Last night my 4 year old girl was complaining of a tummy ache. Maybe she ate too much. This girl tends to eat too much. Auntie tapped lightly on her big tummy and sure enough it sounded like a little drum. Too much air, gas trapped inside. Time for some gas relieving measures.
First on my mind was manzanilla, a cheap green oil, asked the maid to fetch it but they said they ran out. I smelled liniment, no! No to liniment! I opened the maids room and said no to liniment ever, I said that the brand Pau that is commercially sold is NOT Pau d’ Arco the original real thing that contained the South American bark Pao d’ Arco, the Pau sold here is liniment is just plain liniment… a marketing gimmick.
My wife called on our senior nannie and she knew some herbal relief. She chopped some red onions and juiced it and wiped the juice on her tummy. Asked my little girl to lie on her back and rubbed some onion juice at the bottom of her spine. A few minutes later I heard them say my little girl had puked and sure enough I saw she puked a lot on the floor. I think this was pure gluttony. I should see her more during the afternoons and see what they are feeding her.
This morning she immediately complained of pain in her throat, pain swallowing anything. So much pain she can’t even have breakfast. We were having watermelon and she cannot even eat watermelon. Bad sign. I needed something that worked fast.
For the soar throat I got 1/4 cup of water and put 10 drops of Quantum Minerals Plus in it. I asked her to gargle it, immitating me. Raise her head and gargle for 1 minute each time until she finishes the 1/4 cup. The first gargle, I asked her to swallow. The next gargles I asked her to spit it out.
And to top it all off, my wife asked our maid to freshly squeeze some oregano leaves and asked our little girl to drink a good maybe 1 tablespoon or more from a small cup.
Our 4 year old girl went with us to her older brothers’ school. We had a meeting there with the Eurythmy doctor for our eldest boy.
Around 10pm I asked my little girl if there was still any tummy pain. None she said. I asked if there was any throat pain, none whatsoever.
It feels great to be able to fix your child’s problems on the spot. I remember with our oldest boy we were still bumbling parents.