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First up we have the first aid related items I keep in my purse with me when I’m out and about. The peppermint gum is perfect for anyone feeling some motion sickness or other nausea.\u00a0 The little bottle is just an herbal immune boosting liquid that I get from my naturopath. The little container holds a couple bandaids, some moleskin patches (for rub spots on your feet when you feel a blister forming), some small individual hand sanitizer wipes, antiseptic wipes, Neosporin type cream. Other than these items I have a cloth handkerchief.\u00a0 I always prefer soap and water for hand washing and wound washing when possible but when I’m out and about that isn’t always available.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Back at the house I have a small basket container holding our family first aid supplies.\u00a0 The kids have part of their morning and evening routine to go to the basket for their vitamins and any needs they have throughout the day.\u00a0 I will pull from this basket when\/if I need to refill anything in my purse kit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are our daily vitamins and supplements for the whole family.\u00a0 For a shorter trip we probably wouldn’t have bothered to bring anything or at least not as much, for this trip we had the space available in our luggage and decided to go ahead and bring it all.<\/p>\n Here are a few additional items I brought along just in case.\u00a0 The immune formula, bronchial formula and essential oil blend are all from our care provider at home. The fourth item is a spray that is good for insect repellent and as an itch stopper that I have forgotten to use up till right now when I got it out to photograph for this post.\u00a0 Having something that you can take at the very onset of any illness symptoms that is effective for you is really nice to have on hand.\u00a0 I’d much rather kill an illness before it gets good and started in your system than be down for a few days as it runs its course.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking of itching, I also went out and bought these benedryl products and brought along some Tylenol.\u00a0 Generally speaking its wise to pack your medicinal products in their original packaging.\u00a0 Airports don’t love it when you have a bunch of random pills in Ziploc bags, so I recommend actually going out and buying small bottles of stuff if you don’t already have it.\u00a0 Then save the bottles and refill when needed through the years.\u00a0 I decided the benedryl products were important because two of my children have had some allergic reactions in the past that the culprits haven’t always been identified.\u00a0 I don’t want someone breaking out in hives or having breathing issues while I walk 10-15 mins to a store, try to figure out which package is the right one and hope for the best as I walk back home again.\u00a0 The Tylenol is for me and some of the residual injury symptoms I still struggle from a past car accident.\u00a0 I’m sure there are better ways to deal with this pain and often I can avoid the pain entirely BUT when I need something and I don’t want to think about or discuss other possibilities I tend to grab Tylenol, for better or for worse.\u00a0 So far this trip I have not had to use this bottle at all but I feel better knowing I have it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s another ‘just in case I have pain’ product that I haven’t had to use so far this trip.\u00a0 I had some pretty severe knee pain and potential knee surgery I was working through last year and much of the beginning of this year.\u00a0 I’m happy to report that a wise orthopedic surgeon gave me some home exercises to do that have helped tremendously and helped me avoid surgery.\u00a0 I haven’t had issues with the knee so far this trip but I still feel better knowing I have these pain patches if I need them.<\/p>\n Emergen-C- I put these in the kids’ water bottles every single time we fly on a plane.\u00a0 I keep a pack or two in my purse and I keep some in the first aid kit at home.\u00a0 It is pointless to chug EmergenC all the time because of how vitamin C behaves in your body but having the ability to give your body a boost when you know you are headed into an immune compromising situation (travel, hospitals, large crowds, high stress\/little sleep situations…) is really nice.\u00a0 I’ll also put one in a water bottle when I need some electrolytes (long hike and I want something a little more than just more water).\u00a0 The flucare product shown I would not have gone out and bought just for this trip but I already had it and threw it in at the last minute, same thing with the cough drops and the center pulse point cream.\u00a0 For a sore throat starting or a cough you can always use honey and lemon purchased at your destination and I’d be taking that immune formula and have EmergenC in the water bottles BUT I had that stuff on hand and they are small so I added them in.<\/p>\n The lanolin is something I do love and do tend to always have on hand.\u00a0 Anyone who has ever breastfed probably already has a bottle of this somewhere and doesn’t know what to do with it now.\u00a0 Well ladies and gentlemen its good for all cracked, chafed or damaged skin.\u00a0 I use it on sore noses, wind chapped cheeks, chapped lips….anywhere you need something to protect and soothe the skin that has a little more staying power and less ingredients than your typical lotion.\u00a0 Put it on the chapped skin around a nose that has been wiped one too many times before bed and you’ll wake up the next morning to new lovely skin that feels great.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And now for a few of my favorite and most used items.\u00a0 Here we have arnica in both its pellet form and its gel form.\u00a0 Truth be told I like the cream form more but I can’t always find it and this is what I have right now.\u00a0 I use this primarily for bruises or sore muscles in general.\u00a0 When I’ve had a really long day of hiking then taking some arnica when I get home (or better yet along the way and again when I get home) really helps me recover faster.<\/p>\n
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