Here is a list of useful medicines and dressings with a brief 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. Store them well out of reach of children.
- Soluble Aspirin Tablets - for adults and children over 12. Good for headaches, colds, sore throats and painful bruises.
- 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 inhalation 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 1 year old. Use before meals and at night but not for more than 4 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.
