Colic is a challenging problem, and a new parent might not be equipped to face it. Colic is frustrating because it doesn't seem to have any cause, and no amount of soothing appears to help.
When people from southern Italy came to the United States in the 1800s and 1900s, they brought arugula, a sharp-tasting decorative herb, with them. Arugula was first used as a medicinal herb and is now grown and eaten around the world