Welcome to information on the First Aid Homoeopathic Remedies. These medicines may safely be used by the school staff, teachers for school children, after brief study of the enclosed literature. It may be noted that the set of medicines need to be utilized only as a first aid, till the time the child is sent to the nearby doctor for further medical attention.
List of common First Aid Remedies:
1. Arnica Montana
2. Ledum Pal
3. Symphytum
4. Ruta Graveolens
5. Rhus Toxicodendron
6. Apis Mellifica
7. Cantharis
8. Hypericum Perforatum
9. Bellis Perennis
10. Belladonna
11. Arsenic Album
12. Gelsemium
13. Magnesium Phosphorica
Please study brief notes on the indications of the commonly used First Aid medicine
1. Arnica Montana:
Indications:
a. Any kind of injury, especially bruises, sprain, injury to muscles, head, limbs, fall, etc.
b. Arnica helps to relieve pain, control internal and external bleeding, help the state of shock, and enhance healing of the affected parts.
c. Blows and Contusions
d. In any form of injury, when not sure which medicine to administer, use Arnica!
Dose: Arnica 30c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
2. Ledum Pal:
Indications:
a. Any POINTED INJURIES, as caused by pencils, pen, compass, nails, or any such sharp and pointed instrument.
b. Injury to eyes or soft tissues around eyes
c. When eye ball is injured by any ball, fist or any blunt object forcefully.
d. Punctured wound: Stepping onto a nail
Dose: Ledum Pal 30c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
3. Symphytum:
Indications:
a. Injury to cartilages, ligaments, bones and soft tissues around joints.
b. Injury to bone and fractures
c. Heals fracture faster, even after surgery
Dose:
Symphytum 30c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
4. Ruta Graveolens:
Indications:
a. Injury to fibrous tissues around joints
b. Injury to wrist, ankle, shoulder, knee joints; while playing tennis, badminton, squash, cricket, foot ball, etc.
c. Injury to eyes (Similar to Ledum)
d. Bone injury and fracture (Similar to Symphytum)
Dose: Symphytum 30c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
5. Rhus Toxicodendron:
Indications:
a. Muscle sprain, injury to muscles
b. Sprain of ankle, shoulder, knee and any other joint while playing strenuous sports, or fall.
c. Muscle cramp
Dose:
Rhus Tox 200c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
6. Apis Mellifica:
Indications:
a. Insect bite, rat bite, stings by bee, wasp, jelly-fish, etc. where there is redness, swelling, burning and stinging pains.
b. Sudden allergic rash such as hives
Dose:
Apis Mel 30c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
7. Cantharis:
Indications:
a. Any form of burns: hot water, electrical, due to crackers, etc.
b. Burns due to handling of chemical in the school laboratory
Dose:
Cantharis 30c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
8. Hypericum:
Indications:
a. Injury to hypersensitive areas such as finger tips, toes.
b. Injury to back, such as fall on the back
Dose:
Hypericum 200c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
9. Bellis Perennis:
Indications:
a. Injury to abdomen as in blow with a fist or ball injury to abdomen
b. Injury to chest and breast in young girls
Dose:
Bellis Per 30c, 4 pills to be used every half an hour for about 4 hours. Further dose depends on the severity and extent of injury.
10. Belladonna:
Indications:
a. Sudden fever
b. Sudden pain in abdomen
c. Sudden and acute headache, toothache, earache
Dose:
Belladonna 200c to be given 4 pills every half an hour for about four hours.
Further dose depends on the severity, extent and the cause of problem.
11. Arsenic Album:
Indications:
a. Loose motions, diarrhea and / or vomiting
b. Food poisoning
c. Sudden attack of breathlessness (asthmatic breathing)
Dose:
Arsenic Album 200c to be given 4 pills every half an hour for about four hours. Further dose depends on the severity, extent and the cause of problem.
12. Gelsemium
Indications:
a. Fright, Shock, exam-phobia
b. Extreme nervousness in the examination hall or on the stage
c. Stage Fear
Dose:
Gelsemium 200, 4 pills to be taken every half an hour, thrice.
