Re: clarkia & small children?

Hello - In my opinion, certain herbs should not be given to children under 30 pounds because of the strong chemical components. You can give a small child (under 2 years of age or under 30 lbs) foods that include garlic, onions, thyme, sage, garlic, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger. Their little bodies can handle these just fine in moderate amounts and they all have an anti- parasite effect - and I have seen it work.

I don't think you've done any harm. Let me relay a story to you and other readers of this post - I remember as a very young child - 4 or 5 - a very scared and crying young couple came to my grandmother's house with their tiny infant. It was probably less than 6 months old. The baby had a bad case of worms - I know now they were Ascaris - but I didn't know then and it was obviously a bad case. My grandmother boiled up a solution much like what is listed above (from her notes) and added Sugar to it and the mama fed it to her baby with an eyedropper. They stayed up all night and the baby passed MANY worms that night and the next morning. The baby got hungry and finally nursed and they went home with a small jar of that nasty looking juice. This will always stand out in my memory because it scared ME! Nobody ever stayed overnight like that and it was the first time I actually saw worms come out of a PERSON and that scared me too! (I was sneaking peeks into the kitchen) I just happened to be spending the night with her and my grandpa. That was the first - but certainly not the last - time I've seen infants with parasites.

parasite infections in infants are real and can cause damage very quickly due to an infant's small body size. Good luck to you and your family and let me know if I can be of any assistance.