Had an informative intro to homeopathy workshop here on Saturday - the topic specifically being "homeopathic first aid". Rachel Vandenberg of Healing Path Centre for Natural Medicine here in town led the workshop - fortunately we had such fine weather we could have it outdoors - which seemed fitting for a first aid workshop on natural remedies. She gave participants a good understanding of a handful of useful "key" remedies to have on hand, and recommended we keep mini first aid kits with these homeopathics as well as instruction cards, on hand (in our homes, in our backpacks for outdoor excursions, etc). The main remedies she discussed were for common ailments that don't need the indepth constitutional analysis that homeopathic/naturopathic doctors also use when assessing patients. Here's the first aid kit:
Aconite - for sudden onset of shock, anxiety, restlessness or even taking this at the first sign of a flue or cold
Apis - for bee stings, tender, burning, swollen wounds
Arsenicum - food poisoning, vomiting, diarrhea
Arnica - for mechanical injuries, bruises, sore muscles (e.g. overexertion)
Belladonna - sunstroke, sudden fever, burning skin
Calendula - for cuts to the soft tissue, superficial healing of skin
Cantharsis - for blisters and burns
Chamomilla - irritability during teething, common cold with irritability
Hypericum - for deeper wounds to nerve-rich areas, injuries to spine, or falling on tailbone
Ledum - for bruises, puncture wounds, injury to eye area
Nux Vomica - for ailments from too much of anything (food, alcohol, etc)
Rhus Tox - for red swollen itchy blisters, poison ivy, sprained joints
Ruta - for sprains, and pulled tendons
Symphytum - broken bones
Urtica Urens - sunburn, injuries that burn, itch, sting or swell into a raised area
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