13.Magnesium Phosphorica:
Indications: For various painful conditions, to relieve pain temporarily.
a. Pain in abdomen during menses
b. Sudden pain in abdomen due to any known or unknown reasons such as colic, kidney stone, intestinal infections, etc.
Dose: Magnesium Phos 200, 4 pills to be given every 20 minutes for about 1 to 2 hours.
Note to teachers and parents:
Above first aid homoeopathic measures could be used safely and effectively, indicated for use till the time the child is taken to the nearby physician or hospital. The suggested medicines may not be considered as final line of treatment for any given conditions. Whenever in doubt, a homoeopathic doctor could be consulted for advice.
The above notes have been prepared for the use of teaching + non-teaching staff and caretakers. Further information could be obtained on request from the author of these notes:
Dr. Rupal Shah. M.D. and Dr. Rajesh Shah. M.D.
Life Force Center
415, Krushal Commercial Complex, Above Shopper's Stop, Chembur, Mumbai 4000 89. India
~: Quick Alphabetical Reference :~
1. Abdominal injury: Bellis per
2. Abdomen, pain : Belladonna
3. Asthmatic breathing: Ars Alb
4. Back injury: Arnica, Hypericum
5. Bites, insect: Apis
6. Black eye: Ledum
7. Bone injury: Ruta, Symphytum
8. Burns: Cantharis
9. Blow to abdomen: Bellis per
10. Breathlessness: Ars Alb
11. Chest injury: Bellis per
12. Diarrhea: Ars-Alb
13. Earache: Belladonna
14. Eye injury: Ledum, Arnica, Ruta
15. Fright: Gelsemium
16. Fracture: Ruta, Symphytum
17. Fall: Arnica
18. Fever: Belladonna
19. Food poisoning: Ars Alb
20. Head injury: Arnica
21. Hives: Apis
22. Injury, general: Arnica
23. Insect bite: Apis
24. Rash, allergic: Apis
25. Shock: Gelsemium
26. Sprain: Rhus tox
27. Stage Fright: Gelsemium
28. Menstrual pain: Magnesium Phos
Acute conditions:
It is interesting to note that homeopathy remedies can bring calm and comfort by alleviating intense fear or anguish to those who have just suffered from acute trauma. For instance, Aconite Napellus, a medicine prepared from the mountain plant, is known to comfort fright and fear of death. It can make one relax, relive fear and cope up with the fearful situation better. In my opinion, millions of people world would have felt better with some doses of Aconite on the 12th or 13th September, especially people in the US.
Cantharis, a medicine prepared from Spanish fly, is another remedy to be used in the hospitals or roadside camps for the cases of burns. Cantharis has stupendous powers to not only relive the excruciating burning pains of the victims but also to enhance the healing of the wounds. Cantharis also helps prevent infection. Cantharis 30c may be used safely as a first aid remedy in case of acute burns even without a medical supervision.
Insomnia or acute sleeplessness may be treated with Coffea or Opium or Kali Phosphoricum.
There is a wide range of homeopathic medicines for injuries of various kinds, used depending of the kind of trauma. For example, injury to bones may require Ruta Graveolens or Symphytum, severe injury to the eyes may need Ledum Palustre, general injury will call for Arnica Montana, while the patients with head injury are strongly recommended Arnica, Natrum sulphuricum to avoid long term bad effects of brain injury.
It may be noted with emphasis that homeopathic medicine are known to help patients who may be in coma after head injury, due to cerebral hemorrhage to concussion. Above medicines may safely be used in 30c or 200c potency as first aid measure.
Children who have seen the terrorism on the television and have heard the family discussing impending war are big victims of psychological trauma. It infuses fright and insecurity in them. Stramonium, prepared from Thorn-apple, is a child's friend in the time of frightful nights.
The victims or the relatives may be helped with some doses of Ignatia Amara, prepared from St. Ignatius's bean for severe form of acute depression and grief. Those who are in the state of shock would find amazing help with Ignatia.
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