Family Remedy Kit Instructions

EMERGENCIES: For severe pain of internal origin: kidney stone, severe cramp, etc... During transport of emergency, give Belladonna
1 every 5 minutes, 3 times to diminish pain.

FAMILY KIT REMEDY INDEX: (download PDF version)

Aconite (Aconitum Napellus)

for fright
First remedy used for a cold when exposed to cold weather or wind. Like fear of flying or fear following a frightful event.

Alumina (Alumina)

Dryness
Of stool, general condition of skin, mouth, eyes, vagina, etc...

Ant Crud (Antimonium Crudum)

Don't look at me
Excessive appetite, warts of overweight children, nausea, vomiting from overeating with white coated tongue

Ant Tart (Antimonium Tartaricum)

Rattling Chest
Of cold, flu, elderly, small children, birthing. Cough, remaining following the flu.

Apis (Apis Mellifica)

Bees
Red, hot, puffy, swollen, kidney edema. Feels like it has been stung; very tender and intolerant of heat, (sunburn, minor allergic reactions) Has an antihistamine action.

Arg Nit (Argentum Nitricum)

Exploding
headache, anxiety, sugar cravings; especially chocolates. Constant throat clearing. Always in a hurry, insomnia with thoughts over and over in head. Gas and bloating.

Arnica (Arnica)

Bruised
Accidental blows, sprain bruised feeling, overwork of muscles, head injury, strokes. Also available in cream. For broken skin use orally and go to calendula cream as an antiseptic topically.

Arsenicum (Arsenicum Album)

Poisoning
Vomiting, diarrhea as if had eaten rotten food. Burning pains with restlessness worse at midnight. Dislikes being alone. When ill says “I feel like I’m going to die.”

Belladonna (Belladonna)

Violent
Red, hot, throbbing. So violent in nature you need to transport to the hospital. Give remedy during transport. High fevers, pain of horrible things like kidney stones and appendicitis’s.

Bryonia (Bryonia)

Worsened by any Movement
Back pain, migraine-worse even for eye movement. Patient says, “DON’T TOUCH ME!”

Calendula (Calendula Officinalis)

This remedy is commonly confused with tincture. This flower, as a remedy, is much faster acting. Healing to ulceration’s internal and external. May be mixed with tincture and used to wash wounds and promote accelerated healing.

Cantharis (Cantharis)

Burns
Burning on skin, burning urination, great for sunburn too. Take orally and apply calendula to skin.

Carbo Veg (Carbo Vegetabilis)

Reviver
Cold clammy gasping for air, needs to be fanned, runs to open window to breathe. General indigestion from milk or fatty foods. Faint and cold.

Chamomilla (Chamomilla)

Angry Fits
Irritable “as if” too much coffee, cranky like teething baby. Nothing pleases them during anger. Wants something and then pushes it away. Over sensitive to pain. Baby colic of angry mother! Ear infections and childhood ailments.

Cinchona (Cinchona Officinalis China)

aka China
Debility from loss of fluids like heavy menses, prolonged diarrhea, fever with sweats and chills, giving blood. It is also useful in ringing of the ears and faintness.

Cocculus (Cocculus)

Nurses Remedy
Debility and sleeplessness from caring for others. (especially relatives). Sleeplessness, jet lag. Dizziness and car sickness, as if drunk..

Coffea (Coffea Cruda)

Jittery
“As if” too much caffeine. Sleeplessness from over excited like kids at Christmas or day before vacation. If jittery literally from caffeine take Nux or Chamomilla.

Colocynthis (Colocynthis)

Colic
Better for bending double (babies draw knees up). Cramp like abdominal pains, vomiting, relieved by applying pressure and leaning forward.

Drosera (Drosera)

Cough until you Gag!
Whooping cough. Spasms or cough so hard it can induce vomiting sticky mucus.

Euphrasia (Euphrasia)

Eyebrite
Great for eye redness (pink eye) hay fever.

Ferr Phos (Ferrum Phosphoricum)

Iron
First remedy for fever of unknown origin, bloody noses, heavy periods. *If fevers don’t respond, go to Aconite or Belladonna.

Gelsemium (Gelsemium)

Yellow
First remedy for flu with yellow discharge, nervous, weak, shivering, restless with frequent urination. Performance anxiety with frequent urination or diarrhea preceding.

