Table 2.

Homemade Oral Fluids for Treatment of Diarrhea^*

† Mixture 1

1 can beef consommé (11 oz)

1 pkg jam and jelly pectin (2 oz)‡

2 tsp lite salt§

2 tsp baking soda (NaHCO3)

Made up to 2 qt (1892 ml)

‖ Mixture 2

1 pkg jam and jelly pectin

1 tbsp lite salt

1 tbsp baking soda

Made up to 2 qt (1892 ml)

^*When level spoonfuls are used, both mixtures contain 2 per cent glucose, 490 to 500 mOsm per liter, and 121 mEq per liter of sodium. All ingredients are available in grocery stores.

^†This mixture also contains 48 mEq per liter of bicarbonate and 31 mEq per liter of potassium.

^‡Jam and jelly pectin is greater than 75 per cent glucose.

^§Lite salt is half sodium chloride and half potassium chloride.

^‖This mixture also contains 72 mEq per liter of bicarbonate and 43 mEq per liter of potassium.