Treating Stomatitis in Children with Home Remedies #2

Stomatitis is one of the “classic” childhood diseases. Any child can suffer from it, so parents face the important task of detecting the disease in time and taking all necessary measures. Today, we will discuss the latter!

How to Treat Stomatitis with Home Remedies in Infants

Traditional medicine knows many effective methods for combating stomatitis, but not all are suitable for treating infants. We have found the safest recipes, which you can also familiarize yourself with.

• The most popular home remedy for stomatitis is regular baking soda. It is very easy to use. Dissolve 1.5 tsp of baking soda in 200 ml of boiled water, soak a piece of gauze or cotton in the solution, and wipe the baby’s mouth. This will help remove the white coating and disinfect the oral cavity.
• Chamomile or calendula infusion is another good home remedy that helps relieve pain and inflammation. Pour a glass of boiling water over 2 teaspoons of flowers, let the mixture infuse for about an hour, and use it to wipe the mouth.
• Don’t forget about essential oils; they aid in the quick healing of sores. You can use rosehip, peach, sea buckthorn, or flaxseed oil for treating stomatitis.
• One of the best homemade treatments is Kalanchoe juice. It is also used for treating the mucous membrane.
• Good results in treating stomatitis are shown by using a solution of green or blue (1% methylene blue solution).

Be extremely careful during all manipulations in the treatment process to avoid further injuring the baby.

Treating Stomatitis with Home Remedies in Older Children

Treating stomatitis with folk remedies often involves rinses and ointments based on medicinal herbs and common household products.

Rinses

• Onion peel decoction. Pour 500 ml of hot water over 3 tsp of dry, crushed onion peel, bring to a boil, and let it sit for 7-8 hours. Strain the infusion and use it for rinsing at least five times a day.
• Rinse the mouth with freshly squeezed carrot juice diluted with boiled water (1:1).
• Mix rosehip berries (3 parts), common oregano (1 part), sage leaves (2 parts), and birch leaves (1 part). Pour 1 liter of boiling water over 10 tablespoons of the mixture and let it steep for about half an hour. Strain the infusion and pour it into a glass jar with kombucha. Let it infuse for another 3 days, then use as directed.
• Yarrow works well for stomatitis. Pour 200 ml of boiling water over 2 tsp of yarrow, and let it steep for 15 minutes. Rinse the mouth 3-4 times a day.
• Pour 250 ml of boiling water over 1 tbsp of crushed oak bark, simmer the mixture for about half an hour in a covered container, let it cool completely, and strain. Rinse the child’s mouth every 3 hours with the resulting decoction.

Ointments

• Aloe can be used in various ways—chewing, applying a piece of leaf to the sore, or smearing the sores with aloe juice.
• If stomatitis has spread to the gums, apply thin slices of potato or a paste made from grated raw potato.
• Garlic has been used for treating stomatitis in children since ancient times. Pass three cloves of garlic through a press, mix the resulting paste with a teaspoon of yogurt. Ask the child to put this mixture in their mouth and spread it using their tongue. The remedy may sting, but it’s necessary to endure this to thoroughly treat all sores and ulcers. Repeat the procedure three times; this should be sufficient.
• Apply an ointment made by mixing 100 ml of sunflower oil with 40 g of chopped burdock root. Let the mixture sit for 24 hours, then simmer for 15 minutes.
• Try this ointment: mix 1 ampoule of novocaine, one egg white, and 1 tsp each of sunflower oil and honey. Apply it to the gums and mucous membrane.
• At the first signs of stomatitis in a child, use propolis tincture. But first, disinfect the sores with hydrogen peroxide and let them dry (ask the child to breathe through the mouth). Then apply the propolis tincture and let it dry again.

Wishing health to you and your children!