Colic is a phenomenon that most newborn babies experience. Every mother asks the question: how to relieve the pain of the baby? Dill water has proven itself to be fast and effective. Eliminating spasms in the gastrointestinal tract of the baby, water relieves colic and pain.

What is in dill water?

Despite the name, this remedy consists of fennel, or rather, of its seeds. Since ancient times, fennel has been used by healers in the fight against gas formation in newborns and adults. You can prepare the infusion yourself or buy it at a pharmacy. This plant is absolutely safe for babies and has a number of useful properties.

"Magical" properties of dill water

1. Improves digestion
2. Reduces gas formation
3. Promotes the release of gases
4. Reduces bowel spasms
5. Soothes
6. Has anti-inflammatory properties
7. Effectively increases lactation in nursing mothers

Buy or make your own?

You can buy dill water only in special pharmacies, where medicines are prepared according to individual prescriptions. Such pharmacies are not common, and dill water is needed constantly during the period of increased gas formation in an infant. Therefore, many parents have learned to cook dill water themselves. Plus, it's not difficult at all.

Methods for preparing dill water

How to prepare this drug yourself at home? There are various manufacturing methods, you can choose any of them. The main thing is to cook using purified water and quality ingredients. Otherwise, the baby may develop an allergy.

Recipe #1

• Fennel (crushed fruits) - 2-3 gr.
• Water - 250 ml.

In order to prepare an infusion, purchase fennel fruits at any pharmacy, grind them into powder and pour boiling water over them. Infuse dill water for 30 minutes, then strain.

Recipe #2

• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
• Water - 250 ml.

Chop the fennel seeds and put into a bowl. Add boiling water to the seed powder and leave the infusion to simmer in a water bath for 20 minutes. Add boiled water as required to the required amount. Cool the infusion, strain.

Recipe #3

Fennel is called "pharmaceutical dill", so you can prepare some water based on the dill itself.

• Dill seeds - 1 tsp
• Water - 250 ml.

Dill seeds should be brewed with boiling water, insist for 1-2 hours, strain.

Recipe #4

• Fresh dill - 1 tbsp.
• Water - 150 ml.

Finely chop the dill and pour boiling water over it. Dill water should be infused for 1 hour, after which it should be filtered.

Recipe number 5

The method by which dill water is made in pharmacies. For its implementation, simply mix the ingredients.

• Fennel essential oil - 0.05 gr.,
• Water - 1 l.

How to store?

Store the prepared dill water in a glass container in the refrigerator. The maximum storage period is 30 days. Then you need to prepare a fresh preparation. Purchased dill water has the same shelf life.

Before giving the infusion to the baby, warm it up to room temperature. To do this, pour the required amount into a bottle or spoon in advance and leave the water to heat up naturally.

At what age is it allowed to give?

Dill water is prescribed at the first manifestations of increased gas formation. Most often this occurs at 2-3 weeks of a child's life. However, it happens that this infusion is recommended from the first days of life. In any case, before giving your baby anything other than breast milk, you should consult your pediatrician. Allergy from dill water is almost never found, but you should be careful when introducing a new product.

How much to breastfeed?

How many drops of infusion to give your baby, the attending physician will decide. But it is usually recommended to start taking the infusion with 1 tsp. 1 per day. If the allergy does not manifest itself, increase the number of doses up to 3 times a day. Give water before meals. In some cases, the drug is prescribed up to 6 times a day.

How to take an infusion?

Some kids are happy to drink dill water from a spoon as much as they will be given. But not all babies like the spicy taste of the infusion. In this case, add the product to a bottle of formula or breast milk. If you are not using a bottle, dilute the infusion with breast milk in a spoon. Sometimes mothers try to give their babies some water with a special syringe (naturally, without a needle). But be very careful when using a syringe, as the newborn is in danger of choking.

Allergy to dill water

In some cases, children are allergic to dill/fennel. Allergies can manifest as a rash on the face or hands. In this case, be sure to use antihistamines. Whether to give dill water to the baby in the future, if an allergy has manifested itself, your doctor will have to decide.

How else can you help your baby with colic?

With increased gas formation, you can not only prepare dill water for your baby, but also significantly help him in other ways.

1. Put a warm blanket on your baby's stomach. You can heat it up with an iron. Make sure the diaper is not too hot.
2. Tie the baby's belly with a woolen scarf. Do not tighten the scarf, its main function is warmth.
3. Hold the baby to your tummy. Carry it in this position in your arms, swaying and soothing for as long as you need.
4. Put a warm diaper on the baby's stomach, lightly press the stomach area with your palms on top.
5. Give your baby a massage. To do this, you need to consult with a specialist, just like that, you can’t knead the baby’s stomach.
6. After consulting with a doctor, you can give the baby for the prevention of Plantex, Baby Calm. To eliminate increased gas formation - Espumizan L, Bobotic.

