FIRST AID KIT restock
Coz we are outside this year
This post is for me and for you. Its that time of year when I bolster my first aid kit.I keep a mini one in my bag and a more substantial one in my car.
Tick pick. If you live in a place where there are no ticks. How does it feel to be God’s favorite? If you don’t. Solidarity to you my friend. Use a tick pick to pick them sumbitches off vs. your hands/nails. Also get a really good tick spray. Tuck your socks into your pants. Do regular tick checks. Keep a ziplock bag to store them.
Drawing salve. For stupid ass tick bites, splinters, spider bites, and who knows what else. In a pinch, plantain salve or a plantain spit poultice works great for spider bites and stings too. Please watch bites, and if infection spreads. Immediately get medical help.
Bandaids in all shapes and sizes. More than you think you’ll need, especially if you have young kids who think bandaids are the solution to all the worlds problems.
Comfrey salve. For all your bruises, scrapes, bites, and stings as well. I will never live without it.
Your pain medicine of choice. I am partial to white willow
Tweezers. In all shapes and sizes.
A salve made with skin soothing herbs like lavender, yarrow, or calendula or better yet both. It really depends on what you want. Yarrow is excellent for wound healing. Calendula and lavender for skin soothing as well. A salve made with these herbs would be magnificent for a simple sunburn.
An acute allergy remedy of choice. Get an extra inhaler if you or a loved one uses them. Make sure you have your epi-pen if you need it.
Swimmers ear drops. Once pool season is upon us, I keep a bottle on me.
If your littles get ear infections, learn this technique . My oldest got an ear infection once and now any time they get stuffy I do this massage with a simple oil and they are golden . I also have garlic mullein ear oil on hand.
Gauze, wound tape. I use these a lot when making poultices.
Hypochlorous acid, hydrogen peroxide, witchazel etc etc to clean wounds.
Homeopathics of choice if you are into that.
Electrolyte packs for the dehydrated amongst us.
A skin soothing spray for mosquito bite relief. Works also for sun burn. I made Rosemary Gladstars OG recipe for years and it works great.
This is the basic version of what I keep on hand. Do you have any suggestions?
Rootin’ Tootingly yours,
Farai