Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

POISONING

Children are often victims of poisoning. The commercial product of today bring an ever-increasing supply of poisons to the home which through careless storage are gotten hold of by children. The same is true in the case of medications.

Some safety measures to prevent poisoning:

- Use drugs only for the purpose for which they were prescribed.
- Discard unused drugs.
- All medications and household chemicals should be kept out of reach of small children.
- Never tell children you ar giving them candy when you are really giving them medicine.
- Never give or take medicine in the dark.
- Read labels before using chemical products.
- Never put any product not intended for eating or drinking in a food or beverage container.
- Never store household chemical products with food or medicine.

How to suspect poisoning:

- Odor of poison in the breath.
- Discoloration of lips and mouth.
- Pain or burning sensation in the throat.
- Whenever bottles or packages of drugs or poisonous chemicals are found open in the presence of children.
- Unconsciousness, confusion or sudden illness when access to poison is possible.

Treatment:

- Induce vomiting in any of the follopwing manners:
– Tickling the throat.
– Administration of eggwhite, milk or water with baking powder.
– use of a medicinal plant that induces vomiting.

- Do not induce vomiting in any of the following circumstances:

– The poison taken is a petroleum product (kerosene, gasoline, lighter fluid), toilet bowl cleaner, rust remover, drain cleaner, acids for household use, iodine or household bleach.
– The patient is unconscious.
– The patient is in the last trimester of pregnancy.
– The patient has a heart disease.

- With wretching and vomiting, place the victim face down with the head lower than the hips. This prevents vomitus from entering the lungs and causing further damage.
- If poisoning is severe, immediately bring the patient to the nearest hospital or clinic.

MEDICINAL PLANTS TO INDUCE VOMITING

Plant material: BAWANG cloves

Preparation: Burn a whole bulb of garlic and place in 1/2 glass of water.

Direction for use: Drink the mixture.

Plant material: KINTSAY, whole plant

Preparation: Express juice from 1 or 2 fresh kintsay plants.

Direction for use: Drink the juice.

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