natural first aid kits

I'm trying to create one. What's in yours? We have tea tree, tumeric, and something else that I forget. It's pretty puss so far In the garden I'm growing aloe vera, chamomile, echinacea, and heartsease too, but they're a while off being useful.

Lavender oil for burning or bathing during manic times.

Lavender, Tea Tree and Eucalyptus for scrapes, slices, bites, stings etc

Lavender, Teatree, Geranium and Rosemary for our never ending battle with nits and lice. It may all be futile until I cut my dreads off....but........

Rescue Remedy for all kinds of things

Homeopathic belladonna for super high temps (my dd1 gets up to 42)

I was using the Brauers range of stuff eg Cough Relief, Pain and Fever Relief but since have found out that they contain toxic substances.

Vitamin C powder for EVERYTHING!

Marshmallow Tea for sore throats and yucky coughs. Rooibos tea for general wellbeing.

Would love to grow a medicinal herb garden, for now you have inspired me and I might just grow a few things in pots.

I have a herb drawer where I toss in bags of herbs - echinacea, skullcap, motherwort, damiana, lion's tail, red raspberry leaf, red clover, blue lotus, chamomile and elderflowers. The sodium ascorbate backup packets are in there as well.

Then theres the shelf above the fridge which has tea tree, peppermint, lemon, rosemary, eucalyptus and clove essential oils, a botltle of neem *shudder*, a bottle of grapefruit seed extract, a bottle of propolis, a couple tin boxes of Paranet, emergency essence, woman essence, arnica pellets, some tissue salts, and I forget what else.

I also try and buy lemons weekly, have raw honey in stock along with frozen chicken stock/soup.

Artymama, isopropyl alcohol (or vodka, isopropyl is better) mixed up with a whole lot of essential oils, grapefruit seed extract and that foul smelling neem oil, mixed through hair and then tie on a plastic shopping bag over your hair so you dont have to smell it... it kills lice super fast. Do this once a week for a month for everyone. It will even get into dreads too, you just need more of it. I think its the fumes lol

Thanks for the suggestion. Any idea where in Oz I can get Grapefruit Seed Extract? Tried looking for it when bubs was teeny but couldn't find anywhere. I hear ya on the neem oil, that is bad!