New Generation of Children’s Health Care

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A friend of mine who lives in a big city recently observed that her friends’ children are suffering from skin allergies, red rashes, and problems of the respiratory tract. I had a chance to ask Dr. Philip Incao about it, who is a pediatrician. He thinks that children of the current generation are facing a major health crisis, the main causes are overuse of antibiotics and excessive vaccinations. Dr. Incao is often invited to the Waldorf Schools to speak with parents and teachers about children’s health. The following are the main points highlighted in his speech to them:

How to treat illnesses related to inflammation?

The best doctors are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merryman. Inflammation is the most common ailment in childhood. ‘Infection’ is not an appropriate description as it assumes that pathogenic bacteria are the source of the illness. This is a misunderstanding. We are constantly in contact with germs. Our bodies also contain bacteria, yet we are sick only occasionally. Why do we fall sick only at certain occasions? From birth till death, our bodies are growing and changing constantly. Health is the balance between mind and body. Childhood is body’s fastest period of growth, where the body goes through many major changes. Old cells die and become waste. The immune system breakdowns the old cells, then fever and inflammation digests them. Germs are not the cause of illnesses; they are merely dependant on the nourishment of the waste products of the old cells.

Doctor Diet

When the body is purging toxins, it is best not to have to digest too much food. Avoid food with high protein when one is down with acute illnesses. The patient can take vegetable soup, herbal teas, vegetable and fruit juices. Beverages should be taken at or above room temperature. Fruits, cooked vegetables and grains can be taken.

Doctor Quiet

During illnesses, children require a quiet, harmonious and peaceful environment. It is best that parents comfort and support the child calmly. When a child is sick, it is often the best opportunity for strengthening parent-child bonding and communication.

Doctor Merryman
Fever should not be viewed as an unhealthy and dangerous bodily reaction. It is a message from the body. It is the body’s reaction in its process of purging toxins and foreign substances. Studies in recent years showed that anti-fever medications repress the immune system and increases toxins in the body. They are actually harmful to the body as they may protract or even complicate the illness. Many parents have great fear about fever. Towards such great unknown force, it is natural to be fearful. However, inflammation and fever are healing energies. Do not regard flu or fever as disturbances, and feel frustrated, worried or anxious. We can consider them as the function of a deeper wisdom. A positive attitude can help in quicker recovery. Dr. Incao has a young patient of 5 years old. At the most critical moment of his illness, he told his mother, “Don’t worry, mama, I am just growing.” All the growth in nature requires the initial earth loosening, then fertilization. This is likened to the fever and inflammation of a child.

Extracted from Lapis Lazuli Light Magazine Feb 2008 IssueTranslated by Lapis Lazuli Light Singapore

Natural Remedies for toddler's Cough - lotus root powder drink

Got this from my favourite Ou Yang Ying's book. Post it here as requested by some mummy friends.

Ingredient A
5 red dates (remove the seeds)
20 wolfberries
750cc water
1 piece old ginger

Ingredient B
10g pure lotus root powder
5g brown sugar

Boil ingredient A for 30 minutes
Mix ingredient B in cold water. Add to A after 30 minutes. Bring it to boil again for a little while , then turn off the heat. Serve warm

Yes , the final Molars are out

The final molars are out- nanny saw it already. 4 biggest one yet most painful one. Now I understand how teething a painful experience it was for the kid and for the mummy ( haha)

Yes, he indeed was teething, that explained his little runny nose and my horrible nights for the past 3 days. For runny nose which did not disturb him – I only gave him lemon and honey. As for terrible mid night struggle, no remedies, but to just bear the “pain” with him. LOL. Most tiring part was he wanted me to be the “tree” while he being the koala bear clinging on me, not letting me sit. Must stand ok!! He was passing the agony to me in such way huh. Like back to baby’s time..

Teething - Final Molars?

Shaun drove me crazy on Sunday. Daddy bought him to OCC to play the whole morning. He came back home in the afternoon and started behaving STRANGLY. He threw tantrum on every single thing which was not his usual self. He scared me when he lied on the sofa and cried pitifully, like groaning in pain or what which was not like the usual cry. Then at night he woke up at 1am , struggling to fall asleep till 4am. My sleep got seriously disrupted and I started to feel giddy,.. And early Monday morning I decided to sleep at home, from 8am to 11am. Then felt giddy, ate something and started to burp, lots of gas in my stomach, felt like vomiting. Went to see doc and doc said I felt giddy due to FATIGUE, low blood sugar level. Cuz I was working (house chore, cook+ attending to clingy shaun) too much for the past few days at home and had a crazy Sunday afternoon till night attending to unusual shaun.

I’m glad that he is back to usual self the next day, so I just wonder whether he was teething? Cuz he pointed finger into his mouth, crying pitifully like in pain. And acted strangely.

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Park opposite my house at PJ, Oct 09

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Excellent book: Diet Therapy for Infant by Ou Yang Ying

How to raise a heathy baby?? This is the answer!

I bought this book by Ou Yang Ying , Diet Theraphy for Infants. Excellent book(http://www.oyoung.com.tw/yellow/5newbooks_view.asp?id=30)

He advocates eating organic, eating raw, vegetarian.

I made the below recipe for Shaun , from Ou Yang Ying’s book.

80g black bean
5 g brown sugar
1 piece of old ginger
500cc of water
cook in electric cooker for 45 minutes. Serves warm.


Other than that, I also give
Korean bamboo salt honey with pearl

lemon and honey

North and south Chinese almonds, chuan bei mu or song bei, dried figs, dried tangerine, brew in 1 litre water for 45 minutes.
brew pear and song bei , with a little bit of rock sugar

Result is: Shaun recovers from phlegmy cough in around 1 week+, all by himself with the help of natural remedies. No cough mixture or medicine. Yeah! Keep it up dear Son.