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Make your own herbal first aid kit

5/14/2012

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I love to travel, and experience has taught me the benefits of packing light. 
But no matter how lightly I travel, I always carry along an herbal first-aid 
kit. Being prepared with my favorite remedies gives me peace of mind on the road 
or trail, and keeps me from having to search out herbal products in an 
unfamiliar town — or from having to resort to padding my heels with mullein 
leaves to ease the agony of a broken blister while on a backpacking
trip.

I’ve had plenty of opportunities to put my first-aid kit to use, from 
treating blisters and bug bites to motion sickness and colds. I choose simple, 
multipurpose remedies and store them in a small padded nylon lunch box that’s 
always ready to toss into the car. For backpacking trips, I pare my kit down to 
arnica gel, echinacea, peppermint and chamomile tea bags, crystallized ginger, 
insect repellant, a tin of herbal salve, a tiny bottle of lavender essential 
oil, and an assortment of bandages and moleskin.


With the following herbs and essential oils, you should be able to treat just
  about any common condition you are likely to encounter in your travels.


The Herbal First Aid Kit: What to Buy
These are my favorite remedies — the ones I consider indispensable for a 
travel first-aid kit. All of the remedies are available at any well-stocked 
health-food store and by mail-order. Be sure to buy pure essential oils, not 
fragrance oils. To prevent breakage, wrap glass bottles in small pieces of thick
  flannel.


• Aloe vera gel: Cooling and healing, aloe vera (Aloe vera) 
soothes the inflammation of sunburn and common kitchen scalds and burns.


• Arnica gel or cream: Arnica (Arnica montana) flowers have 
anti-inflammatory and circulation-stimulating properties; the gel or cream is 
excellent for sore muscles, sprains, strains and bruises. Do not apply arnica to
  broken skin.


• Calendula-comfrey salve: The bright yellow-orange blossoms of 
calendula (Calendula officinalis) have astringent, antibacterial, 
antifungal, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties. Comfrey 
(Symphytum officinale) contains allantoin, a compound that stimulates the
  growth of new tissue and helps heal wounds.


• Chamomile tea bags: With its delicious distinctive flavor, chamomile
  (Matricaria recutita) makes a tasty tea. Gentle enough for children, 
chamomile has mild sedative, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial 
properties. It promotes relaxation, relieves indigestion and, when applied 
topically, soothes skin irritations.




Read more: http://www.herbcompanion.com/Health/Make-Your-Own-Natural-First-Aid-Kit.aspx#ixzz1urcwrtRK

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