| FIVE FIRST-AID MUSTS |
| 1. Echinacea Echinacea tincture, cream or ointment as a first line of defence against infection for any kind of cuts or minor wounds. Echinacea speeds healing by preventing infection and by developing new tissue at the site of a wound. In Germany, topical echinacea preparations are approved for use on hard-to-heal wounds and sores, as well as for herpes simplex, or cold sores. You can find echinacea as a topical product, such as a cream or ointment, at your favorite health food store. |
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| 2. Yarrow Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) may not be at the top of the list when it comes to bestselling herbs, but when it comes to stopping bleeding, yarrow works wonders. The herb's name "Achillea" points to this very use of the herb. Legend has it that Achilles used yarrow poultices to stop the bleeding of his soldiers wounds in battle. Modern research has confirmed yarrow's potenty. The compound achilleine, in the leavees and flowers of the herb stops bleeding rapidly, even dramatically. It to acts as a local antiseptic. Because yarrow closes wounds quickly, you must make sure you clean the wound first, before applying the herb. |
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| 3. Calendula Calendula salve or ointment is used on burns, lip balm and scrapes. Studies have shown that calendula ointments can accelerate the healing of wounds and have and have antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, astringent and immune-stimulating properties. Calendula ointment containing about five percent of crude herb. |
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| 4. Horse Chestnut Whenever someone get a bruise, sprain or close a finger in a door, they should put horse chestnut gel, ointment or extract on it. Such products are remarkable for reducing pain, bruising, and swelling of sprains and sports injuries. The extracts contain aescin, a compound that acts on bruises or sprains by diminishing the number or diameter of tiny openings in capillary walls, which helps to "seal" the outflow of fluid surrounding tissue. This action helps thwrat swelling and bruising, making it very useful for the topical treanment of bruises, sprains and contusions. |
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| 5. A good general herbal salve Throughout the Unitied State there are many small regional herbal businesses that make good herbal salves useful for all kinds of bites, stings, scrapes, cuts and contusions. These products often include comfrey, chickweed, echinacea, calendula, goldenseal, plantian, essential oils, and a host of other herbs in a base of olive oil and beeswax. Find one that works for you and keep it handy. Or make your own. |
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| Peppermint tea and Chamomile is another good thing to have. For it is soothing to the stomache. |
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| Chinese Essential Oils This is a formula based on an ancient combination of essential oils dating back one thousand years. It contains safflower oil, wintergreen oil, menthol, camphor and other essential oils. It is like a first aid kit to keep with you at all times. It can be used for allergies, arthritis, burns, colds, coughs, cuts, headaches, insect bites and stings, itching, swelling, poison oak and ivy, muscle pain, sprains, stiff neck, sinus, stuffy nose, vomiting, motion sickness and can even be used to keep you awake on long distance driving. |