Homeopathic Travel Kit + Travel Case with 12 Remedies

Homeopathic First Aid Remedy Reference Guide

Aconite Napallus (Monkshood)

Use: Acute conditions after exposure to shock, fear, or trauma. Often indicated when symptoms come on suddenly following a stressful event or exposure to cold, dry winds.

Symptoms: Sudden onset of intense restlessness, panic, fear of death, dry mouth, hot skin, and rapid pulse. Often used for the early stages of fever or infections.

Key Indications: Shock, anxiety, after accidents, panic attacks, and initial stages of illness with fever and restlessness.

Allium Cepa (Red Onion)

Use: Commonly used for colds, especially when there is watery nasal discharge and eye irritation. Can also be helpful for hay fever.

Symptoms: Watery eyes and nose with frequent sneezing, a burning sensation in the eyes, and a clear, watery nasal discharge.

Key Indications: Colds with watery discharge, tearing eyes, irritation of the nose and eyes, particularly in the early stages of a cold or allergy.

Apis Mellifica (Honeybee)

Use: Inflammation, swelling, and pain from insect stings, allergic reactions, or burns. Ideal for conditions with swelling, particularly if the skin is hot and inflamed.

Symptoms: Red, swollen, and hot areas with stinging or burning pain. Pain worsens with heat and is alleviated by cold applications.

Key Indications: Insect bites and stings, allergic reactions with swelling, hives, and oedema (swelling). Often used for conditions involving fluid retention or allergic responses.

Arnica Montana (Mountain Daisy)

Use: Excellent for trauma, injuries, bruising, and after surgery. Ideal for shock and recovery from physical trauma.

Symptoms: Bruising, soreness, and a general feeling of being bruised all over. Reluctance to be touched or moved due to pain.

Key Indications: Trauma, bruising, soreness after physical injury, surgery recovery, and mental shock from accidents or trauma.

Arsenicum Album (Arsenic Trioxide)

Use: Indicated for conditions of exhaustion, food poisoning, vomiting, diarrhoea, and anxiety. Particularly useful when there is a feeling of weakness or fear of death.

Symptoms: Restlessness, anxiety, weakness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and burning pains. Symptoms are relieved by warmth and worsen with cold.

Key Indications: Gastrointestinal distress (food poisoning, diarrhoea), general weakness, anxiety, and mental exhaustion. Ideal for symptoms that arise from infections or poisoning.

Belladonna (Deadly nightshade)

Use: Ideal for conditions with sudden onset, fever, and throbbing, intense pain. Often used for infections with high fever, headaches, and inflammation.

Symptoms: Sudden high fever, red face, dilated pupils, intense throbbing pain, and delirium. Agitated and hot to the touch.

Key Indications: Fever, headaches, sore throats, earaches, or inflammation. When symptoms come on quickly, with intense redness, heat, and throbbing pains.

Bryonia Alba (White bryony)

Use: Useful when symptoms worsen with movement, especially for injuries or conditions involving pain or stiffness in joints. Also helpful for dry coughs and flu-like symptoms.

Symptoms: Pain that is worse with motion and better with rest, irritability, dry mouth, and intense thirst for large quantities of cold drinks.

Key Indications: Joint pain, back pain, flu-like symptoms, dry cough, and conditions worsened by movement. Ideal for patients who prefer to lie still and are worse from any motion.

Calendula Officinalis (Marigold)

Use: Promotes healing of cuts, abrasions, and wounds. Particularly useful for treating cuts that are slow to heal or have a risk of infection.

Symptoms: Red, raw, painful wounds with bleeding, or wounds that are at risk of infection. Promotes faster healing and prevents infection.

Key Indications: Open cuts, scrapes, and superficial wounds, as well as for skin healing and to prevent infection in surgical wounds.

Cantharis (Spanish fly)

Use: Ideal for burns (especially second-degree burns), scalds, and urinary tract infections with intense burning pain.

Symptoms: Intense burning sensations, especially after burns or scalds. Painful urination with a constant urge to urinate, often with scanty output.

Key Indications: Burns, scalds, and intense, burning pain, especially in the urinary tract (e.g., cystitis, painful urination).

Carbo Veg (Vegetable charcoal)

Use: For weakness, exhaustion, and fainting, particularly in cases of food poisoning, severe fatigue, or after a loss of fluids.

