Paediatrics
Children are not small adults. They have their own rhythms, their own sensitivity — and need medicinal plants that meet them on equal terms.
Children are permeable. They absorb the world with all their senses — and sometimes it is precisely this openness that makes them susceptible to infections, restlessness, or unexplained tummy aches. Herbal medicine has its own language for this delicate time.
Gentle and reliable
Plants for children must meet two criteria: they must be safe, and they must work without overpowering. The gentle repertoire of paediatrics has grown over centuries — midwives, mothers, and doctors have selected the plants that have proven friendly and reliable, especially for the very young.
Children do not need strong remedies — they need the right ones.
When in doubt with children, it always applies: better to ask the healthcare professional once too often than once too little. Plants are wonderful companions — but they do not replace careful observation.
Plants for this topic
SpringChamomile
Chamomilla / Matricaria recutita
Security, patience, gentleness, motherliness
SummerConeflower
Echinacea purpurea
Shielding, containment, protective skin
SpringDaisy
Bellis perennis
Untouched quality, innocence, intactness, childlike nature
SpringDandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Transformation, adaptability, flow of life energy, warmth, life force
SummerElderberry
Sambucus nigra
Maturation, completion of thermal processes, growing up, responsibility, protection
SummerLavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Clarification, purification; transcendence
SummerLemon balm
Melissa officinalis
Soothing, softness, mildness
SummerMarigold
Calendula officinalis
Balm, closing wounds
SummerMeadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
SummerPassionflower
Passiflora incarnata
Calmness of the heart, finding oneself, one’s own inner sound
SpringStorksbill
Geranium robertianum
Drawing, purifying, detoxifying, resolving states of shock, lymph remedy
SummerThyme
Thymus vulgaris
Ardour, affection, purification