The gastrointestinal tract in newborns is just being formed. Colic is a normal process that the vast majority of children go through. Most often, the tummy stops tormenting the baby at 3 months. Be patient and calm. Give your baby even more warmth and affection, and remember that this period will pass very soon.

From the video you can learn about massage techniques for colic in infants.

After the birth of a baby in the gastrointestinal tract, an active process of adaptation of the digestive system to food intake begins - breast milk or formula. As a result of this process, after about a month, in almost all babies. They are caused by excess gas and bloating.

There are symptoms of intestinal colic most often during feeding of the newborn or immediately after it. The child draws his legs, starts crying, blushes. Relief for the baby brings only natural bowel movements and the removal of gases. Any mother in such a situation wants to alleviate the suffering of her child. A time-tested tool will come to the rescue - Dill water.

Dill water - a proven remedy for colic for babies

Dill water for newborns is a solution of fennel oil (0.1%). Fennel is popularly called "pharmaceutical dill", which is why the tincture from its fruits was called dill water. Children can be given dill water as an aid in getting rid of intestinal colic almost from birth.

Plantex has become a modern analogue of dill water. It is made from fennel seed extract and comes in powder form. It must be dissolved in breast milk or water in the proportion indicated in the instructions. You can use the drug from the second week after birth.

However, if the baby has other symptoms of indigestion in addition to intestinal colic, dill water will not help. In case of upset stool (,), bloating and loss of appetite, you should consult a doctor.

What is the use of urop and dill water

Preparations based on dill and fennel have a huge number of useful properties:

• It cleanses the body of putrefactive formations and helps the development and cultivation of useful microscopic flora;
• Reduces and relaxes spasms of smooth muscles;
• Helps to facilitate the flow of blood to almost all corners, dilates blood vessels;
• Expanding, reduces pressure on the walls of the intestine;
• Is a diuretic;
• Calms and relieves inflammation in the body;
• Stabilizes the work of the heart;
• With constant intake, it increases the passage in the bronchi, removes the resistance of air flows entering the bronchi, and does not allow them to stagnate in the airways;
• When coughing, it dilutes sputum and promotes its withdrawal;
• Improves the secretion of bile;
• Improves appetite;
• Enhances maternal lactation.
• It is an excellent remedy for constipation.
• Has antibacterial properties.
• Improves kidney function.
• Soothes, has a beneficial effect on the nervous system and sleep.
• … and helps to heal ulcers, all kinds of wounds and fractures.

Dill water does an excellent job of removing gases in babies by relieving spasm of the intestinal muscles. Its regular use will relieve the baby from pain and improve the digestion process.

The benefits of dill water for women who are breastfeeding have also been noted - it normalizes digestion, has a slight calming effect.

Dill water for children's colic - Dr. Komarovsky

Buy or cook dill water at home (recipe)

Buying ready-made dill water is quite problematic. You can buy it in pharmacies that have a prescription department, where they make medicines on the spot according to a prescription. The price of dill water is on average 150 rubles per 100 ml.

But do not despair if there is no pharmacy with a prescription department nearby. In this case, you can buy "Plantex", which is prepared from the fruits of fennel or "drug dill". It is sold in dry sachets. "Plantex" can be given to a baby from the age of two weeks, just from the time when the baby begins intestinal colic. Also, instead of dill water and Plantex, the newborn will be relieved of intestinal colic by such drugs as "" and "".

The recipe for making dill water at home is very simple:

1. Pour into a glass (250 ml) a teaspoon of dry, pre-ground in a coffee grinder or blender, fennel seeds.
2. Fill with hot water.
3. Let it brew for 40-45 minutes.
4. Strain.
5. Water should be added to expressed milk / infant formula no more than one spoonful and given to the newborn. For very small babies from two weeks to a month, you need to drip 15 drops on the tongue. Keep the day.

You can prepare dill water using fennel essential oil. It is necessary to dissolve 0.05 g of oil in a liter of water. This solution can be stored for about a month in the refrigerator. Subsequently, it is warmed to room temperature before ingestion.

How to cook dill water if there was no fennel?