Hepar Sulph (Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum)

Infections
Green runny noses of children, ear infection start in left go to right, sore throat as if a splinter.

Histamine (Histamine)

General itchy allergies of eyes and skin, general inflammations and hives.

Hypericum (Hypericum)

Nerve pain
Pain of a smashed finger (like in a door!); shooting pains, pain of dental work.

Ignatia (Ignatia)

Hysterical, great for funerals and grief from unexpected events. Ailments from disappointments in love and circumstance.

Ipecacuanha (Ipecacuanha)

Nausea
Sick feeling not relieved by vomiting. May appear with other symptoms of flu or pregnancy.

Kali Bi (Kali Bichromicum)

First remedy for sinus infection with sticky stringy discharge. Headache between brows.

Ledum (Ledum)

Homeopathic Tetanus
Pain and infection of puncture wounds. Punctures including insect bites! (Wound may feel cold and pain is relieved by cold.)

Lycopodium (Lycopodium)

Flatulence worse 4-8 p.m. Milk aggravates digestion. Patient avoids beans and cabbage family vegetables to diminish embarrassment. Complaints that go right to left. (Hepar Sulph L to R)

Mag Phos (Magnesia Phosphorica)

General cramps and spasms of menses, leg and feet, better with heat and massage. Bloody noses.

Mercury (Mercurius)

Infections
Abscesses of tonsils, teeth infected, strep-throats, wetness, sweat or drool always present - profuse salivation. Sensitive to heat and cold.

Nat Mur (Natrum Muriaticum)

Indicated for coughing on attempting to speak. Good menopausal remedy. (See Ars and Alum for vaginally dry.)

Nux Vomica (Nux Vomica)

Business men’s remedy
Not limited to males. Pain as if hangover, overworked, rushed, perfectionism, eating poorly. Excessive coffee, fast food, demanding, cranky and all the ailments of the 20th Century lifestyle; heartburn, hemorrhoid, cranky indigestion results.

Phos (Phosphorus)

Cough
Rare symptoms when ill. Cold that quickly goes to the chest. Bloody discharges, bloody noses. Hoarseness, dry, hard cough with fever, develops quickly from a cold settling in the chest. Patient craves cold drinks. People who love attention!

Puls (Pulsatilla)

Common Child’s Remedy
Ailments of children who are comforted being held. Changeable symptoms with weariness. Better in fresh air. Sick from rich and fried foods. Good PMS remedy.

Pyrogen (Pyrogenium)

Sepsis
Infections that looks scary - high fever with rapid pulse - poisoning. When other infection remedies not effective.

Rhus Tox (Rhus Toxicodendron)

Tin Man
Achy joints worse in storms or drop in barometer. Itchy skin eruptions; better bathing and better heat, (worse bathing, see Sulphur!)

Ruta (Ruta Graveolens)

Stronger than Arnica!
When Arnica fails. Soreness of tendons from injury or overuse. Tired eyes from reading or computer work..

Silicea (Silicea)

Removes foreign bodies!
For splinter under fingernail, to remove dirt from a wound promote suppuration of abscess. Silicea will surround foreign body with fluid and bring to the surface. Thin hair and nails - defective nutritional assimilation.

Spongia (Spongia Tosta)

Croup worse wind-dry barking cough, cough better with warm drinks, cardiac cough. Hoarseness, dry burning constricted feeling.

Staphy (Staphysagria)

The most indicated remedy for surgery to heal the incision and diminish chance of infection. Great as a bug repellant; take one before camping or travelling. Common burning urination following a new partner, (honeyoon cystitis).

Sulfur (Sulphur)

Warning suppressed skin symptom often reappears
Skin eruptions worse heat of bed or shower. Hot flashes. Sinus infections. Yellow discharge.

Symphytum (Symphytum)

Bone Knit
For broken bones once set by physician. Use 1, 3x per day for 2 weeks.

Tabacum (Tabacum)

Turning Green
Nausea and vomiting with dizziness, spinning, motion sickness; better for closing eyes.

Verat A (Veratrum Album)

Vomiting and diarrhea at the same time with cold sweats and extreme exhaustion. Have to decide which end to put on the potty first.

Injury Combo

Use 1 every 5 minutes 3 times then hourly 3 times, then as needed for 3 – 7 days.

Bug Bite Combo

Pain inflammation, stinging, redness of an insect bite, hives or minor allergic reactions.

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