Keep hydrated and try to eat good food even while being sick keep up the energy levels even if you have to give your child a few glycojel jelly beans

If there is vomiting your body loses all its natural salt. My Grandma stuck to an old method. Glucose Powder with a very small amount of salt diluted in warm water then cooled……or the salt was included in the powder ……I’m not sure……..too long ago.

Start with the BRAT diet and heaps of Hydrolyte. And plenty of bed rest.
Always works for us.

A study was done at Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga NSW many years ago and it found Cottees Rasberry Cordial was great for the gastro bug. I’ve used it myself and it works.

Clean everything spotlessly and introduce little bits of dry toast and little sips of flat lemonade.

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  • • Cazz70 replied
    • 02 Jul 2018 , 6:13 pm

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  Studies found that flat lemonade is a huge no no when it comes to gastro. The sucrose activates the bowl causing the body to lose more fluids.

Be careful of apple cider vinegar as it affects the teeth. Best to drink out of a straw.

I was brought up to drink flat lemonade and suck on barley sugar. Recently I discovered charcoal tablets and they really work!

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 02 Jul 2018 , 4:47 am

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  Good old flat lemonade – this tip has been handed down to the generations. 🙂

it can really scary when they are that sick. just be watchful over them and try to give them ice to suck on to help hydrate them

Apple cider vinegar, fresh ginger tea, bicarb of soda solution, basil (mix equal amounts of basil juice and ginger juice). When really sick I found fresh ginger tea with a bit of Manuka honey the most easy to take.

I was always given [and still use] flat room temperature lemonade. Somehow it seems to stay down when all other fluids won’t, and it also seems to revitalise you [possibly the sugar which I usually never eat].

Thank you for sharing these great tips.

If gastro, we normally provide gastrolite or powerade, something similar to get the sugar and electrolytes back in the body. Unfortunately, you tend to need to ride it out until the bug leaves your system. Then be mindful of what you refill your tummy with.

Red cordial or raspberry lemonaid or Coke!! really. Worth trying

I think it would depend on the symptoms. Personally I would not use anything that is acidic. Slippery elm is great for soothing the stomach lining. Camomile tea sipped slowly. Stay away from salty foods, especially salted crackers, will aggravate any stomach issues.

I use red cordial which my grandmother told me about. It seems to work well if started in time.

I tried slowly sipping red cordial after I couldn’t retain water. It didn’t work at all.
Had I known about it sooner It may or may not have helped. I had to go to hospital at about 7.00pm to be rehydrated during an overnight stay..

I spray eucalyptus spray around when anyone is sick at our place, too many people to be sick for weeks on end