Food & Medication for infant

Food:

First 3 months – Mothers milk is a must.

After 3 months, give vegetable soup (clear). Mix hot water with juice and feed. Can also feed fish oil.

From 4^th month, solid food can be provided. Can give porridge (kanji).

6 to 9 months: Rice with green leaves.

Grind Raagi, wheat, soya, chutney kadalai, dhal, cashew, and almond and prepare kanji and feed.

High calorie cereal milk:

Take 2 tsp rice powder, 2 tsp raagi powder and boil It in water. Mix sugar and feed. This has proteins, fiber, carbohydrate, calcium, sugar, fat and glucose.

Medications:

Cough and cold:

1. Roast rice, thippili. Mix in honey and apply on the tongue.
2. Mix pirandai juice in mother’s milk and provide.
3. Thulsi kasayam
4. Apply ghee on betel leaves, heat and place over the chest.
5. Orange, Amla

Indigestion:

1. Mother should not consume raw banana and potato
2. Apply castor oil on stomach to cure stomach ache.
3. Vasambu also reduces stomach ache. Apply on stomach or give it orally
4. Mix Oregano, jeera, dry ginger in honey and give it. It reduces gas.
5. Mother has to drink milk boiled with garlic.

Loose motion:

1. Mix dry ginger power with Jadhikaai. Add honey and give to the child.
2. Vasambu also cures.
3. Give apples.
4. Mix 1tsp sugar, 1tsp salt in 1 glass of water and give to children.