Instead, you can simply use ordinary dill seeds:

1. Dill seeds (1 tsp) pour boiling water (1 cup).
2. Let it brew for an hour.
3. Strain.

In the presence of fresh dill, babies can brew dill tea. To do this, pour 100 ml of boiling water over one tablespoon of chopped dill and leave for about an hour. Strain, cool and use like dill water.

Water for the manufacture of any product should be taken purified, and all dishes are rinsed with boiling water before cooking. Babies up to a month are given only freshly prepared dill water.

Method and amount of application of dill water

How to give your baby dill water depends on the method of feeding.

For breastfeeding children, dill water is given from a spoon, and artificial ones can be poured into a bottle. Although a spoon will also be the best way to take the drug - it is more convenient to dose the intake of dill water.

It is necessary to take dill water before feeding the baby.

If the baby refuses to take the remedy for colic, you need to make his taste more familiar. To do this, before giving dill water to a newborn, mix it with a small amount of breast expressed milk (an adapted mixture).

The first initial dose of dill water is one teaspoon. It is necessary to give dill water before meals, at first three times a day. It is necessary to carefully observe the reaction of the baby. In the absence of negative symptoms in a child, the dosage of dill water is increased up to six times a day.

How much dill water to give with the growth of the child depends on his individual characteristics. If the digestion process has returned to normal, then the intake of dill water should be stopped, if not, continue. Closer to the first half of the year, the problem with intestinal colic ceases to be relevant. The baby has already adapted to a new life and his body copes with the "processing" of milk.

On the subject of abdominal pain:

90% of newborns and their parents inevitably face infantile colic. This extremely unpleasant period lasts from several weeks to a couple of months, until the child's body adapts to the external environment, a new type of food.

A folk remedy helps to alleviate the condition of the baby - dill water. The plant-based medicine has been used in practice for many decades. To find out how to give dill water to a newborn, how many weeks you can start therapy and how often you can take it, read our article.

From this article you will learn

Why does colic occur?

Infant colic - this is the name of the pain syndrome, characteristic of children from 1-2 weeks from birth to 3-4 months. A cramping attack lasts a couple of minutes or several hours. The cause of the pain is intestinal spasms, the pressure of gases on its walls. At the same time, the child experiences discomfort in the abdomen, a feeling of fullness in the stomach, a desire to burp food.

Naturally, the baby cries, is naughty, the tantrum can last all day. Fortunately, after a couple of months, the children's intestines will learn to cope with gases, the stomach will be able to fully digest food, that is, the digestive tract organs will work correctly. By 4 months, in 90-95% of babies, the issue of colic is removed.

So, the main cause of colic in infants is the natural process of starting the gastrointestinal tract after the birth of a child. It is impossible to change or “cure” this condition, you can only make life easier for the child with the help of safe medicines. But there are several more factors that provoke pain and discomfort in the intestines of a baby, they are solved at home or together with a doctor:

• Incorrect attachment to the breast. During feeding, the child not only eats mother's milk, but also swallows air. This interferes with normal digestion, increases gas formation. Correcting the situation is easy - make sure that the baby captures the nipple deeply, completely; after feeding, hold for 5-10 minutes in a column - excess air will depart.
• Non-compliance with the nursing mother's diet. With GV, a woman should not eat foods that increase gas formation, sweet, smoked, salty, drink alcoholic beverages, soda, add spicy seasonings, garlic to food. Diet control will change the life of mom and baby.
• Pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract. If colic continues to bother the baby after the 5-6th month of life, parents need to see a doctor, undergo an abdominal ultrasound, pass feces for scatology and other tests. Perhaps the problem with the intestines has more serious causes.

Simultaneously with the diet, the correct posture during feeding, tummy massages, you need to help the child cope with colic with the help of natural medicines. For example, dill water for newborns has long earned respect from mothers, grandmothers and doctors. It costs much less than drugs with symbiotics, and the effectiveness of the application is no worse.

On a note! Colic affects children on breast and artificial feeding. The use of dill water is indicated for any type and diet of the baby.

Composition and useful properties

Dill water in pharmacies is prepared from fennel oil and distilled water. Fennel is the younger brother of dill, belongs to the umbrella family, but is more bushy. It has antispasmodic properties and is well tolerated by children. Sold in bottles of 50-150 ml. Keep the concentrate refrigerated and use within 30 days.

At home, the medicine is made from ordinary dill seeds, brewing them with boiling water. The action of a do-it-yourself medication is no different from the benefits of a pharmacy solution. But for the first experience of treatment, it is better to buy a ready-made version, since it is sterile, the water in its composition is free of unnecessary impurities.

