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First Aid Using Natural Remedies
Hello! I recently learned that my blog is being read in 99 countries – thank you readers all over the world! Today, I am going to share ideas with you in the event that you or your child is sick or needs first aid; my hope is that each of these natural remedies can be found in a store near you or within your own home.
Fevers, infections, and even blisters all have their purpose. It is not our job to suppress symptoms but we can certainly accelerate the natural healing of the body. The goal of home remedies is not to stop the symptoms but to reduce the severity. We always need to remember to honour the illness or the injury and what the body is trying to do.
These remedies are fast-acting, effective, kid-friendly and have certainly come to my family’s rescue time and time again:
Rescue Remedy – this is a potent combination of Bach flower remedies that I use when my girls experience any trauma i.e. fall, broken limb, nightmare. This liquid has calmed them down and helped them heal many times. It comes in a bottle and you simply put a few drops under your child’s tongue.
We are starting to hear about and find homeopathic remedies far more often than in the past. Here is the list of homeopathic remedies and some of their uses, that I have extrapolated from my book:
| Homeopathic Remedy | Ailment | Example of its use |
| Apis | Sting, bite or hives | Your child is stung by a bee or mosquito or is experiencing itchiness/redness/swelling/ hives from eating strawberries, cheese, shellfish or citrus foods or has reacted to penicillin. |
| Arnica | Pain/bruising | Your child is sore or bruised. |
| Arsenicum | Food poisoning | Your child is throwing up/has stomach cramps/diarrhea. |
| Belladonna | Fever/sunstroke | Your child has been sunburned or has a fever. There are other fever remedies if this one doesn’t bring it down. |
| Chamomile | Needs calming | Your child is worked up i.e. colic/can’t sleep/has a nightmare/is teething. |
| Pulsatilla | Dehydration/Thirstless | Your child has been sick and not drinking much and you want to replenish the fluid in their body quickly. |
| Coccolus | Nausea | Your child is having motion sickness in the car, plane, boat or train. |
| Euphrasia | Eye discomfort | Your child’s eye/eyes are sore, Red or pussing from food, pool water or infection. |
| Gelsenium | Flu | Your child feels sick, their limbs are sore, and they are thirstless and drowsy. |
| Hepar Sulph/Spongia | Croup | Your child has a persistent barking cough. |
| Rhus Tox | Chicken pox | Your child has the chicken pox and/or is itchy. This is not the only remedy for the chicken pox but is the most well known. |
Food Remedies |
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| Ear infection | Crushed, warmed garlic mixed with some olive oil (pea-sized) put in the ear and held in with a small piece of cotton usually clears up an infection overnight. |
| Eczema breakout | Cut a raw potato and rub it all over the affected area. |
| Any sickness i.e. sore throat, chest or sinus infection |
Hot water with lemon, ginger and honey or chicken soup. |
| Dehydration | Coconut water or lemon, honey and Himalayan salt mixed in water. |
| Goose egg (bump) | Crack and beat an egg and apply to the bump, letting it dry. You will see the bump diminish within the hour! |
| Pink eye | Place a drop or two of breast milk in each eye or soak a cotton ball with chamomile tea and put on your child’s eye for 15 minutes. |
| Diarrhea | White rice, bananas or apple sauce. |
I could write pages and pages on all the natural remedies available to us; these are just a few examples. By using these natural remedies for yourself or your child, as opposed to drugs, you do not deplete the body of good bacteria – having lots of good bacteria is the key to physical well-being! I invite you to try one of these remedies the next time someone in your family gets injured or sick and then let the rest of us know how it worked for you! And please feel free to share some effective, natural remedies that I did not mention in this post. Don’t forget to leave a link back to your own blog if you have one via the commentluv feature you will find here on the site.
Until next time,
Meredith
Arnica is a miracle. We use it all the time, not only does it prevent bruising but it really stops pain from bumps and falls almost immediately. We found a great Arnica Oil product on our recent trip out west. It’s a roll on which really is a clever idea. The label says http://sopeshop.com Great stuff, can’t say enough great things about it.
Thank you so much for elaborating on the attributes of Arnica! I do view homeopathy as truly miraculous. Thank you, as well, for sharing the link for the roll on product!
Meredith
For the cold and flu, in addition to eating plenty of chicken soup I drink lots of cranberry juice. It has more vitamin C than orange juice.
Great suggestion! And it’s antibacterial. Thank you!
Meredith
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This is really informative! Thank you so much for sharing this. Just what I needed to know. Cheers!