ʻO ka meli, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka syrup kohaka
Kēkēmapa 14, 2007 - Hoʻoluʻu ka meli i nā ʻūhā a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka hiamoe o nā keiki, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka noiʻi US1. Wahi a nā kānaka noiʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia lāʻau ma mua o ka syrup i loaʻa ka dextromethorphan (DM).
ʻO ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana he 105 mau keiki mai 2 a 18 mau makahiki i loaʻa i ka maʻi hanu luna me ka ʻūhā nocturnal. ʻO ka pō mua i loaʻa ʻole ka lāʻau i nā keiki. Ua lawe nā mākua i kahi nīnau nīnau pōkole e hiki ai ke kū ka hiamoe a kā lākou keiki, a me kā lākou hiamoe ponoʻī.
I ka lua o ka pō, 30 mau minuke ma mua o ka hiamoe, ua loaʻa nā keiki i hoʻokahi lāʻau2 o ka syrup flavour meli i loaʻa iā DM, kahi mahele o ka meli buckwheat a ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau.
Wahi a nā mea i ʻike ʻia e nā mākua, ʻo ka meli ka lāʻau ʻoi loa no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka paʻakikī a me ke alapine o ka mauʻu. E hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka hiamoe o nā keiki a, a ʻo ka makua.
ʻO ka ʻono momona a me ke ʻano syrupy o ka meli i ʻōlelo ʻia e hōʻoluʻolu i ka puʻu, wahi a ka poʻe noiʻi. Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻōlelo ʻia kāna mau mea antioxidant a antimicrobial e kōkua i ka wikiwiki i ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla.
I ka mālamalama o kēia mau hopena, hōʻike ka meli i kahi koho kūpono a palekana hoʻi i nā syrups mare no nā keiki i kūʻai ʻia i nā hale kūʻai lāʻau a ʻo ia, e like me nā loea ʻē aʻe, pono ʻole.
Emmanuelle Bergeron - PasseportSanté.net
1. Paul IM, Beiler J, ¶ AL. ʻO ka hopena o ka meli, dextromethorphan, a ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka uha pō a me ka maikaʻi o ka hiamoe no nā keiki hāneʻe a me ko lākou mau mākua. ʻO Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Dec; 161 (12): 1140-6.
2. Hoʻohanohano nā kau i lawelawe ʻia i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka huahana, ie ½c. (8,5 mg) no nā keiki 2 a 5 mau makahiki, 1 tsp. (17 mg) no nā keiki 6 a 11 mau makahiki a me 2 tsp. (24 mg) no kēlā mau makahiki he 12 a 18 paha.