Pat:  Please pass my response below on to the person requesting info:
> Hi Pat, A Mennonite mom has just called me and asked about giving 5 drops
> of Slippery Elm to her 3mo every 2 hrs. She is to give it before the
> nursings. It has 50% grain alcohol in it. I remember you saying once about
> "burning it off". Can you e-mail me how to do this. Also do you know
> anything about this herb? The midwife told her it helps with colic. Thanks,
> Mary Ann

Mary Ann:

To burn off the alcohol, have mom heat small amount (a few table spoons) of
water till it's steaming (this is easier done with a large amount and then
take out a table spoon or two).  Immediately put a few days worth of dosage
into the clean, freshly boiled water and the alcohol with steam out.  Once
cooled, mix thoroughly by shaking and take out 5 drops.   You didn't say
whether this is a direct herb tincture or a homeopathic.  This works with
either.  Believe it or not, with homeopathic principles this will make the
dosage stronger.

Slipper Elm is traditionally used for digestive disorders.  It is a
"demulcent and nutritive astringent."  With babies, I use a combo
homeopathic called "colic" by Nature's Sunshine Products.  It has
peppermint, bitter apple, and rhubarb or straight teas of chamomille and
fennel.  The slipplery elm is targeting only one type of colic--intestinal.
If this is the case, then mom should also be taught infant massage to move
the intestines (up from the right hip, across the mid/upper ab, and down the
left side to the left hip).  The other preparations that I've had success
with are Hyland's Homeopathic's for colic (but in a lactose base derived
from cow) and Distress Remedy (NSP in glycerine base) or Rescue Remedy (must
burn off the alcohol if this is a concern).

Good luck!

Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC    [log in to unmask]
mom, wife, educator, lactation consultant, researcher, scientist, author,
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