3살짜리 딸래미를 키우다보니 이런 연구결과를 보니 눈이 번쩍 뜨이네요.
다른 어떤 기침감기약보다 자기전에 꿀을 한스푼 먹이는것이 가장 좋은 결과를 얻었다는 연구결과입니다. 기침이 낳은 뒤에도 얼마간 먹이는게 좋다고 되어 있구요.
folk remedy(민간요법)가 효과가 있는 것으로 검증된 하나의 좋은 예가 되겠네요.
오늘 당장 기침감기 걸린 딸래미에게 꿀 한스푼 먹이고 추이를 볼 예정입니다.
물론 오늘 감기약 타온것도 같이 먹여야겠죠. 그동안 감기약만 먹인 경우 잘 낫질 않았는데 이 정보가 도움이 되었으면 좋겠습니다..


For the study, researchers recruited 105 children with upper respiratory infections from a clinic in Pennsylvania. Parents were given a paper bag with a dosing device inside. Some were empty. Some contained an age-appropriate dose of honey-flavored cough medicine containing dextromethorphan. And some contained a similar dose of honey.

The parents were asked about their children's sleep and cough symptoms, once before the bedtime treatment and once after. They rated the symptoms on a seven-point scale.

All of the children got better, but honey consistently scored best in parents' rating of their children's cough symptoms.

"Give them a little time and they'll get better," said Pat Jackson Allen, a professor at Yale University School of Nursing.