Natural First Aid Tips
There are literally thousands of over-the-counter drugs and ointments to choose from when treating life’s minor health issues. However, it seems like the moment one of my kids get hurt, I can’t seem to access a single one of them! There are quite a few natural first aid tips and tools you can employ in these instances with ingredients you likely already have in your home. Whether it’s a minor cut or a burn, there are natural first aid tips to keep your family healthy and happy.
Keep an Aloe Vera Plant in Your Home
An aloe vera plant can be your best friend. Not only is it great keeping your skin beautiful, but aloe vera is a natural treatment for burns. Whether it’s a sunburn or stove burn, applying aloe vera to the burn can immediately sooth the irritation. If you don’t have aloe vera in the house, yogurt can also be used to sooth burns.
Clean Minor Cuts with a Vinegar and Water Solution
If you have little ones in the house, it only makes sense to keep a spray bottle of half water and half white vinegar in your fridge. The mixture is not only good for cleaning your home naturally, but can naturally clean minor cuts as well.
Relieve Aches and Pains with Castor Oil
Muscle aches and pains can relieved by rubbing castor oil on the area. If you want to add additional power to the oil, you can mix in essential oils. For example, lavender oil relaxes the mind and can help relax your tense muscles as well.
Sooth an Upset Stomach with Ginger
Last, but not least, raw ginger is a great way to sooth an upset stomach. You can also steep it hot water to create tea, drink ginger ale, or eat a piece of candied ginger. Candied ginger is a natural remedy for motion sickness.
There are so many natural first aid tips that can help relieve a number of health issues. Do you have any natural first aid tips to share?
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Oh yes, aloe is a big one. We always keep some on hand because of it’s many benefits.
I love aloe, i keep aloe juice in the fridge and we use it for a lot of things.
I also use Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar, mixed with water, to soothe indigestion or as a toner. I love reading about all the natural products you can use to take care of your home and yourself.
Aloe Vera is perfect for the skin, especially for minor burns and for irritation. I didn’t know about the vinegar and the water solution, thanks for the tip!
Aloe Vera is definitely going to be handy with all of the sun. I may have to try that ginger remedy sometime too.
I really love this post, Glad you shared this
This was an interesting read. I had no idea about some of these such as castor oil. I would love to start doing more natural things to cure aliments.
I was so surprised about aloe vera! We have lots of it from home, nice post!
my mom always kept aloe plants for burns but i had no idea apple cider could treat injuries too.
I remember my mom when we were little. She freezes aloe vera’s juice and when we have bumps, she applied it to us.
Aloe Vera product is also available in the market. Aloe Vera has lots of merits and that makes it an important tree. plants has the natural capability to cure human body and it also does not affect your body.
Awesome list! I like natural remedies because you can simply use ingredients or plants that you have at home. This is definitely note-worthy!
I always use Aloe vera for cuts and bruises and I make Ginger tea when there’s an upset stomach. I haven’t tried using castor oil and the vinegar and water solution yet. Thanks for sharing this.