Essential Oils for FAK's

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[featherstick]

Potentially an interesting discussion.

As well as carrying essential oils, you would also need to know how to apply them. FOr instance you'd use Eucalyptus oil quite differently for sinusitis than for thrush. I can recommend Stephen BUhner's book on herbal antibiotics, and Herbs for Home Treatment, by Anna Newton, as good introductions to this fascinating field. Newton in particular goes into detail about what a herbal FAK might look like for travel in Europe and in more exotic locations (more charcoal tablets in the latter). I am actually using a sage tea recipe from Buhner as we speak and it is holding off a potential throat infection.

[Malthouse]

I humbly suggest that these need not be in a first aid kit, but would be better suited to the home remedies or apothecary kit.

First aid is about minimising harm in an emergency.

Essential oils are great and can be reproduced in some cases without too much toil, but for use in a hurry they are ill suited. Stick to irrigating with clean water, clean dressings and well practiced skills.

[Smudge]

Potentially an interesting discussion.

As well as carrying essential oils, you would also need to know how to apply them. FOr instance you'd use Eucalyptus oil quite differently for sinusitis than for thrush.

I agree 100% I deliberately (for my own sake) have not posted any such information as mentioned in the disclaimer

"The onus is on you the reader to research fully anything listed here before applying medicinal treatment"

Common sense isn't so common

[Smudge]

I humbly suggest that these need not be in a first aid kit, but would be better suited to the home remedies or apothecary kit.

First aid is about minimising harm in an emergency.

Essential oils are great and can be reproduced in some cases without too much toil, but for use in a hurry they are ill suited. Stick to irrigating with clean water, clean dressings and well practiced skills.

Fair comment, I'll leave mine where they are though. A small vial goes along way, weighs next to nothing, takes up next to no room, has lots of uses and is always there just incase.

ymmv

[FEISTY]

We have a large Lock 'n Lock box full of medicines, band aids, etc in a wall cabinet in the utility room. I don't call it the FAK (First Aid Kit), I call it the EEK (Every Eventuality Kit) . I keep Tea Tree Oil and Lavender in there, together with Olbas Oil. I also keep TTO and LO in the bathroom and have several bottles of each in "Stores". I don't bother carrying it around with me though.

[lonewolf]

wife is the herbal expert in our family and uses a lot of essential oils when making her creams and salves.

[featherstick]

Perhaps a "Mobile Medicine Kit" then? I travel a bit with work and as well as having a good-ish FAK I do carry a variety of painkillers, meds etc. I've been stuck in hotels at weekends with earache wishing for a drop of olive oil and a few paracetamol, never again.