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Holiday
Remedies
Everyone wants to relax
and enjoy themselves on their holidays. To make sure that this is the
case there are a few herbal remedies to pop into your holiday medical
kit.
Read about remedies for:
For those who feel nervous
about flying - how does something so big take off? - try
Avena
sativa. Ideally take for a week or so before the flight and during
it, to keep the butterflies under control.
To help sleep during a
flight or in possibly noisy hotel rooms,
Valerian-Hops Complex
can be very helpful. Valerian-Hops Complex is also suitable for children
over two years old. Alternatively, for adults, try
Serotone.
Ginger is a great herb
for nausea. It's effective and
works quickly to stop vomiting and help to ease feelings of nausea.
Ginger also acts as a digestive tonic and especially digestion of fats,
and speeds up the digestive processes. This will again help to
reduce feelings of discomfort associated with any sickness, whether it
has been caused by travelling, over indulgence or some 'dodgy' food.
Another useful remedy is the delayed-release peppermint oil
Pepogest.
On the subject of 'dodgy'
food, one of the biggest fears for those going on holiday is 'holiday
tummy'. For anyone travelling to more risky areas, it's a good idea to
prepare by taking some
Biocidin (grapefruit seed extract) for a
few days before travelling and throughout the trip. The anti-parasite,
anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties of Biocidin will help prevent
(and treat) traveller's tummy. It's also available in liquid form to
help disinfect fruit and vegetables, hands and toothbrushes.
Also for travellers tummy
some
Tormentil Complex should be added to the holiday medical
kit. This helps slow down the frequency of bowel movements and
encourages the healing of the affected bowel. Tormentil Complex also
contains Avena sativa described above, which helps to calm both the
nervous system and an overactive digestion. Helpful for infective
diarrhoea and holiday tummy, as well as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS -
where diarrhoea is the main symptom), diverticulitis, colitis and
Crohn's disease.
And, of course, everyone
will have their bottle of
Echinacea on hand to ward off those
summer colds.
All that's left now is to
wish you a carefree holiday.
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