Homeopathic First Aid

Aconite
Sudden and violent onset; restlessness, anxiety, fear; thirsty; red;
FOR: Fevers, influenza, ear infections, shock, panic attacks. Use only when it fits; very often misused and can lead to suppression….take care.

Apis
Rosy red, shiny, oedematous; >cold application; <heat; fidgety, clumsy, irritable; thirstless; burning, stinging pains;
FOR: See stings: hives; fever;

Arnica
Bruised; bed feels hard; fear of approach; says nothing is wrong with him when he is ill (e.g. concussion);
FOR: Injuries to sot tissue; bruising; concussion; dental work; operations; shock

Arsenicum
Great anxiety, fear, prostration; restlessness; thirst for sips; fear alone, that they will die; burning pains – like fire, > heat (except headaches); < midnight, 2 am; discharges thin, acrid, scanty. >hot food, soups.
FOR: Vomiting, diarrhea, food poisoning, respiratory, hay fever

Belladonna
Suddenand violent onset; red, hot throbbing; thirst less, delirium or listless, dryness, photophobia, dilated pupils, bounding pulse, <noise, jarring.
FOR: Fever, ear infections, respiratory, mastitis, headache.

Bryonia
Irritable, <slightest motion,> lying on the affected side, thirst for large amounts, <becoming hot, dryness, stitching pains, slow onset.
FOR: Fever, respiratory, cough, appendicitis, headache.

Chamomila
Angry, ugly mood, intolerable pains, child wants to be carried, refuses what has just asked for, tosses about, one red cheek, oversensitive, <coffee, <dentition, stool green, undigested.
FOR: Fever, dentition, colic, diarrhea-green, dentist.

Cantharis
Burning, cutting, smarting pains, violent pains, high libido, rage, burning thirst, oversensitive – mentally and physically, < urination, touch, sound of water.
FOR: Cystitis with severe pain, burns

Gelsemium
Droopy, dozy, dizzy, dull; heavy eyelids, heaviness in general, thirst less, urinary symptom, <spring, <humid weather, ailments from anticipation, > urination.
FOR: Influenza, cystitis, diarrhea, ailments or anxiety before an ordeal, headache

Hepar Sulph
Oversensitive to everything, cold, pain, touch noise, draught of air, chilly, sweats easily, angry, dissatisfied, quarrelsome, pain in throat as if splinter, needle, ulceration, skin eruptions, everything festers, offensive, < least uncovering, warmth.
FOR: ulcerated throats, flu, suppurating skin conditions, leucorrhoea like old cheese.

Hypericum
Nerve pain, intolerable, violent, shooting, tingling, burning, comes and goes, with numbness, <cold and damp, motion, >bending back, rubbing, pains shooting up from injured part.
FOR: Injury to parts rich in nerves; fingers, toes, coccyx, vertebrae, where there is risk of tetanus (after Ledum).

Ignatia
Recent grief, loots, sighing, desire to be alone, numbness after grief, highly emotional, laughing then crying, hysteria after loss, erratic, contradictory symptoms and moods, sensation of a lump, twitches, tics, shuddering, <touch, coffee, tobacco, >occupation, lying on affected part, alone.
FOR: Recent grief, ailments associated with recent grief.

Ledum
Puncture wounds which do not bleed and if given early can prevent tetanus, (if too late give Hypericum), bee stings, part is purple, puffy, oedematous, old, emaciates, <warmth >cold bathing, injuries to joints, esp ankles, heels, tendons.
FOR: Puncture wounds, be stings, ankle injuries

Nux Vomica
Spasm, twisting, jerks, hypersensitive mentally and physically, irritable, impatient, <cold, open air, uncovering, high living, coffee, pressure, > free discharges, wrapping head. Moist air.
FOR: Digestive disturbances, hangovers, jet lag, abuse of coffee, drugs etc.

Pulsatila
Changeable symptoms and moods, cries easily, des consolation, thistles, >open air, clinging children, bland discharges, <evening, <puberty, pregnancy, mild, timid, can’t decide what to eat.
FOR: Colds and influenza, symptoms associated with menses, GIT symptoms

Rhus tox
Restlessness, pains tearing, shooting, stitching, < night, cannot rest, must move, <first motion, > continued motion, stiffness, uneasiness, anxiety, cannot lie in bed, > walking in open air, chilly, <cold, >heat, vesicular eruptions, hives, thirsty, des cold milk
FOR: Sprains, strains, influenza, allergic reactions to plants (skin).

Ruta
Acts on periosteum, cartilage, tendons (usually after Arnica), bruised sore, aching, restlessness, <cold, damp
FOR: Injury to perioseum, cartilage, tendons, sprains, strains, repetitive strain injury, eye strain.

Staphysagria
Ailments from suppressed anger, insult, indignation, throws things in anger, stinging, smarting pains, trembling, desire tobacco.
FOR: Bee stings, cystitis, toothache, after operations, injections.

Symphytum
Injury to bones, cartilages, periosteum, helps heal fractures, usually after Arnica and Ruta.
FOR: Fractures

Euprhasia
Blood – slot in eyes, burning eyes – red and itchy

Mercury
Extremely sensitive to temperature changes – aches (tooth), skin condition: Roseca