Pediatric Expert Recommends Benzocaine-Free Summer First Aid for the Whole Family
Check out the July 2011 issue of Change Your Attitude…Change Your Life: 24/seven for “Safe, Natural, Benzocaine-Free Summer First Aid for the Whole Family,” by pediatric integrative medicine expert Dr. Larry Rosen. Dr. Rosen explains the FDA’s recent warning on benzocaine, and offers several benzocaine-free homeopathic solutions that are safe for your family to use this summer, including Calendula for sunburn, minor cuts and scrapes, Arnica for bumps and bruises, Apis mellifica for insect bites, and Camilia for teething.
“In the end, keep in mind wise Ben Franklin’s advice: ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,’” Dr. Rosen says. “Short of covering our kids from head to toe in SPF 70 bubble wrap, there’s not much more we can do. From time to time, children get hurt. The trick is to be prepared so you can nip minor problems in the bud.”
For more tips from Dr. Rosen on how to enjoy a safe summer, and to read the full article, click here.
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About Dr. Rosen: Dr. Rosen is a board-certified general pediatrician committed to family-centered, holistic child health care. He practices primary care at The Whole Child Center in Oradell, N.J. and consults at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, serving as Medical Advisor to the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center. Dr. Rosen is a founding member and Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Complementary and Integrative Medicine. He is a contributing editor and columnist for Kiwi Magazine, as well as a contributing author/editor for several books, including “Integrative Pediatrics,” “Green Baby,” and “Pediatric Clinics of North America: Complementary and Alternative Medicine.”
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