A pharmacist in a pharmacy can offer another type of herbal medicine - dill herbal tea. Sold in tea bags. Prepared from chopped dried dill. This option is suitable for children from 2-3 months and mothers.

Dill seeds and tinctures based on them have a lot of useful properties. You can take this herbal medicine not only for children, but also for mothers when breastfeeding to increase lactation, improve appearance and well-being after pregnancy and childbirth.

On the child's body, dill tea and some water act as follows:

• Reduce pain in the intestines, bloating.
• Relax the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract, relieve spasm.
• Relieve the intestines from stagnation.
• Relieves spastic constipation.
• Stimulates the production of digestive enzymes.
• Improve blood circulation.
• Treat inflammatory processes.
• Expel bile.
• Increase the immunity of the newborn.
• Improve appetite.
• Dill contains vitamin B1 (thiamine), it has a positive effect on the nervous system, improves the quality of sleep.

On a note! Dill water can be given to older children and adults to treat colds, coughs, heal wounds, prevent malfunctions of the heart and blood vessels.

Instructions for use

Treatment of flatulence and colic in infants with dill water, start with an allergy test. Do this with any herbal folk medicine if the child has diathesis, a hereditary predisposition to intolerance.

Do a test early in the morning, before the first feeding. Give the baby 2-3 ml of dill infusion, observe the reaction throughout the day. If there is no rash, itching, redness on the body and face, you can start colic prevention as usual.

How to give to a newborn

The dosage of dill water depends on the age of the baby. Measure the solution with a syringe or measuring spoon - an overdose is fraught with poisoning. Increase the amount of medicine gradually. (Important! The table can be scrolled left and right)

If the newborn categorically refuses the medicine, spits out the infusion, go for tricks. Draw dill water into the Nurofen syringe. Slowly pour into open mouth. If the baby has stuck to the tip, do not resist, let him drink like that.

Important! The benefits of using a healing medicine can only be noticed with regular use.

When and how to drink for a nursing mother

Breastfeeding obliges the mother to follow a diet and monitor lactation so that the baby does not suffer from gas and does not remain hungry. Dill water acts beneficially in two directions: it reduces flatulence in the baby after feeding and increases the amount of milk in the mother.

Women can drink herbal infusion from fennel seeds and dill if the child is not allergic to herbal medicines. For adults, it is more convenient to use tea for therapy. Brew a glass of fresh medicinal drink before feeding 2-3 times a day, to increase lactation, you need to drink infusion for at least 1-2 weeks. Drink warm tea in small sips.

Important! Do not add honey, sugar, lemon to brewed tea. This can provoke an allergy in a child.

From what age is allowed

Dill water for newborns from colic is allowed from 1-2 weeks. The first days after the maternity hospital, babies do not worry about the tummy, their mother's bacteria live in their intestines. Problems begin a little later, from 10–21 days after birth.

How to store

Homemade medicine for babies is stored in the refrigerator for no more than 3 days. But it is much safer to prepare a fresh infusion daily. Keep the pharmacy vial in the cold for no more than 30 days. A closed package of fennel concentrate and tea is stored in a dark, cool place for a long time - up to 2 years, the medicine cannot be frozen.

Operating principle

Fennel and dill seeds act on children's intestines as carminative drugs. Vegetable oils destroy gas bubbles in the intestines, promote their discharge from the gastrointestinal tract.

Simultaneously with the elimination of bloating, they have a positive effect on peristalsis: feces move faster, pressure on the intestinal walls decreases. The effect of taking a folk remedy is noticed by mothers after 20-30 minutes, gases begin to actively leave, the baby calms down.

The herbal medicine will act on the well-being and condition of the nursing mother as follows:

1. Improves digestion.
2. Blood circulation is normalized.
3. The chair is stabilized.
4. The quality of milk is improved.
5. Stagnation in the mammary glands is eliminated.

It is interesting! According to ancient beliefs, women's milk is added even by the smell of dill, so a brush of grass was hung over the bed, a bag of seeds was placed under the pillow.

Side effects

In 99%, dill water, bought at a pharmacy or prepared at home, does not have a negative impact on a child's health. The medicine may be dangerous if:

• The baby has an allergic reaction to the active substance: dill or fennel oil. Allergy will manifest itself in the form of a rash, urticaria, in difficult situations - shortness of breath, asphyxia, pulmonary edema.
• The mother prepared the medicine at home, not respecting the proportions, gave the baby too much dose. In this case, the child will be poisoned with some water, there will be vomiting, diarrhea, frequent regurgitation, and the temperature will rise. The child will need the help of doctors, gastric lavage.

