With the cold season firmly upon us and me with a 2 year old I have been exploring medicines that help him feel better. This is the first year that he can some of the products on the market besides Tylenol and it has been a strict learning curve for us in what he can and can’t take…and what he won’t take.
I was pleased to be able to sample Children’s Chestal by Boiron because I knew honey was a key ingredient, which means it will taste great and have a great coating effect. Along with honey other ingredients included:
- Antimonium tartaricum 6C HPUS – Helps loosen thick mucus
- Bryonia alba 3C HPUS – Relieves dry and painful cough
- Coccus cacti 3C HPUS – Relieves cough associated with a tickling in the throat
- Drosera rotundifolia 3C HPUS – Relieves barking cough worse at night
- Ipecacuanha 3C HPUS – Relieves cough associated with nausea
- Pulsatilla 6C HPUS – Relieves wet cough during the day becoming dry at night
- Rumex crispus 6C HPUS – Relieves dry cough triggered by cold air
- Spongia tosta 3C HPUS – Relieves dry, croupy and barking cough
- Sticta pulmonaria 3C HPUS – Relieves nighttime hacking cough
The letters “HPUS” indicate that the active ingredients are officially included in the Homeopathic Pharmacopœia of the United States.
Chestal is used to relieve cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation and helps to loosen phlegm to make the coughs more productive. I liked that Chestal is non-drowsy; has no drug interactions, no risk of overdoes or dependency. Because it has no drug interactions it can be used with your basic Tylenol or Motrin if needed. However, without a fever I don’t like using those and so Children’s Chestal was perfect. So many of the medications have some form of pain reliever mixed in automatically and honestly I like being able to administer the kind I like and the amount that is recommended by my doctor. When it’s automatically mixed in you don’t get to always give it as often as needed.
Coulter loved the taste and asks for more. He does understand it’s medicine and that he should never take it with out my help but he was sure eager to get his medicine. Because of the natural honey base there are no artificial colors or flavors, this did however mean it was a tad stickier than most medicines (just means it really is coating his throat).
Children’s Chestal works naturally with the body to improve the productivity of all types of common coughs. First, the natural goodness of honey in Chestal coats and soothes your throat. Then, the blend of safe homeopathic medicines gets to work loosening chest congestion, helping to make coughs more productive for a speedier recovery. I would recommend Children’s Chestal to all my mommy friends and readers as a way to help suppress the cough and only that. No added flavors, colors or pain relievers.
