The homeopathic travel kit to go on vacation in the sun

Homeopathy, in addition to traditional medicine, can be an excellent alternative to treat minor ailments that may arise during summer vacation. When preparing the bags, the constitution of a homeopathic travel kit can be very useful for followers of this therapy. But what should such a kit contain?

Whether the destination is the mountains, the countryside or the seaside, holidays can be marked by many small ailments, in which homeopathy can be used. Indeed, homeopathic medicines are practical and easy to take everywhere, they can be used by all members of the family, without side effects or contraindications.

To be prepared for all eventualities, it is important to have summer fans with you!

For motion sickness

Motion sickness, or motion sickness, is the set of disorders caused in certain subjects by traveling by boat, plane, car or even train. It is common in children and is characterized by general malaise with pallor, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. The origins of this disorder are multiple and many factors can influence the onset of symptoms. Motion sickness can be taken care of with homeopathy.

Cocculus indicus 9CH:

For nausea with a feeling of dizziness, aggravated by visual excitement and ameliorated by heat.

Dosage: Take 5 granules at the rate of nausea.

For jet lag

Travelers suffer from adjustment disorders related to crossing time zones on east-west flights resulting in symptoms and disturbances of biological constants which are referred to as Jet Lag syndrome. But rest assured, homeopathy can help you reduce the unwanted effects of jet lag in order to start your vacation with confidence.

Opium 9CH :

For travel with jet lag to the East.

Dosage: Take 3 granules at bedtime, repeat every 30 minutes if necessary.

Coca 9CH :

For travel with jet lag to the West.

Dosage: Take 3 granules at bedtime, repeat every 30 minutes if necessary.

For insect bites

Insects are found in all parts of the world. When traveling, we will therefore hardly be able to avoid them. They are the source of a wide variety of pathologies, often benign but also potentially severe because many of them are part of epidemiological cycles and are likely to transmit various pathogens.

Apis mellifica 15CH :

For insect bites, sunburns or even burns with acute, violent inflammatory sensations, accompanied by pinkish edema, partial or general, and stinging and burning pains as by reddened needles in the fire improved by cold applications.

Dosage: Take 5 granules three times a day until improvement.

In association with :

• Ledum palustre 9CH :

As a prevention, to limit reactions to insect bites in people reactive to insect bites.

Dosage: Take 5 granules per day during the exposure period.

• Ledum palustre 5CH :

For all insect bites (mosquitoes) with marbled and cold skin.

Dosage: Take 5 granules every hour until improvement.

For sunburns

The sun, generally a source of well-being, can also cause serious skin damage: from simple sunburn to real second-degree burns. It is important to keep in mind that ultraviolet light is still the number one risk factor for skin cancer, which is why it is important to protect your skin with a sunscreen with an index suitable for your skin.

Belladonna 9CH :

For any erythema, redness, pain with heat, worse by touch.

Dosage: Take 5 granules 3 times a day.

In association with :

Apis mellifica 15 CH :

For any erythematous-edematous rash, stinging or burning pain, improved by cold.

Dosage: Take 5 granules 3 to 4 times a day.

Cantharis 5CH :

In case of blisters (blisters, blisters). Irritation and inflammation of the skin with burning blisters worse by touch.

Dosage: Take 5 granules 3 times a day.

For sun allergies

Stays at the seaside expose to a number of skin reactions which can be linked to the water itself (from the sea or from swimming pools which abound at the seaside), to what it contains (chemicals, fauna and flora), summer heat and sun.

Hypericum perforatum 15CH :

In prevention of summer lucitis, photosensitization and photodermatosis.

Dosage: Take 5 granules morning and evening, 15 days before sun exposure, to continue for the duration of the exposure and 1 week after.

In association with :

• Muriaticum acidum 9CH :

For any very itchy papulo-vesicular rash of the uncovered areas.

•  + Apis mellifica 15CH :

For any inflammation, pinkish edema and pruritus improved by cold.

• + Poumon histamine 15CH :

To modulate the mechanism of the allergic reaction.

Dosage: Take 5 granules of each strain every hour until improvement.

For knocks, bumps, bruises, etc.

Whether you’re going on vacation or just taking the time to breathe this summer, one thing is certain during this summer period: let’s take a step back. Farewell to the daily “metro-work-sleep” routine, make way for “bike-rando-aperitif”! A tempting program, but one that can quickly turn into a disaster, even for the most athletic among us. A pothole, a branch gone unnoticed, a badly negotiated turn and you are guaranteed a fall.

Arnica montana 9CH :

In case of intense physical effort accompanied by aches or painful muscle contractures at the slightest touch. Also in case of sprain or following trauma.

Dosage: Take 5 granules 3 to 4 times a day.

In association with :

• Ruta graveolens 5CH :

In case of trauma to the tendons and ligaments with improvement by movement (in acute systematic use).

Dosage: Take 5 granules 3 to 4 times a day.

For the blues back from the holidays

There it’s finished. Your summer vacation is coming to an end and you are already depressed about unpacking your suitcase and going back to work. This is what is known as the blues of returning from vacation, an illness that affects 20% of the French.

Gelsemium 15CH :

For anticipatory stage fright with inhibition, dazed sensation, dizziness, tremors, emotional diarrhea or polyuria.

Dosage: Take 5 granules morning and evening, to renew if necessary or 1 dose the day before the departure of the return and 1 dose, 1 hour before the trip.

Staphysagria 15CH :

In the event of continued frustration, feelings of injustice, anger or hidden grief.

Dosage: Take 1 serving per day for 3 days.

 

Clémentine. M.

Naturopath – Aromatherapist / Herbalist – Phytotherapist
Consultant in clinical phyto-aromatherapy and ethnomedicine