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Along with band-aids, tweezers, and bug repellent, our first aid kit has an assortment of natural remedies for common kid maladies. Some come from the kitchen and some from the natural food store, and every one of them has come through for us.
10 Natural Remedies for Kids for the Family First Aid Kit:
- Honey – Unfiltered raw honey is a magical healing food. Use a spoonful for cough syrup, and mix in some turmeric for a sore throat. Even if you have already tried using a humidifer for babies or kids. Honey is our favorite treatment for cuts, splinters, and wounds that don’t heal. It draws out the moisture and has a natural antibiotic action. We get local honey from our co-op, in bulk.
- Temp Assure from Herbs for Kids – An alcohol-free tincture with echinacea, peppermint, elderflowers, yarrow, and catnip, Temp Assure supports the body’s temperature-regulating system. We use this for a fever that rises quickly, otherwise, we let the fever run its course.
- Rescue Remedy from Bach Flower Remedies – This homeopathic remedy has worked wonders for us when we have kids in shock from a big fall, a traumatic experience, or just extremely upset children.
- Cold Symptoms for Kids from Wish Garden Herbs – Cold Symptoms is a great tasting tincture for colds, coughs, or runny noses. Our kids have no problem taking it, sometimes asking for seconds…It is made with wildcrafted and organic herbs: wild cherry, thyme, garlic, yerba santa, and horehound.
- Honey House Propolis Salve from Honey Gardens Apiaries – A perfect topical treatment for scrapes, burns, and other superficial wounds, this thick salve stays on. The propolis, calendula, and plantain make for a healing formula, and the honey and beeswax give it a comforting fragrance. I carry this with me in my personal bag everywhere I go.
- Arnica Montana homeopathic remedy from Boiron – This is another internal remedy for bruises, trauma, and sore muscles, and kids usually dig the tiny pellets. They look like some kind of fun candy.
- Ssssting Stop from Boericke & Tafel – Got mosquito bites? Bee stings? Ssssting Stop works like a charm, taking care of the itch and soothing the pain. We take this with us almost everywhere in the summer.
- Tea Tree oil – A great antiseptic and antifungal, tea tree oil is potent stuff for topical application to wounds.
- Coconut Oil – We have found unrefined coconut oil to be the best treatment for sunburns, and it is the only lotion or hair conditioner we use. Massage some into your hair before showering, then shampoo as usual. We like the Nutiva and Spectrum brands.
- Emergen-C – This fizzy vitamin C drink is a great electrolyte, and gives a boost of natural energy.
Being prepared has really made a difference during family outings. Having the remedies for most of the common childhood ailments all together in a kit means not having to gather them up when you’re packing.
What’s in your first aid kit? Leave us a comment.
Thanks for the great list of remedies.
I use paw paw cream which I get from the health shop here in Australia. It takes the sting out of burns, stings, cuts, soothes chapped skin, etc, it’s wonderful – a cure for all ills!!! 🙂
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Put a finely chopped onion on a plate in the room where the kid with a cough is sleeping.
Also make a syrup with finely choped onion and honey alterneting these two, two or three times and let it rest (not touching it or moving it at all) for 24 hours. Then after 24 hours strain it and you can give one sponful of the syrup to calm coughs.
It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.
Moms always secure the health of their children. First
aid kit is always present on their medicine cabinet. The most important thing
that you do if someone is having sick is not to panic and be open-minded on
what the next thing to do.
Nothing is impossible if you are
always ready. First aid kit is very important in every household. It is
mother’s obligation on this matter.
Well information and different tecniques you have given that are more beneficial for kids.