Avoiding side effects is simple: test the tolerance of fennel and dill before starting an intensive treatment for colic, prepare a medicine from pure seeds, follow the dosage.

Important! Dill water has a diuretic effect. It does not harm the baby if the baby gets extra water.

How to cook at home

It is not difficult to make herbal dietary supplement from dill seeds at home. In folk medicine, there are several recipes for preparing healing water for babies step by step.

Method 1

Take dry dill seeds (1 tsp), pour into a coffee grinder, grind. Pour boiling water (200 ml), put in a water bath and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from fire. Infuse for another 45 minutes, strain through cheesecloth. The vodka is ready.

Method 2

If there are no seeds, brew dill tea from greens. Finely chop 100 g of grass, pour boiling water over it and leave to cool for 40–45 minutes. Strain and pour into a bottle. You need to drink tea on the same day, pour out the rest.

Method 3

You will need to buy fennel oil in a pharmacy. Dilute 0.05 g in 1 liter of boiled or distilled water. Cold storage - 1 month.

You need to use a home remedy in the same way as a pharmacy.

Analogues

With severe colic, doctors prescribe drugs similar to dill water for babies and mothers. These are herbal and synthetic medicines. There is no difference in principle. We will give a description of the composition and therapeutic effect of the most popular of them.

"Plantex"

The only full-fledged analogue of dill water. Contains fennel seeds. Production is organized in the form of granules for dissolution in water. The risk of negative reactions and side effects is minimal, and the discomfort will pass quickly - in 20-30 minutes.

"Espumizan"

For newborns, drops are used. It is not an analgesic, it is prescribed to reduce gas formation, remove toxins in case of poisoning. You can take drops before meals and during meals. Children from 1 month old are given 5-10 drops 5 times a day. The medication should take effect in 15-20 minutes. According to parents, "Espumizan" can slightly weaken the stool in children up to 3-4 months.

"Baby Calm"

It is a carminative, antispasmodic, analgesic dietary supplement. The composition of the drug, which has the international name Baby Calm, includes oils: dill, mint, anise. The solution is diluted with water before drinking. “Baby Calm7 is allowed for newborns from 2 weeks of age.

"Bobotik"

Available in the form of drops of transparent or cream color. The active substance is simethicone. The drug reduces flatulence. According to doctors and parents, it is well tolerated by young patients, the effect is achieved quickly.

"Sub Simplex"

The active substance is simethicone. Available in the form of drops and suspensions. You need to take the medication before meals or after, to prevent flatulence before bed at night. Newborn children are prescribed 1/2 tsp. 3 times a day, by the age of three months - 1 tsp.

Safe drugs for newborns can be given to children for a long time until the colic problem goes away. Babies often experience GI discomfort when they first try to introduce complementary foods at 5 to 7 months of age. If gaziki appear from adult food, the tummy hurts, you can return to taking dill water or its equivalent.

On a note! Dr. Komarovsky is skeptical about any herbal infusions for the treatment of colic in newborns. Offers to replace fennel with any other plant, supposedly the effect will remain the same. This opinion causes a lot of controversy and contradictions. Whether or not you agree with the TV doctor is up to you.

Contraindications

A natural preparation made from fennel seeds and dill can be harmful if the following pathological conditions are observed in children:

• allergy to herbs, dill, fennel oils;
• postpartum jaundice;
• inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract;
• appendicitis;
• acute colitis.

The appointment of any drugs for newborns, even the safest and most harmless, according to parents, should be handled by a pediatrician. If you notice signs of intolerance, symptoms of deterioration in well-being, immediately cancel the treatment and consult a doctor.

FAQ

Is an allergy possible?

Dill and fennel are not highly allergenic plants. But they can cause allergies in children who are genetically predisposed to a negative reaction to herbs and food.

Can it be added to the mix?

If the baby does not agree to drink the medicine in its pure form, feel free to add the solution to the mixture or breast milk. This will improve the taste of the drink, the infusion will be better absorbed.

Is an overdose possible?

It is not necessary to abuse a folk remedy for the treatment of colic. Follow the recommendations from the annotation to the pharmacy when calculating the dose by age. The maximum amount of medication per day for infants up to two months of age should not exceed 20 ml.

Could it be constipation or diarrhea?

Dill water contains a lot of fiber. Such an infusion cannot fix a chair, but it can cause diarrhea with regular and prolonged use. But liquid feces are more often caused by the food of a nursing mother or an unsuitable mixture.

Could it be green stool?

