Here is a list of useful medicines and dressings with a description of their uses. All are quite cheap and worth stocking at home in readiness for minor illnesses.

Keep them in a box or cupboard with a lock - or store them well out of the reach of children.

Soluble Aspirin Tablets - Good for headaches, colds, sore throats (gargle with the solution), and pains in general. Aspirin should NOT be given to children under 16.

Paracetamol Mixture - For relief of pain or fever in young children.

Sedative Cough Linctus - For dry or painful coughs, but not coughs caused by common colds.

Menthol Crystals - Add to hot water to make steam inhalations for treating catarrh and dry or painful coughs.

Vapour Rub - Again, for steam inhalations. Also useful for children with stuffy noses or dry coughs. Rub on the chest and nose.

Ephedrine Nose Drops - For runny noses in children over one year old. Use before meals and at night but not for more than four days.

Antiseptic Solution - One teaspoon diluted in warm water for cleaning cuts and grazes.

Antiseptic Cream - For treating septic spots, sores in the nose and grazes.

Calamine Lotion - For dabbing (not rubbing) on insect bites, stings and sunburn.

Dressing Strips - For minor cuts.

3" Wide Crepe Bandage - To keep dressings in place. To support sprained or bruised joints.

Cotton Wool - For cleaning cuts and grazes.

Thermometer - For fevers.

Tweezers - For removing splinters.

Remember that your local chemist can give you advice about medicines.

Page Last Edited On 28/12/2007

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