You need Aconite in your homeopathic first aid kit

Aconite
other names: Aconitum napellus, Monkshood, Wolfsbane

You don't need to be a professional to take advantage of this great remedy in emergency situations. It's especially handy to keep on hand if you have children in the house. Aconite is also an excellent choice for animals in the same situations as well.

While many people may turn to a rescue or 5 flower blend essence in emergencies (like Bach Rescue Remdy for example), in various situations I've found that Aconite can be more effective and faster acting. As a mother of 4 children, I've used Aconite A LOT.

Here's a common scenario - someone gets injured (whether serious or not) and they "freak out". The person is so upset that you cannot even calm them enough to adequately assess the seriousness of the injury. The person will often hold the injured part and refuse to allow you to look at it, wash it, or even touch them at all. They are acutely panicked and fearful with wide eyes, fast breathing, and accelerated heart rate. This is a very particular state of shock.

As another example, imagine a person who has a snake phobia and they came home to see this next to their front door!

Can you picture that state of fear? Aconite would help.

-Symptoms come on suddenly from injury, shock, fright

-Restlessness

-Hypersensitivity to touch

-A bitter taste in the mouth

-Flushed face, then pale upon standing

-Palpitations, panic attacks

-Tingling in extremities

-The person looks very anxious with dilated pupils

-Fresh air makes them better

-Stuffy rooms, pressure on the painful area, and Loud sounds or music make them worse

-They may be violent in their panic

-May feel as if ice water is in their veins

-Fear of imminent death

Some common uses in the household:

Some one suffers a burn or cut and is too panicked to have the injury examined

Fear and anxiety at the onset of a migraine

Women who become panicked during labor and childbirth, fearing imminent death

Acute fright when in pain

Panic and restless from kidney stones

Panic during an asthma attack

Gallbladder pain when sufferer believes they are dying

Panic, fear, and headache associated with the first stage of heatstroke

Sudden, acute fear for any reason.

Acute anxiety or panic attacks.

IMPORTANT : In the scenarios mentioned here, Aconite DOES NOT treat any of the injuries, it mearly allows the person to calm down and deal with their situation in a more appropriate manner. A child with a skinned knee who was completely uncooperative and panicked one minute will generally calm down within seconds with one dose of Aconite and allow the caregiver to take care of their boo-boos.



For the home or first aid kit I recommend keeping on hand a bottle of Homeopathic 30c Aconite - give 3-4 pills or tablets at onset of the situation. Aconite is a common remedy available from several different manufacturers in the US. You can order online, or pick it up at your local health food grocers or homeopathic pharmacy.

The primary law of homeopathy is "similia similibus curentur", or simply put, "like cures like". Substances that can make you ill (or hyper, as in the case of coffee) can also cure you. Coffee is a stimulant, therefore if someone is over-stimulated, administering a homeopathic preparation of coffee will counter-act that.

Think about how hyperactivity is treated in children with ADHD. Do doctors prescribe a sedative to calm them down? No, the ADHD medications, like Ritalin, are STIMULANTS. Yet, these stimulants actually counteract the hyperactivity.

To put it VERY simplistically, I like to explain it like this: A fly lands on your arm and it tickles. The fly has stimulated the nerve endings in your skin. So, what do you do? You scratch it. You apply MORE of the same stimulation which caused the itch in the first place, and the tickling sensation goes away. This is much like the action of homeopathic remedies - taking a substance which causes your symptoms only stronger, will "knock out" the symptoms you were suffering from. It overpowers them, and stimulates your body to mount a defense.

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