As I mentioned in my last two posts, I am away overseas. I thought I would share with you some of the remedies – homeopathic and otherwise – that I have in my travel kit. This may be useful for you to bookmark for next time you are travelling. If you are going on a long haul flight and skipping across time zones, make sure you read my post from last week about Jet Lag.
Firstly, my homeopathic kit. For context I am travelling with my husband, three children and my Mum.
My biggest problem is usually keeping my homeopathic kit small, “just in case” I might need something. I am getting better at this, and I also know that if I can’t buy a remedy I need I can always make a “paper remedy”, writing the name and potency of the remedy I want on a piece of paper and placing this under a glass of water, then using each sip or spoonful as a dose.
I have a small keyring kit that goes everywhere with me, thanks to Eugenie Kruger. It is her First Aid remedy kit and contains Aconite, Apis, Arnica, Arsenicum, Calendula, Cantharis, Hepar Sulph, Hypericum, Ledum, and Nux Vomica. (You can get one from www.eugeniekruger.com and she ships worldwide).
So, bearing in mind I am trying to keep things small, my list is:
Two Jet Lag remedies – both from Narayani. Check out my post from last week to find out more about the remedies and some general jet lag tips.
Narayani Calming – an excellent remedy I find useful for anxiety, over excitement, or for sleep. It is a combination of Avena Sativa, Coffea, Humulus, Ignatia, Kali Phos, Passiflora, Sumbul and Valeriana.
Narayani CCA – another combination, with Ant Tart, Bryonia, Ipecac, Kali bic, Nat Sulph, Rinex and Sulphur as well as the sarcodes bronchi and mucus membranes. The kids had coughs the week before we went, and this is just in case!
Motion sickness combination- my own combo for my kids for the long drive from Miami to Orlando, this has Cocculus, Tabacum and Pulsatilla in a spray.
Sol – to help with exposure to sunlight. While we will be in the northern hemisphere I am still taking Sol Australis- there was one small proving which stated the symptoms were the same as Sol Britannica but more intense, so given we will be in Florida with a lot of sun, the more intense version is worth taking.
Belladonna – just in case of sunburn or sunstroke, but also useful for sudden fevers or first stage of infection.
China – Florida will be hot, and this remedy is useful for dehydration, one of my girls is prone to this.
Rhus Tox – ideal for muscle strains or injuries from overdoing it, Rhus Tox is stiff and sore, better for heat. It’s hard when they start to move, but better once they have got going, unless they overdo it again.
Ruta Grav – this works deeper than Rhus Tox, affecting the ligaments and periosteum, so is useful for sprains, or injuries to places like the shin where there is no padding, just bone. Like Rhus they can have injuries from overdoing it, but Ruta Grav has a feeling of weakness, and is better for rest.
Lastly, I will be taking the family’s constitutional remedies or their last prescribed remedy
I’m also taking some supplements and other things.
I always travel with a very small first aid kit, just in case. This includes some traumeel cream for physical injuries where the skin is not broken, and a tea tree and Manuka honey ointment for broken skin to help healing (I also like Hypercal cream for this but the jar was too big!).
Supplements:
If there is a concern for travellers diarrhoea, then I always pack Charcoal capsules and a shelf stable Sacccharomyces Boulardii probiotic, which combined with remedies is usually very effective!
This trip in the States it is more likely that we will end up eating more processed food than usual and may have the opposite problem, so I am taking some Phloe with me, a kiwifruit based prebiotic and probiotic designed for preventing and treating constipation.
Magnesium- useful for calming the brain but also for supporting the muscles after we have done more walking than normal. It comes in lots of different forms (which is another post in itself), I have a combination one that is Magnesium Glycinate for the brain with Magnesium Citrate.
Electrolytes- a number of years ago one of my children got dehydrated overseas, with the combination of motion sickness, not enough water and a hot place. We had a day with her in bed and needing to make her drink electrolytes or coconut water every 15-30 minutes. The following day she was fine. Now I travel with electrolytes, prevention is better than needing to deal with that!
The household was down with a virus the week before our holiday, so just to keep ourselves from getting sick again I have brought some of our vitamin C, zinc and Harkers herbals mixtures so we don’t go backwards.
I’m also taking my Homeobotanical “Revive and thrive” to help with recovery from the jet lag.
I think that is more than enough! The list does vary by country and availability of supplements and remedies at the destination. Fortunately we should be able to buy most things in the US if I have left anything out.
Is there anything else that you always travel with?
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