5 Homeopathic Remedies for First Aid Care

The best way to learn is through direct experience.  When it comes to our well being we have all experienced feeling more well on some days than others.  An expedient way to get yourself back on track is with the use of homeopathy and its remedies.  Homeopathic remedies are gentle and fast acting.  Homeopathy as you may know is a system of medicine that promotes rapid gentle healing without side effects.  What a bonus.  Homeopathy aims always to “treat the person” and not the disease.   Based on the symptoms you  are experiencing and the cause of your ailment, it can be useful to have the remedies in your home medical kit.

This information is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace attention from a trained health care professional.  Self care may be appropriate for persons with simple first aid ailments.

Aconite: When one experiences any kind of violent stress. Mind, violent emotions, FRIGHT, SHOCK.  Predicts the time of death.  Fear in a crows, ailments after exposure to cold, dry wind (northeast wind).  SUDDENNESS of complaints.  Burning pains.  Inflammation.  Restlessness. Trauma is often felt in the muscle tissue and there may be black and blue skin discoloration.

Arnica:  – A key indication for this remedy is when someone suffers obvious trauma and refuses to see the doctor and states that they are well. Useful for injuries, sprains,  bruises, shock – mental or physical.

Arsenicum – Helpful in diarrhea after anxiety, ice cream, at the seashore.  This is an important remedy where there is vomiting followed by diarrhea.  The person tends to be COLD, worse around the midnight hour and RESTLESS.  There may be burning pains present,  and a desire for the  company of others.  Tendency to have concerns about their health.

Nux-Vomica – is indicated in overexcited, often irritable individuals.  Often there is a desire for and perhaps an overuse of substances such as coffee, tobacco, medications or alcohol.  Typically impatient also these are driven people, often critical  who tend towards constipation and anger.  Nux-vomica helps provide balance.  Best taken in the evening.

Hypericum –  is useful for injuries, especially  those targeting the nerves and spine.  A key indication is the sharp and shooting pains.  Often indicated in injuries to the coccyx (the tailbone). Puncture wounds, crushing injuries to the fingertips.