During the period of taking fennel tincture, infants may have greenish or yellow stools. It is normal if the child poops without foam, defecation occurs no more than 2-3 times a day.

Is it possible to combine analogues and dill water?

The action of dill infusion and analogues is exactly the same. Taking them at the same time, that is, increasing the daily dose, does not make sense and is unsafe for the child. And you can alternate drugs for weeks or every 3-4 days.

Dill water does not have a prolonged action, useful substances do not accumulate in the body, so you need to take it for a long time. Refuse the folk remedy when the baby is fully adapted to extrauterine life, the intestines and stomach will work normally.

If the baby continues to suffer from colic after 6 months of age, be sure to inform the pediatrician at a routine examination and take your time with the introduction of complementary foods.

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Content

According to the instructions for use, dill water is allowed not only for adults, but also for newborns. She helps them cope with colic that appears during the feeding period or after. Adults use such water for almost the same purpose - to alleviate flatulence. There are other indications for its use. A drug with such beneficial properties is sold ready-made in a pharmacy, but there are several ways to prepare dill water.

What is dill water

It is incorrect to assume that such water is prepared simply by brewing dill. This drug is made on the basis of fennel. And for the manufacture take the fruits of this plant. Dill water is not an infusion or a decoction. The use of fennel seeds (dill) in industrial conditions allows the essential oil to be extracted by pressing. Then this substance is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:1000. It will not work to prepare such a remedy on your own, so at home they simply make a decoction.

Composition and form of release

The pharmacy sells dill water in the form of industrially obtained fennel essential oil. The medicine is available in dark glass bottles of 100 ml. The oil solution is packaged in cardboard boxes. The composition includes only 2 components - purified water and dill oil. The taste of the drink is soft and pleasant. Due to the absence of preservatives, the drug is approved for use by newborns. An analogue of dill water is the modern drug Plantex.

Indications for use

The drug has a very long list of indications. In general, it is used to remove gases and normalize bowel function. Adult patients are used for:

• diseases of the digestive tract, accompanied by spasms of the intestines;
• poor appetite;
• flatulence;
• dyspepsia;
• pain in the intestinal tract.

Due to the vasodilating action, water is used in the first stage of coronary insufficiency, arterial hypertension, hypertension and angina pectoris. If sputum does not come out with bronchitis and other infectious or catarrhal diseases of the upper respiratory tract, then this remedy is prescribed. Breastfeeding women use water to improve lactation by increasing the amount of breast milk. It also helps in case of menstrual irregularities. For newborns, such water is prescribed to remove gases during bloating.

Contraindications and side effects

If hypersensitivity to dill oil is observed, then taking some water is contraindicated. Those suffering from arterial hypertension should use the remedy only under medical supervision. After taking some water, side effects very rarely develop, but in isolated cases allergic reactions may occur:

• slight itching;
• redness;
• hives.

Even with its naturalness, the drug should not be used or given to a newborn too often. The use of the drug in large quantities causes an upset stool and, conversely, increased gas formation. In addition, according to some doctors, such water can lower blood pressure. For this reason, you should not be zealous with taking the drug, but replace it with another remedy with carminative properties. In a child, water often causes allergies, manifested by a rash and the following symptoms:

• loosening of the stool;
• vomiting;
• flatulence;
• swelling of mucous membranes.

The occurrence of such symptoms is the reason for discontinuation of the drug. It must be replaced with those medicines whose composition does not include fennel or dill. These plants are able to draw heavy metals from the soil on which they grow, which can also lead to poisoning. It, like an overdose of dill water, is manifested by loose stools and vomiting. If the symptoms of intoxication are severe, then you should definitely consult a doctor.

The benefits of dill water

The main substance in fennel oil is anethole, which exhibits a carminative effect. This means that the drug helps to relieve colic, but this is not the only benefit of such water. The composition contains a large amount of carvone, which improves digestion. Dill water also shows:

• antispasmodic effect;
• antifungal and antimicrobial action;
• laxative effect;
• expectorant action;
• diuretic effect.

For newborns

In the first months of life, almost all newborns suffer from intestinal colic, which is manifested by strong gas formation. This leads to pain in babies and restless nights in parents. Vodichka neutralizes colic, eliminates spasms, which has a beneficial effect on the transport of feces and gases. It only facilitates this process, because it is an integral part of adaptation and does not require serious treatment.

