The following traditional remedies make highly
effective oral rehydration solutions and are suitable drinks to prevent a child from losing too much liquid during diarrhoea:
An effective oral rehydration mixture contains a starch or sugar, sodium, and sometimes potassium.
Not exact matches
In the past 12 years
oral rehydration therapy (ORT) has proved to be
effective as more than just supportive treatment for mild illness.
Although medical organizations like to suggest
oral rehydration packets loaded with sugar to restore electrolytes, research has shown that a traditional Āyurvedic salted rice soup (e.g. peya) is far more
effective (6).
Other studies point to it as being more
effective than
oral rehydration salts solution.