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"The primary indicator of colic is excessive crying; the infant is typically inconsolable during bouts of colic. colic is thought to be caused by spasms in the intestines of an infant, and may be triggered by a milk/dairy allergy or intolerance, but the research is not conclusive. Infantile colic is common, occurring in approximately one in ten babies, starting between the first and sixth week of life and usually continuing until the child is three or four months old. The baby usually cries, turns red in the face, may pass gas, clench his fists, and draw up his legs." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"A study done by researchers at the University of Turin found that probiotics could reduce the crying time of infants with colic by 75%. The probiotic species used was I. reuteri, and it improved colicky symptoms in breast-fed infants within one week of treatment. Probiotics were tested against the pharmaceutical simethicone and were found to be significantly better at making colicky infants happier. This suggests that probiotics have a role to play in treating colic." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Babies Benefit from Fennel Recently, a study published in volume 9 of the 2003 journal Alternative Therapy Health and Medicine tested the effect of fennel seed oil on infantile colic ("The effect of fennel seed oil emulsion on infantile colic: a randomized, placebo-controlled study"). Fennel eliminated colic in 65 percent of the infants, produced a significant improvement in the treatment group, and lowered the NNT (number needed to treat), all without a single side effect reported." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"There is also colic and dehydration, as explained in the following two passages: Colic is a buildup of trapped gas in the baby's colon. It is extremely treatable. It is also believed to be — once again — the result of milk allergy in a large percentage of babies. Milk is the most common culprit in colic by a wide margin. In studies all over the world, removing cows'milk consistently cures colic in approximately 70 percent of the test samples, returning in every single subject when the milk is returned to their diets. (Note: Removing cows'milk means not drinking any if you're nursing." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"Infantile colic is common, occurring in approximately one in ten babies, starting between the first and sixth week of life and usually continuing until the child is three or four months old. The baby usually cries, turns red in the face, may pass gas, clench his fists, and draw up his legs. If the baby runs a fever or becomes ill with bouts of colic, a doctor should be consulted. Overstimulation, rapid environmental changes, and parents' anxiety will often make the child even more irritable. Recommendations include creating a calm, quiet environment during and following mealtimes." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"KIDNEYS At the Web site for the UCLA Kidney Stone Treatment Center,28 you will discover that kidney stones may cause the following symptoms: • Nausea, vomiting • Restlessness (trying to find comfortable position to ease the pain) • Dull pain (ill-defined, lumbar, abdominal, intermittent pain) • Urgency (urge to empty the bladder) • Frequency (frequent urination) • Bloody urine with pain (gross hematuria) • Fever (when complicated by infection) • Acute renal colic (severe colicky flank pain radiating to groin, scrotum, labia) Acute renal colic deserves some explanation." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Cow's milk is suspected of causing colic in babies— even in breast-fed babies. Research indicates that colic-causing substances found in cow's milk may make their way into breast milk after a nursing mother consumes dairy products. One study found a higher level of a specific cow's milk antibody present in the mother's milk of colicky babies than in the mother's milk of noncolicky babies. The study suggests that a breast-feeding mother should stop consuming dairy products for seven to ten days to determine if her child's colic is triggered by the cow's antibody." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal (Get the book.)

"Traditionally, conventionally, you treat colic by saying, 'It's OK. It'll go away in three months. Don't worry about it. Things will get better.'" Other parents, he said, use an over-the-counter gas drops containing simethicone. Dr. Rosen does not recommend this treatment. These drops he said, can be "full of sweeteners and dyes. They're meant to dissolve gas bubbles, but research has shown that they're not any more effective for treating colic than a placebo. But yet that's the number-one thing that parents, if they're told to do something, it's that." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA Common indications include: • fistulas in those with a history of lung problems • fistulas may alternate with lung problems • bleeding after a hard stool • colic and pain around the belly button • these types tend to have headaches and be irritable • stomach pains in school children • tendency to headaches • these types crave smoked meat, bacon, hot dogs, salami etc." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Probiotics likely play a role in colic and L. reuteri is known to reduce crying times in these infants. Probiotics may reduce the risk of children developing allergic diseases later in life and may play a role in reducing respiratory-related illnesses. Research to date has found supplementing probiotics in infant formulas to be safe and effective in infants as young as four months of age. Prebiotics may be of particular benefit to infants as their microflora is predominantly Bifidobacteria." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Some psychological stresses may influence colic, but it may also be affected by the mother's diet. Cow's milk consumed by the mother may be a factor; excessive sugar or salt intake may also worsen colic. Often a decrease in the mother's milk product consumption will reduce the colic symptoms. Some extra B vitamins, calcium, magnesium, and potassium taken by the mother may help reduce colic in the baby as well as reduce mother's intestinal gas. Also, mother must constantly remember to eat well so that she does not become depleted during nursing." - Elson M. Haas, M.D., Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine (Get the book.)