For adults

Due to the suppression of gas formation and stimulation of the movement of feces, dill water for adults is indicated for flatulence. With colds and other respiratory diseases, the remedy helps to improve sputum discharge. It has several other medicinal effects:

• dilates blood vessels, facilitating the flow of blood to any part of the body;
• stabilizes cardiac activity;
• reduces pressure on the intestinal walls;
• helps to heal wounds, sores and even fractures;
• eliminates inflammatory processes;
• prevents stagnation of air currents in the respiratory tract;
• relaxes smooth muscles during spasms.

During pregnancy

The main indication for the use of the drug during pregnancy is constipation and bloating, which are observed due to the rapid increase in the size of the uterus. It compresses and pinches some sections of the intestine, which causes such unpleasant symptoms. In this case, dill water helps:

• improve sleep;
• reduce gas formation;
• relieve headache;
• reduce nausea;
• improve blood composition.

Instructions for the use of dill water

The pharmacy sells dill water along with instructions for use, which indicates the dosage. It is determined by the problem. For constipation, bloating and colic, different treatment regimens are used. In any case, you must first check the body for allergies. To do this, you need to drink 1 teaspoon of the drug on an empty stomach, and then monitor your condition throughout the day. If there are no adverse reactions, then the water can be taken. Newborns should be given a smaller dose - only half a teaspoon in the morning before feeding.

For constipation

For the treatment of adults, 1 tablespoon of water is indicated up to 5-6 times a day. It is necessary to use the remedy after a meal. The drug begins to act in about 15-20 minutes, facilitating the condition as a whole and helping to stimulate the act of defecation. If constipation in an adult becomes chronic, then such water does not give an exact guarantee of getting rid of them. In this case, it is still worth contacting a doctor to find out the cause of this condition.

From bloating

The dosage and method of how to drink dill water for adults with flatulence remain the same as in the case of constipation. It makes 1 tablespoon of the product. It is taken immediately after meals up to 5-6 times throughout the day. In addition to relieving the symptoms of flatulence, the drug helps to stimulate appetite, reduce gas formation and eliminate functional disorders of the digestive process.

From colic in newborns

Pediatricians recommend giving water from 1 to 3 times a day for a teaspoon to adapt the baby's body. If the reaction of the baby is normal, then you can gradually increase the dose. As tolerated, give 2 teaspoons 3-6 times a day. By the drip method, the agent is given 15 drops per tongue, using a bottle with a dispenser. If the baby refuses to take the medicine, then the drug can be added to a bottle of formula or expressed breast milk.

The price of dill water

The cost of the drug is determined not only by the manufacturer, but also by the place of purchase. You can buy dill water for a newborn or an adult at a regular pharmacy. It is even easier to order it in the online store by making a delivery, because it is sold without a doctor's prescription. You can find out more about how much dill water costs from the table:

Dill water for newborns

Regardless of the method of preparation of the drug, the regimen for its administration involves a preliminary check for the presence of an allergy. After that, you can start taking some water every day. You will have to tinker with the baby a little:

• take a 5 ml syringe or Nurofen medicine syringe;
• collect some water, try to offer the baby instead of a pacifier, gradually squeezing out the contents;
• the child should start sucking the tip of the syringe, otherwise, if he rebels against the procedure, do not torture the child, causing even more stress.

How to make dill water at home

You can prepare the remedy yourself according to different recipes. The classic uses dry seeds of ordinary fennel, previously processed in a coffee grinder or blender. For a healing decoction, you need a glass of 250 ml. Cooking instructions:

• pour a spoonful of seeds with hot water, leave for 40-45 minutes.
• strain, cool to room temperature.

Another method of preparing dill infusion involves the use of fennel essential oil. Approximately 0.05 g of the product is diluted with 1 liter of boiled water. If there were no fennel seeds or oil, then you can use ordinary garden dill. Instructions for preparing water from it are as follows:

• take 1 teaspoon of herbs or fresh dill seeds;
• pour them with a glass of boiling water;
• insist for an hour;
• strain, store between uses in the refrigerator.

How to breed

With artificial feeding, 2-3 teaspoons of the finished infusion are diluted with warm boiled water in a volume of 50 ml. The resulting product can be used throughout the day, giving the baby instead of ordinary water. After preparation, the infusion is mixed with breast milk in a ratio of 1: 1. The procedure is continued until the child's unpleasant symptoms disappear.

How to give

The dosage of water prepared at home is slightly different. Newborns are given 1 tablespoon of medicine after feeding up to 3 times every day. It can also be mixed into formula or breast milk. Instructions on how to give dill water to a newborn allow it from two weeks of age. During this period, most babies develop colic. The product is safe for babies, so you should not be afraid of negative consequences. The number of receptions can be increased if the attacks of colic in a child become more frequent and follow one after another.