Symptoms: Cold, clammy skin, weakness, dizziness, and a faint pulse. Desire for fresh air. The person may feel weak, with poor circulation.

Key Indications: Extreme fatigue, exhaustion, fainting, and poor circulation. Useful after long-lasting illnesses, vomiting, or diarrhoea.

Chamomilla (Chamomile)

Use: Ideal for conditions involving irritability, pain, and emotional sensitivity. Often used in teething infants or children with colicky pain.

Symptoms: Intense irritability, restlessness, and a desire to be carried. Complaints from teething, earaches, or abdominal discomfort.

Key Indications: Children or adults who are irritable, angry, or sensitive to pain. Teething, colic, ear infections, and digestive issues.

Cocculus (Indian Cockle)

Use: Primarily used for motion sickness, dizziness, and vertigo, especially after traveling by car or boat.

Symptoms: Nausea, dizziness, and vertigo, often triggered by motion. Loss of balance and a sense of disorientation.

Key Indications: Motion sickness, dizziness, nausea, and imbalance, especially when associated with travel or physical strain.

Colocynthis (Bitter Cucumber)

Use: Useful for intense abdominal cramps and digestive issues. Often used in conditions that involve cramping pains that are better with pressure.

Symptoms: Severe, crampy abdominal pain that is relieved by bending double, lying on the abdomen, or applying pressure.

Key Indications: Abdominal cramps, menstrual cramps, digestive issues, and pain that is relieved by pressure or heat.

Ferrum Phos (Iron Phosphate)

Use: Often used in the early stages of inflammation or infection. Useful for general weakness, fatigue, or the first signs of fever.

Symptoms: Pale, flushed face, fever, and weakness. Often used as a first remedy in cases of infection or inflammation.

Key Indications: Early stages of infections, fever, and general exhaustion. Also helpful for general weakness and fatigue.

Gelsemium (Yellow jasmine)

Use: Useful for flu-like conditions with extreme fatigue, weakness, and heavy limbs. Ideal for when there is mental dullness alongside physical exhaustion.

Symptoms: Fatigue, weakness, trembling, and a lack of thirst. The patient may feel mentally sluggish and drowsy, with a dull headache.

Key Indications: Flu, colds, and general fatigue with mental sluggishness. Ideal for patients who feel weak, heavy, and have difficulty thinking clearly.

Hepar Sulphuris (Calcium sulphide)

Use: Useful for infected wounds, abscesses, or conditions with pus-filled infections. Ideal for conditions that feel extremely painful or sensitive to touch.

Symptoms: Painful, swollen abscesses, wounds that are slow to heal, and extremely sensitive to touch. Often associated with pus and infection.

Key Indications: Infected wounds, abscesses, and sensitive, inflamed skin.

Hypericum (St. John’s Wort)

Use: Ideal for nerve injuries or conditions where nerve damage is involved, such as pinched nerves or injuries to areas rich in nerves (e.g., fingers, toes).

Symptoms: Sharp, shooting pains, especially from nerve injuries. The pain may be shooting, with a burning sensation and increased sensitivity.

Key Indications: Nerve injuries (e.g., crushing or pinching injuries), pain radiating from nerves, post-traumatic neuralgia.

Ignatia (St Ignatius Bean)

Use: Primarily for emotional trauma, grief, and shock. Used when a person is emotionally distressed or dealing with intense feelings of loss.

Symptoms: Mood swings, lump in the throat, sighing, irritability, and emotional sensitivity. Often used for grief or suppressed emotions.

Key Indications: Emotional stress, grief, and shock. Anxiety, irritability, and emotional upset following loss or disappointment.

Ipecacuanha (Ipecac root)

Use: Used for persistent nausea and vomiting, particularly when there is no relief after vomiting. Ideal for conditions with a clean tongue.

Symptoms: Persistent nausea, constant urge to vomit, and no relief after vomiting. Often used in cases of food poisoning with no improvement after vomiting.

Key Indications: Persistent nausea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal discomfort. Ideal for nausea that does not improve after vomiting.

Ledum Palustre (Marsh tea)

Use: Best for puncture wounds, insect bites, and stings, especially when the site is swollen, bruised, and cold.