"It is useful in reducing colic pains under the diaphragm. It is also useful for nausea and vomiting. Typically, peppermint is bought commercially as a tea. It is available in an oil, which tends to be much stronger then the tea. Typical dosage is two to three grams of fresh leaves, taken as an infusion. Large doses of peppermint may affect male libido by decreasing testosterone. Some people have allergic reactions to peppermint and it may worsen gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. Probiotics Probiotics such as acidophilus and bifidobacterium are beneficial bacteria." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "These people have what is called "gallbladder colic." The gallbladder can actually become infected and/or spasm if it is irritated. Usually people experience this dull or cramping pain under the right rib. Often people are left to suffer with their symptoms or have their gallbladder removed. If the gallbladder is not diseased, there are many natural remedies to help with the pains. What are the Symptoms of Gallstones?" - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Even though wild yam has acquired a considerable reputation as a "female herb," perhaps its most traditional uses are as a digestive aid in treating nausea, as an antispasmodic for intestinal and gallbladder colic, and as a liver herb. This herb is best used in capsule or tincture form. To help prevent miscarriage, higher doses of the tincture can be used (}A to Vl teaspoon every three to four hours)." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"It is useful in reducing colic pains under the diaphragm. It is also useful for nausea and vomiting. Typically, peppermint is bought commercially as a tea. It is available in an oil, which tends to be much stronger than the tea. Typical dosage is two to three grams of fresh leaves, taken as an infusion. Large doses of peppermint may affect male libido by decreasing testosterone. Some people have allergic reactions to peppermint and it may worsen gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. Probiotics Probiotics such as Acidophilus and Bifidobacterium are beneficial bacteria." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Writhing in pain from what Ten Rhyne diagnosed as severe colic, the sailor seemed determined to add insult to injury by piercing his own abdomen with a set of rather fearsome needles. To Ten Rhyne's utter amazement, the sailor was completely relieved by his makeshift operation, and immediately resumed his duties." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"Fennel eliminated colic in 65 percent of the infants, produced a significant improvement in the treatment group, and lowered the NNT (number needed to treat), all without a single side effect reported. If it can do that for infant colic, one might be forgiven for thinking that it could have other benefits as well. Well, if you thought that, you'd be right. Supplements containing different combinations of various natural herbs including fennel seed extract were tested in a recent study in Anticancer Research and found to suppress the growth of certain tumors." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"This suggests that probiotics have a role to play in treating colic. Summary Adult humans have over 400 species of microflora living in their intestinal tract, yet at birth an infant's intestinal tract is almost sterile. It only takes minutes for microbes to invade a newborn's body. The first microbes in an infant's body are the mother's. A mother's microflora can affect labor time and influence the makeup of an infants microflora. Breast-feeding appears to promote the presence of healthy microflora in newborn infants. Bifidobacteria are the dominant species in infants with B. breve, B." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Try gently rubbing baby's belly with a warm cloth, This can have a soothing effect. from colic. This treatment is also popular in other parts of the world. DlLL Dill is one of the oldest remedies known for calming colic. In addition to being an antispasmodic, it has gentle tranquilizing properties which soothe an upset infant. Europeans give their babies 1 teaspoon of very weak dill tea when colic flares up. FENNEL In Italy, the water from boiled fennel seeds is given to babies to stop colic. Fennel is very gentle and is a common remedy for all types of digestive disorders." - Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D. and Jean Barilla, M.S., Natural Health Secrets From Around the World (Get the book.)

