Healthy Kids, Happy Kids

A comprehensive guide to integrative pediatrics with advice on nutrition, toxin-free homes, and healthy living. Dr. Song combines alternative and traditional medicine to address chronic childhood illness and acute conditions.

?Thanks to our access to life-saving antibiotics and cutting-edge treatments, we are parenting in a golden age of medicine. Yet, in many ways, our children are sicker than ever: 1 in 5 kids has eczema; 1 in 10 has asthma, ADHD, anxiety, or behavioral problems; and 1 in 44 has autism. In 2005, the New England Journal of Medicine forecast that for the first time in history, our children are predicted to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.

           Many parents are at a loss for where to turn for sound, effective advice – advice that leans on proven medicine like antibiotics and vaccines, yet looks for the root cause of persistent conditions and doesn’t dismiss holistic or alternative treatments.

           Enter Elisa Song, MD, a Stanford-trained physician, one of the foremost pioneers and trusted experts in the field of functional pediatrics, and that rare practitioner who can straddle conventional and integrative medicine. Through her medical practice and online platforms, she has helped thousands of children thrive by integrating the best of conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, homeopathy, essential oils, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Healthy Kids, Happy Kids is the definitive guidebook for raising a healthy, resilient child, featuring a road-tested preventative health program and an A-to-Z guide to treating common childhood ailments, from asthma, earaches, eczema, the flu, and Strep to UTIs. In this essential guide, Song shares holistic remedies like:

• Garlic eardrops work better than amoxicillin for most earaches
• Elderberry syrup can be used to fight flu, viruses and bacteria
• Zinc supplements can improve appetite and help with picky eaters
• Magnesium can relieve anxiety and focus problems

With this essential guidebook, we have the power to change the course of our children’s health -- and help them truly thrive.