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thank you, Jodi, for this information!

1) Lavender Oil (apply topically for Burns, smell for headaches, in bath for cold and flu)

2) Weleda Creams: Arnica Ointment (for bruises), calendula cream (for rashes and boo-boos), calendula oil (for massages for growing pains), burn care cream and wound care cream

3) Tea Tree oil (antiseptic for topical application, also in bath for cold and flu, put a drop in a cup of warm water with 1 tsp salt for a sore throat gargle.)

4) Grapefruit seed extract (for treating fungi, ringworm-dilute at least 1:4 in water or will burn skin.)

5) Rescue Remedy (from Bach Flower essences for stress and tantrums)

6) Chamomile Tea bags (wet and apply to sunburn, or steep and make soothing tea for colds, tantrums etc.) Dip baby wash cloths in tea and freeze for teething relief

7) Lemun or Apis Homeopathic (for bites)

8) Aloe Vera Gel (for sunburns)

9) Arnica pellets (take orally for wounds)

10) Red washclothes for washing up scrapes (can minimize child's stress from seeing blood on washcloth)

11)Sting Stop (for bug bites)

12)Boo Boo bunny (can be filled with ice or lavender)

13)Herbal version of 'wet wipes'

14) Yarrow leaves (the fern like leaves contain healing ES oils. The leaf can be used like a bandaid, tied around injured finger and knotted. Achillea millefolium can be planted in the garden.)

15) A bar of homemade antiseptic soap (use melt and pour glycerin base soap add a bit of tea tree oil and lavender, pour into molds. Make it with the kids.)

16) Small vial of Rock salt that has a few drops of Eucalyptus oil or peppermint, lavender or lemon ES (to sniff as a decongestant.)

17) A Eucaluptus Chest rub (for colds and coughing.)

18) Hypericum spray, salve or gel (for burns and wounds.)

19) Echinacea gummy bears(for colds and flu.)

20) Band-Aids

21) Tweezers (for splinters)

22) Clippers

23) Handkerchiefs

24) A small bundle of dried lavender (for child to hold and smell, may be tied onto handle of basket.)

25) Rosewater (as "Fairy Juice" for boo-boos that don't need any first aid, but do need love, attention and a little validation-can also be sprayed around the bed to ward off bad dreams.)

26) Fairy Dust (little tube jars of very fine glitter, sprinkle a little bit for extra magic healing power-be careful not to get in the eyes.)

27) Words for a little healing blessing or song made up by family

28) A boo-boo book and some special crayons (sheets of construction paper held together with a ring binder thing, child can draw the "story" of their boo-boo.)

29) Overtired and Cranky aromatherapy spritz (NOTE** can't find the recipe but it came from PurpleButterfly)

30) Ear dropper for inserting expressed breast milk into eyes/nose/ears

31) Herbs for Kids Echinacea blend

32) Sambucol Elderberry Syrup for Kids (wonderful stuff!)

33) Willow bark/garlic/mullein ear drops for pain

34) Activated charcoal

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Oh, very cool Jodi! :mrgreen Thank you! :heart

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These are Kym's helpful spritzer recipes!

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Thanks for this info Jodi :tu :tu :tu :tu :tu :tu :tu

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these are lovely ways to pamper ourselves and improve our health and moods at the same time. :hearts
Some products just make you think you are pampering yourself but they pack a mean backfire sometimes :think
thank you for taking the time to post these
Karmen

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Awesome thread! Thanks! :heart

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Thanks! This is a great summary for someone (like me) just starting to build a natural medicine cabinet.

Can we add some things for high fevers (my ds has been above 105 when he had the flu.. Tylenol and Advil only brought it down for an hour max) ? And also stomach distress (I have some gripe water from the herb store... )

And.. severe teething pain that keeps them up at night.. another time Tylenol is traditionally reccommended... or something for a teething child who is not interested in holding/chewing something. ?? :shrug

As I've started easing into natural rememdies, I find that the fever/pain situations send me back to my "old ways" b/c nothing else seems to help.. ??

Are there natural remedies for allergies? An alternative to Benedryl? just curious. We will always keep antihistamines on hand b/c ds has at least one life-threatening allergy, but I'm thinking of the running, snotty, sneezy, itchy eyes brand that is just annoying and makes it hard to sleep.

I'll add more questions if I think of them. ;)

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Bumping hoping someone will answer Palil's questions--I want to know, too!

Roxanne

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I am wondering too

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As far as teething, I think Teething Tablets have been mentioned. I'm not sure though. That's what I have used for my kids. Sometimes I will use Ambesol(not natural, I know) and I think the HFS has some natural gum-soothing gel(with cloves, maybe?).

Stomach distress...maybe chamomile tea? peppermint tea?(just guessing there)

For my allergies this year, I have tried a drugstore-purchased herbal tablet that I would take each day, and I am currently using a homeopathic remedy that you take in drops when the symptoms start. I think the tablets actually worked better, but they are more expensive. And they didn't have the tablets in kid-friendly form, where the drops you just use less drops for kids.

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For Kym's 2 spritz's.......do you just mix up and spray on your body or what??? :shrug :shrug Sorry, probably a stupid question but I went out this morning and bought a heap of the things mentioned above and want to make sure I do it right :tu

The only problem I had was Rosewater ~ where do I get this from???? The chemist didn't seem to have it



TIA mamas :heart

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I get my Rosewater(that I use as a toner for my face) at the Health Food Store, near the EO's usually. Sometimes they have a concentrate but I haven't tried that yet. The one I get is in a plastic spray bottle with pink lettering.

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:tu Thanks Tanya....will go check out the health food store tomorrow


Sill hoping someone can help about the spritz too.....spray on body or int he air?? :blush :blush :blush :shrug

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bump :tu

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I know the overtired & cranky spritz I use in the air. I think you do that with both.