"Here we also may find bioenergetic links to conditions such as pneumonia, scarlet fever, postviral heart symptoms, myocarditis, renal colic, vertex headaches, arthritis of the hands, osteoporosis (along with Energetic Integrator 3), amoebic dysentery, Candida infection, mycoplasma, and microbial problems in general. Hormonal imbalances, especially those related to the hypothalamus, correlate to Integrator 8. Finally, geopathic stress, especially that related to certain types of subterranean watercourses, can have a strong impact on the function of this Integrator." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"It has long been known that cow's milk proteins in baby formulas often cause colic. When babies are switched to soy formulas, the colic vanishes. But some children are colicky while they are breast-fed. When researchers tested their mothers' breast milk, they found traces of cow's milk proteins. The mothers had drunk cow's milk, and the milk proteins had passed through their digestive tracts, into their blood, and finally into their breast milk. When breast-feeding mothers stopped drinking cow's milk, their babies' colic disappeared." - Neal Barnard, M.D., Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body (Get the book.)

"Probiotics play an important role in a child's immunity. • colic can be helped by probiotics. • Clinical trials show probiotics are safe in children as young as four months of age. ii ii fi is: it it ii Birth is arguably the most miraculous event on earth from at least a biological perspective. A baby develops in the mother's uterus from just two cells. When a baby is born, it passes through the birth canal and is introduced to the outside environment. Because the uterus is sterile, a newborn child does not have the 400 species of microbes that typically live in a healthy human." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Rosen returns to the importance of a mind-body approach in addressing issues like colic. He and his patients talk about "the psychological impact that having a really, really fussy baby has on you when you're a new parent. You're already stressed out; hormone levels are flying around; there's a greater tendency toward anxiety and depression anyway. So the relationship I have with the family is very important then, because I have to talk to them. I may meet with them weekly. It's a lot about reassurance and talking about the effect that this has on a baby and a mom." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"The effect of fennel (Foeniculum vul-gare) seed oil emulsion in infantile colic: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Altern Ther Health Med. 2003;9:58-61. Chainy GB, Manna SK, Chaturvedi MM, Aggarwal BB. Anethole blocks both early and late cellular responses transduced by tumor necrosis factor: effect on NF-kappaB, AP-1, INK, MAPKK and apoptosis. Oncogene. 2000 Jun 8;19(25):2943-2950. Forster HB, Niklas H, Lutz S. Antispasmodic effects of some medicinal plants. Plant Med. 1980;40:303-319. Tanira MOM, Shah AH, Mohsin A et al." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "It has been taken internally for loss of appetite, stomach upset, diarrhea, stomachache, colic, dyspepsia, flatulence, post-surgical pain, motion and morning sickness, general and chemotherapy-induced nausea, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, migraine headache, upper respiratory tract infections, cough, and bronchitis. Topically, it has been used for treating thermal burns and as an analgesic. Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "One popular remedy for colic consists of beating four to five egg whites and putting them on a piece of leather, sprinkling the mixture with pepper and ginger, and then placing the mixture over the child's belly button. The age-old remedy of mixing one egg, a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, a dash of vinegar, a dash of Tabasco sauce, and a little salt and pepper reportedly has helped many in getting over a hangover. Be aware that from a food-safety standpoint, eating raw eggs is not a good idea! Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "The seeds are utilized in many herbal medicines to reduce gas and intestinal colic, allay hunger, and diminish indigestion. In the first century, it was noted that after snakes had shed their skins, they ate fennel to restore their sight. It has since been used as a wash for eyestrain and irritations. Fennel seed is widely used in India as an after-dinner breath freshener and also to help in digestion. Fennel has also been used as a diuretic, to stimulate lactation, and to help with yellow jaundice, gout, and occasional cramps." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Breast-fed babies may have colic due to a digestive problem in the mother. Prevention and Elimination of Infant Colic If you are breast-feeding and your baby has colic, consider taking multiple digestive enzymes with each meal. The specific enzymes you need can be determined by a urinalysis and detailed health history. If the problem continues, I suggest giving your baby Thera-zyme DGST, a pediatric multiple digestive enzyme formula. One-half capsule of DGST three times daily should relieve colic within a day." - Lita Lee, Lisa Turner and Burton Goldberg, The Enzyme Cure: How Plant Enzymes Can Help You Relieve 36 Health Problems (Get the book.)

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