Homemade First Aid Kit

With a now walking toddler in the house, I have become increasingly concerned over the types of chemicals sitting in our cabinets. Our little guy loves to get into all of the cupboards and pull things out. Outside of being both annoying and cute, it can be extremely dangerous if he gets a hold of the wrong products. We are in the process of putting child proof locks on them, but even then I just feel like the products I use needs to be safer for him. So I have started to rid myself of harmful and toxic chemicals and replacing them with safer, non-toxic products. Unfortunately, most of the products that fall into this category are extremely expensive, considering that toxic, synthetic chemicals are about $2 for a large bottle. So to combat this costly expense, I have started making my own products. To start, I made my own homemade first aid kit.

Salves:

 All-purpose Skin-healing Salve

Pain Salve 

Antihistamine Salve

Kid's VapoRub

Ault VapoRub

Roller-bottles:

Immune Support

Fever 

Headache

Seasonal Support

Wellness Bombs

Spray Bottles:

Hand Sanitizer

Sunburn Relief Spray

Cut, Scrape, and Rash Relief
Throat Relief Spray

All of these items were extremely easy to make. For the sake of not having an extremely long blog post, I'll focus on the salves for the rest of this post. To make the salves I used a basic salve recipe. 

Basic Salve:

1/2 cup Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

1/2 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 Tablespoons beeswax pellets (purchase here).

5- 2oz glass or plastic salve jars (purchase here or here).

Combine coconut oil, olive oil, and beeswax pellets in a double boiler. If you don't have one, you can use a glass bowl or mason jar inside of a pot of water. Heat (on low to medium) until all are melted. Stir with a metal spoon.

Pour into your chosen salve jars and add your chosen essential oils. Make sure your oils are ready as the mixture cools quickly. An assembly line would be best  (have one person pour the mixture while another person puts in the oils).  Swirl the jar to mix in the oil. Leave salves uncovered until they harden and let cool for a few hours.

Here are the recipes for each type of salve and their uses. To purchase quality essential oils that are tested and proven to work, see this blog post or purchase here. 

Antihistamine Salve

5 drops Lemon

5 drops Peppermint

5 drops Lavender 

This salve is great for skin allergies and a great companion for a camping trip. Poison Ivy ain't got nothin' on this salve. 

Pain Salve

30-40 drops Soothing Blend (I use Améo's Muscle Mend)

Use this salve in place of Icy-Hot or Bengay. It has a cooling affect that will have your muscles and joints thanking you for. 

Natural Adult VapoRub

30 drops Respiratory Blend (I use Améo's Soothing Aire)

This salve is great for replacing that store-bought VapoRub with all the nasty chemicals. Plus, I think this smells much nicer and works far better. This blend contains peppermint and eucalyptus, so not appropriate for small children. See the next recipe for small children appropriate natural VapoRub. 

Natural Kid's VapoRub

5-7 drops Lavender

5-7 drops Rosemary

5-7 drops Frankincense

Eucalyptus and Peppermint have a very small chance of slowing breathing dangerously in small children if placed on their chest and back. Although the chance is very slight, why risk it when there are other alternatives? Another option to this blend is to put 10 drops of Frankincense with 10 drops of Spruce. 

All-Purpose Skin-Healing Salve

10 drops Frankincense

10 drops Lavender

10 drops Tea Tree

This salve can be used for a myriad of things. It is an excellent replacement for Neosporin. You can use it for burns, cuts, scrapes, eczema, and many more! It is a must have in your first aid kit.