Pro-biotics is a catch-all name now used commonly in the health food and supplement industry. It refers to the entire group of human-friendly (pro) bacteria (biotics) that thrive predominantly inside our digestive tract from the stomach throughout the intestines.
In a mutually advantageous relationship, these bacteria live off nutrients within the human body, while at the same time providing substances that are absolutely essential to the body's well-being. It is not an exaggeration to say that our lives depend upon these friendly bacteria.
Travel Tonics for Children
When their colonies within us are compromised, so is our personal health. For example, although pro biotics are not limited to the intestines, anyone who has ever had diarrhea has experienced one of the many results from the disturbance of the proper balance of these friendly bacteria.
When the pro biotics (the friendly bacteria) are present in our digestive tract in sufficient numbers and varieties, this goes a long way in keeping out the unfriendly bacteria—the pathogenic and disease-provoking kinds-viruses, fungi, and parasites.
Protective Action of Travel Tonic
This protective action is partly due to the fortunate fact that pro biotics can actually neutralize and destroy a wide range of pathogens, toxins or poisons. Travelers are regularly exposed to all sorts of additional pathogens that the body is not accustomed to encountering and handling.
Therefore, the smart traveler will be proactive in supporting and increasing the friendly bacteria that can protect not only digestive health but health in general. Both pro biotics as well as pathogens enter the body primarily through the mouth.
Also, according to the information in this article you can easily carry oil for different uses as travel tonic. Moreover, with a little planning, for a traveler to help the pro biotics to colonize while slowing down or eliminating the overgrowth of the pathogens. Through the foods, we eat and through specific supplementation, with pro biotics we can intentionally nurture the growth of these friendly bacteria.
Use of Ginger in Travelling for Children
Ginger concentrate: You buy this at a health food or "bio" store or through the Internet before traveling. The highest quality I have found is made by New Chapter® and comes in many forms from their strongest concentrate called Zing force", to several strengths of delicious ginger-honey syrup concentrates. Follow instructions on the label.
Uses of Gingers in Travelling
Cold hands, feet, or body: Use ginger internally as suggested above, and externally you can soak hands, feet or whole body in a ginger bath. For a full bath, start with 1/4 cup ginger powder in a full tub of warm water. Soak 20-40 minutes.
- Constipation: Use ginger internally as suggested in applications above.
- Flu-like symptoms: Use ginger internally as suggested in applications above.
- Food poisoning: Use ginger internally as suggested in applications above.
- Gas: Use ginger internally as suggested in applications above.
- A headache: Use ginger internally as suggested in applications above.
Motion sickness: To avoid motion sickness, try taking a dose of ginger root three hours before travel preferably on an empty stomach. You can continue taking doses as often as needed and they can even work after the fact.
Like if you are on a small boat and all is well, but a storm comes up and then you get sick and that's when you take the ginger). Stomachache (and all signs of indigestion): Use ginger internally as suggested in applications above.
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