The essential home medical reference guide for children from infancy through age twelve The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Children is a book no parent will want to be without. It contains safe and easy home remedies for the bumps bruises aches pains scratches and sniffles that come with childhood. The editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books asked more than 250 doctors nurses and health-care professionals for healing tips and techniques that parents could use at home. The result is this practical easy-to-use medical reference for hundreds of childhood ailments. Inside you ll learn what medical experts do to stop bee stings from hurting keep poison ivy from itching--and even stop siblings from fighting. Medical Alerts tell parents when to call a doctor a Prevention section provides pointers for keeping kids accident-free and under First Aid you ll find essential emergency procedures. Now every parent can get doctor-recommended remedies for everything from allergies and animal bites to toothaches and TV addiction.