Can dill water be added to the mixture

If the baby is breastfed, then it is quite possible to add some water to the bottle with the mixture. This applies to both the pharmacy form of the drug in the form of oil and ready-made teas, and decoction. In addition to the mixture, they are added to a bottle of water for drinking to give it to the baby throughout the day. For the prevention of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, it is not necessary to use the drug, since it does not have a cumulative effect.

- This is a natural remedy that can alleviate the condition of the newborn and infant with intestinal colic, flatulence. The medicine is freely available in pharmacy kiosks, and you can also prepare it yourself.

• Reduces inflammation. It has a slight antiseptic effect, is able to soothe the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, improve blood circulation, expanding the vascular network.
• Stimulates digestion. Due to the normalization of peristalsis due to improved bile secretion (activation during paresis or digestion arrest and inhibition of excessive spasms).
• Improves microflora. Able to act as, stimulating the reproduction of beneficial intestinal bacteria. Due to this property, the processes of fermentation and putrefaction in the cavity of the intestinal tube are significantly reduced.
• Increases appetite. Due to the acceleration of food digestion, it contributes to weight gain in premature babies. The kid stops suffering from flatulence.
• Enhances lactation. When taken by the mother, it can increase milk production.
• Improves baby's sleep. Due to the fact that soothes intestinal colic, the baby's sleep becomes calm and long.
• Has a diuretic effect. Allows you to improve kidney function, cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.
• Eliminates nasal congestion, cough with thick sputum. Due to the liquefaction of the mucous part of the catarrhal discharge, its excretion improves, and the respiratory tract is sanitized.

Buying dill water

You can make dill water yourself or purchase it at any pharmacy kiosk.

Pharmacy preparations

In the pharmacy you can buy dill water in the form of drugs:

Self-cooking

Despite the cheapness of self-prepared solutions, the pharmacy version is more effective. Firstly, it is necessary to prepare water using purified water, carefully observing the proportions to create the optimal concentration of the drug, while in the pharmacy everything is already measured and ready. Secondly, self-prepared water only lasts for 12-15 hours, then it loses its properties.

In pharmacy preparations, not only the optimal dosage is calculated, but also due to the oily composition, the drug can be stored for quite a long time in the open state - up to 30 days. In addition, in most medicines, several ingredients are mixed that can enhance the effect of each other.

Instructions for the use of dill water

Each individual preparation contains individual instructions on how to use the medicine in a mother, but as in a child.

To kid

Self-prepared dill water must be dissolved in milk or formula for artificial feeding before use. For children older than 3 months, dissolve 1 teaspoon in 50 milliliters of milk or mixture and give the child three times a day before feeding. If the baby is under three months of age, then 1-2 drops are dripped onto the tongue before each feeding.

Pharmaceutical preparations are taken according to the instructions. Usually they are also applied in a teaspoon three times a day. Most of the drugs also need to be dissolved in milk or formula before being given to the baby.

This method of application will allow you to feed the child with medicine, as it will smell like milk and will not cause rejection in the baby.

breastfeeding mother

The recipe for dill water for moms is no different from preparing a baby. To enhance lactation, it is necessary to take a tablespoon of pure infusion before each feeding of the child.

Another way to take - 2 tablespoons three times a day for half an hour before feeding the baby. In this case, often the active substance can enter the milk with the bloodstream and the need to administer the drug to the child's diet will disappear.

An even greater chance of getting the medicine with milk into the gastrointestinal tract of the child is if the mother consumes 2/3 cups of water three times a day half an hour before feeding in small sips. Each sip must be held in the mouth for better oral absorption.

Pharmaceutical preparations are taken according to the instructions. Most often - a tablespoon immediately before each feeding.

Are there any contraindications?

Only one thing - individual intolerance to the ingredients of the drug. This manifests itself in the form of anxiety of the child, it is possible to attach catarrhal phenomena, rashes on the skin (urticaria, angioedema).

In case of allergic reactions, it is necessary to immediately stop the drug. Reactions do not always appear from the first day, usually a contraindication occurs on the 3rd-4th day of taking the medicine, when the titer of autoantibodies in the blood has increased, and a hypersensitivity reaction has developed.

Do not use dill water as a substitute for regular water. This is a herbal medicine and may cause allergic reactions from infancy.

If dill water does not help?

Not everyone helps dill water. Often intestinal colic is the result of lactase deficiency or other intestinal disorders. In this case, you can try giving your child the following remedies: