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Natural Health News Articles
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| Posted: 7th August 2004 |
| Your Own Herbal First Aid Kit |
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The first thing to assess when looking at your own natural first aid kit is which conditions benefit from a simple natural treatment and which situations need more urgent attention. Obviously, if you have a broken bone, a laceration that requires stitches, a puncture wound or other symptoms that require professional help you must seek it.
There are, however, many excellent herbal and other natural preparations that should be in your first aid kit, e.g. Echinacea tincture, a tincture of yarrow, calendula cream or ointment, a topical horse chestnut extract product (in a gel or cream formula), arnica tincture or ointment for bruises, a few simple herbal teas, such as peppermint and chamomile, and a combination herbal salve for minor bites and scrapes. Also, keep Bach Rescue Remedy in your first-aid kit, along with a good muscle balm and a chest rub.
Essentials
Echinacea - for any kind of cut or minor wound. Echinacea speeds healing by preventing infection and developing new tissue at the site of a wound.
Yarrow - to stop bleedingIt also acts as a local antiseptic. The oil is anti-inflammatory and stimulates the formation of healing wound tissueCloses wounds quickly, therefore make sure the wound is clean before applying.
Calendula - to soothe the skin and accelerate healingTo treat minor burns and scrapes. It has antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, astringent and immune-stimulating properties.
Horse chestnut - for bruises or sprains, reducing pain, braising, and swelling of sprains and sports injuriesDiminishes the number of tiny openings in capillary walls, which helps to "seal" the outflow of fluid surrounding tissue.
A good general herbal salve - including comfrey, chickweed, Echinacea, calendula, goldenseal, plantain, essential oils, and a host of other herbs.
Bach Rescue Remedy - combining star of Bethlehem, rock rose, impatiens, cherry plum and clematis flower essences. |
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