathing that
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| | Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus)
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| can be experienced with a chest cold,
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| | Peppermint (Mentha piperita)
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| pneumonia or bronchitis.
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| | Lavender (Lavandula off.)
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| Eucalyptus helps stimulate secretions and
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| | Anise (Pimpinella anisum)
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| is anti-microbial. Before immersing your
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| | Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
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| child in this bath, be sure that the
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| | Hyssop (Hyssopus off.)
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| eucalyptus is well tolerated. I have
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| | For children under 8 years of age, blend
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| found that some allergic, asthmatic
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| | 6 drops of combined essential oils in a
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| children experience just the opposite: a
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| | teaspoon of carrier oil such as almond,
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| constricted, heavy feeling in the chest.
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| | apricot kernel or grapeseed. For the
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| Steep 2 tablespoons dried thyme leaf in 1
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| | older child, increase the dilution to 10
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| quart of boiled water for 30 minutes;
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| | drops to the teaspoon of oil.
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| strain; add to bath water.
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| | The congestion oil may be rubbed on the
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| Add 4 to 6 drops essential oil of
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| | chest and back in the morning, afternoon
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| eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) and stir
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| | and at bedtime. Cover with a cotton
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| into bath water.
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| | shirt.
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| Teach your child how to breathe deeply
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| | Continue treatment until congestion
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| while bathing.
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| | loosens and your child is more
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| Heavy-Duty Onion Poultice
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| | comfortable.
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| To break up heavy lung congestion, as in
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| | You may expect a slight reddening of the
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| pneumonia, or to soothe the inflammation
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| | skin due to the oils’ circulatory
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| of bronchitis, consider the
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| | enhancing effect. If your child exhibits
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| anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial,
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| | more than just a slight reddening or a
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| secretion-stimulating action of this
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| | rash, discontinue use.
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| treatment. It takes some preparation, but
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| | Several drops of the congestion oil may
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| the results are well worth the effort.
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| | be used in a bath.
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| Simmer a large, thinly sliced, yellow
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| | For inhalations, add a few drops of the
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| onion in water until just softened.
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| | congestion oil to a pot of hot water,
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| Place the onion on a piece of white cloth
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| | encouraging your child to breathe deeply
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| (cheesecloth, cotton diaper or linen
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| | over the water.
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| napkin) and fold it up to make a packet.
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| | Several drops of the oil may also be
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| Carefully apply to your child’s
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| | added to a vaporizer.
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