Herbs For First Aid

A Quick Guide to some medicinal herbs that can be used for first aid. Herbs can be great natural
healers of many symptoms.

Abrasions, cuts scrapes: Apply calendula or German chamomile cream,
goldenseal powder, St. John's wort oil; once wounds begin to heal:
aloe gel.

Allergies: German chamomile or rooibos tea; ginger, stinging
nettle capsules.

Diarrhea: Blackberry, peppermint, or raspberry tea.

Earache: Apply garlic, mullein, or St. John's wort oil.

Heat rash: Apply aloe gel or calendula lotion.

Insect bites: Apply aloe gel, calendula lotion, chamomile cream,
or tea tree oil.

Insomnia: Catnip, German chamomile, lemon balm, passionflower, or
rooibos tea; kava or valerian capsules or tincture.

Motion Sickness: Ginger capsules, tea, or tincture; fennel seed,
tea, or tincture; peppermint tea or tincture.

Poison ivy, oak, sumac: Apply aloe gel or calendula tincture.

Sunburn: Apply aloe gel or juice (whole leaf extract); calendula,
German chamomile, geranium, or lavender essential oil diluted in
apply cider vinegar or witch hazel.

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