Symptoms: Coldness at the injury site, with bruising and swelling. Particularly effective for puncture wounds (e.g., animal bites, stepping on nails).

Key Indications: Puncture wounds, insect stings, and conditions with coldness and bruising at the site of injury.

Mercurius Solubilis (Quicksilver)

Use: Ideal for infections, especially those with thick, foul-smelling discharges. It is useful when there is intense sweating, salivation, or a metallic taste in the mouth.

Symptoms: Excessive salivation, foul breath, mouth sores, swollen gums, metallic taste, and sweating. Worsening of symptoms at night and in damp weather. Itching or burning of the skin, especially in the folds.

Key Indications: Infections of the throat, gums, or respiratory tract, abscesses, or conditions with offensive discharges (such as a sore throat with thick yellow mucus). Ideal for conditions with a metallic taste in the mouth and foul-smelling sweat.

Nux Vomica (Poison nut)

Use: Particularly useful for digestive issues, such as indigestion, constipation, or nausea, especially after overeating or drinking. It’s also indicated for conditions of irritability or overwork.

Symptoms: Irritable, hyper-sensitive, and restless. Complaints from overindulgence in food, alcohol, or stimulants. Nausea, bloating, constipation, and stomach cramps.

Key Indications: Indigestion, constipation, nausea, and headaches related to overindulgence. Also useful for mental stress, irritability, and a tendency to overwork.

Pulsatilla (Wind flower)

Use: Known for its use in conditions with changeable symptoms. It is ideal for conditions where the patient is emotional and sensitive, and symptoms fluctuate or shift frequently.

Symptoms: Changeable symptoms, weepiness, irritability, and a desire for attention and sympathy. Often worse in warm rooms and better outdoors in fresh air. Conditions that shift from one part of the body to another (e.g., cold moving from one ear to the other).

Key Indications: Conditions with changeable symptoms, such as ear infections, colds, and menstrual irregularities. Particularly useful for children and women who are emotionally sensitive or moody.

Rhus Tox (Poison ivy)

Use: Effective for conditions involving pain, stiffness, and inflammation that worsen with rest or immobility and improve with movement or heat. It is also used for skin conditions like rashes or itching.

Symptoms: Pain and stiffness, particularly in the joints and muscles, that improve with movement and warmth. Restlessness and a desire to stretch or move to relieve discomfort. Skin rashes or itching, often with a burning sensation.

Key Indications: Joint and muscle pain, especially after overexertion, flu-like symptoms with muscle aches, or skin conditions like rashes, hives, or poison ivy exposure.

Sepia (Cuttlefish ink)

Use: Useful for hormonal imbalances, fatigue, and mood swings, especially in women (e.g., during menopause or pregnancy). Often indicated for feelings of overwhelm and indifference.

Symptoms: Indifference, irritability, or mood swings, often with feelings of being overwhelmed or exhausted. The person may feel disconnected from others or want to be left alone. Also used for symptoms of PMS or menopause (e.g., hot flashes, fatigue, or heavy menstruation).

Key Indications: Hormonal disturbances in women (PMS, menopause), fatigue, irritability, and emotional exhaustion. Physical symptoms like digestive disturbances or pelvic discomfort can also indicate the need for Sepia.

Staphysagria (Stavesacre plant)

Use: Primarily for conditions involving suppressed emotions, particularly anger or grief. It is also used after surgery or trauma, especially when the wound is slow to heal or becomes infected.

Symptoms: Grief, suppressed anger, and emotional stress from past trauma or loss. The person may feel "emotionally wounded" and may have difficulty expressing emotions. Physical symptoms may include slow-to-heal wounds, particularly after surgery.

Key Indications: Emotional trauma (e.g., suppressed anger, loss, or grief), slow-healing wounds (especially after surgery or trauma), or conditions where emotions have been repressed.

Thuja (Arbor vitae)

Use: Known for its use in treating skin conditions such as warts and cysts. It is also indicated for conditions related to suppressed infections or vaccination side effects.

Symptoms: Skin growths such as warts or cysts, often with a moist or cheesy discharge. Also used for conditions that arise from suppressed infections or vaccination reactions. The person may have a feeling of being "unclean" or plagued by chronic health issues.

Key Indications: Warts, skin conditions and cysts. It is also used for detoxification or following vaccinations to reduce side effects or suppressed infections.