For many of the treatments that are recommended in this section, dosage instructions may be found on the products themselves, whether as part of the product label or your doctor's prescription. This is particularly true of the conventional medicines and homeopathic remedies. There are two categories of treatments where label information may not be sufficient, however: herbal preparations and nutritional supplements.

HERBAL DOSAGES

When treating your child with herbs, it is important to base the dosage on your child's age, weight, and condition. Unless otherwise specified elsewhere in this book, use the following age-specific dosage equivalents when administering herbal remedies:

• Newborn to two years. One dose equals 3 drops of tincture diluted in ¼ cup of water, formula, or breast milk, or 2 or 3 teaspoons of tea. A nursing mother may also take an adult dose of the appropriate herbal treatment. The herbs will be transmitted to her baby through her breast milk, filtered and diluted to the appropriate strength.

• Two to six years. One dose equals 6 to 10 drops of tincture diluted in ¼ cup of water, or ¼ cup of tea.

• Six to twelve years. One dose equals 10 to 20 drops of tincture, ½ cup of tea, or 1 tablet or capsule.

• Twelve years to adult. One dose equals 20 to 40 drops of tincture, 1 cup of tea, or 2 tablets or capsules.

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT DOSAGES

For nutritional supplements, unless other dosage levels are specified in the individual entries, consult the table below for the appropriate therapeutic dosages of the various supplements recommended in the Part Two entries.
Note that all of the amounts in this table are therapeutic doses. That is, they do not necessary represent the amounts of these nutrients that your child needs on a daily basis, but rather increased amounts that may be helpful for certain conditions when taken for limited periods of time. Also, some dosages are given in international units(IU); others in milligrams(mg); and still others in micrograms(mcg, the equivalent of 1/1000 of a milligram).

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