Chemo and Herbal Tea

I know when my dad was on chemo he could not drink green tea. Definitely talk to her doctor and ask specifically about tea. Don't research it online. There are do many different chemo drugs and interactions vary from drug to drug.

As others have said, check with the chemo center. Also be aware that smells may change and your daughter may become nauseous from odors while you cook or clean or any other thing as perfumes and candles.

I hope all works out well for her and your family and that this is a short treatment for her.

the other S.

Check with the doctor. Ginger tea or ginger ale helps with nausea.

Ask the Chemo center. They should send home information. Call them now and ask.

My friend used Ginger Ale in a can with a straw.. She lived o what we call soft ice.. Or chipped ice. Sonic was our friend, we explained to the manager of the neighborhood Sonic about allowing us to drop by every once in a while and pick up a bag of it.

She also would nibble on very thin crisp cookies like ginger cookies. Puffy mints sometimes.

Many times part of the problem with chemo is they lose their sense of smell and taste while going through the treatments.

So not only finding something to help them from being woozy, something they can handle to drink or eat and will not interfere with the chemicals they are being administered.

When my friend was undergoing chemo, she could not have herbal teas.

Make sure you check with your daughter's doctors before giving her any type of supplement, even vitamins.

You probably already know this, but it is worth repeating: Just because something is "natural" doesn't mean it is necessarily good for everyone.
For people taking prescribed pharmaceutical agents and treatments, there are many contraindications with natural, herbal supplements.

Wishing strength, good health, and a complete recovery for your daughter.

J. F.

She's not a child but my neighbors friend had cancer. My neighbor made her several bottles of peppermint tea to drink. I gave her peppermint from my yard and she boiled it to make the "tea".

So sorry you are going through this with your daughter, and I hope for a positive outcome with minimal side effects.

I think you have to be very careful with "herbal" and "natural" products - those adjectives don't necessarily mean "healthy". I know of no studies that suggest herbal tea is beneficial for the immune system, although of course keeping a person hydrated is a good thing especially if there is a lot of vomiting involved from chemo.

Ginger is an age-old remedy for stomach upset.

There is a ton of work being done on immune system support and there are clinical studies conducted at a couple of major cancer centers by a radiation oncologist. Participants found an increase in energy and a decrease in fatigue. It's metabolized as food so there's no contraindication with chemo or other medications. Rapid absorption also helps when patients are nauseated - it doesn't sit in the stomach that long, which sometimes helps beat the clock with nausea. The study is published so if that interests you, I can forward it to you. I don't want to inundate you with info though, so just message me if you want it.

My neighbor used to crunch on a few lightly salted almonds when she was nauseated. If there's no tree nut allergy with your child, that might help a little. It's hard to predict what anyone, particularly a child, will have an appetite for or an aversion to, so it's good to have a number of options in your bag of tricks.

Wishing you well.

whats your daughters age? at 4 yrs and no chemo i don't give my child tea because of the caffeine in it (he is also an extremely active child )
i would also make sure it was high quality organic tea because of the flouride content in the other teas.

i drink tea for numerous reasons, and found peppermint tea and tea with ginger to be good tummy settlers when i had morning sickness.

my sister has cancer and she uses miralax. it is not natural but it does help. Praying for your daughter.

I'm sorry she's having to go through this. I wish I knew. I'd ask around and find some support groups that have first hand experience with this. Sometimes they have dealt with this sort of thing and even if something is supposed to work they might have found it doesn't.