I dislocated my knee 2 weeks ago and it was a real wake up call. None of my family had ever had injuries like that. Had to get crutches, braces, wraps, topical pain relief. I decided to get wrist and elbow braces and boot to have on hand too.
That’s such a good idea. When our son broke his wrist in March he didn’t know it was broken and we were out of town. Friends had a brace, which I think helped his pain and swelling. Starting to think proactively is what I’m trying to do. We can all keep crutches around? But probably should keep some ace wraps and simple items.
Great series! We keep garlic (multiple forms) as well as oregano essential oil for infection related fevers, I make comfrey salve for all things that need healing, activated charcoal for tummy issues, and a variety of helpful herbs I have made use of over the years. Husband was bit by a copperhead in 2012. That was an adventure that herbalist friends treated him for, but the main item we learned to keep on hand was Benadryl (in addition to herbs). Our dog (Mountain Feist) has been bitten three times and Benadryl has always saved the day for her. Learning to treat the things that your family deals with is a great place to start, but the learning is endless.
Absolutely! I never considered Benadryl for a snake bite. We’ve used charcoal internally and externally, on our dog, but have not had a human get bitten yet. I do like the oregano oil and the Immune Strength/On Guard oils. We use a lot of that. Recently we’ve played around with helichrysum and my husband suddenly got sold on that after it stopped bleeding on his wound. It is $$$, like $1/drop, but good to have on hand. We’ve treated brown recluse spider bite and that was a ride.
@RidgeHavenHomestead Scary spider bite. The copperhead treatment included internal and external herbs and charcoal the day of, plus liver cleanse and lower bowel herbs for 3 weeks after while the poison cleared his system. If he missed a day his fingers and lips started going tingly/numb. The allergic reaction he had was not expected by the herbalist friend. He tested the benadryl with herbs on his dog when it got bit later on and was reacting the same way and it made the day-of recovery faster. Benadryl is all we use internally on the dogs now if we suspect a bite.
One of the worst feelings is having a sick kid with no way to provide relief for them. Let’s get stocked up, because sickness comes when we least expect it! 😮
I dislocated my knee 2 weeks ago and it was a real wake up call. None of my family had ever had injuries like that. Had to get crutches, braces, wraps, topical pain relief. I decided to get wrist and elbow braces and boot to have on hand too.
That’s such a good idea.
When our son broke his wrist in March he didn’t know it was broken and we were out of town. Friends had a brace, which I think helped his pain and swelling.
Starting to think proactively is what I’m trying to do. We can all keep crutches around? But probably should keep some ace wraps and simple items.
Great series! We keep garlic (multiple forms) as well as oregano essential oil for infection related fevers, I make comfrey salve for all things that need healing, activated charcoal for tummy issues, and a variety of helpful herbs I have made use of over the years.
Husband was bit by a copperhead in 2012. That was an adventure that herbalist friends treated him for, but the main item we learned to keep on hand was Benadryl (in addition to herbs). Our dog (Mountain Feist) has been bitten three times and Benadryl has always saved the day for her.
Learning to treat the things that your family deals with is a great place to start, but the learning is endless.
Absolutely!
I never considered Benadryl for a snake bite. We’ve used charcoal internally and externally, on our dog, but have not had a human get bitten yet.
I do like the oregano oil and the Immune Strength/On Guard oils. We use a lot of that.
Recently we’ve played around with helichrysum and my husband suddenly got sold on that after it stopped bleeding on his wound. It is $$$, like $1/drop, but good to have on hand.
We’ve treated brown recluse spider bite and that was a ride.
@RidgeHavenHomestead
Scary spider bite. The copperhead treatment included internal and external herbs and charcoal the day of, plus liver cleanse and lower bowel herbs for 3 weeks after while the poison cleared his system. If he missed a day his fingers and lips started going tingly/numb.
The allergic reaction he had was not expected by the herbalist friend. He tested the benadryl with herbs on his dog when it got bit later on and was reacting the same way and it made the day-of recovery faster. Benadryl is all we use internally on the dogs now if we suspect a bite.
One of the worst feelings is having a sick kid with no way to provide relief for them.
Let’s get stocked up, because sickness comes when we least expect it! 😮