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First Aid Liniments
No first aid kit is complete without a truly effective disinfectant—something you can reach for to treat cuts, wounds, and infections without hesitation. Today I want to share two of my favorites. Beyond disinfecting and speeding up healing, they're remarkably versatile: useful for boils, skin eruptions, headaches, bruises, sprains, general pain, inflammation, cramping, sore muscles, toothaches, mouth sores, throat infections, cold sores, burns, and countless other everyday ailments.
Dr. Christopher's X-ceptic
Equal parts:
Oak bark
Goldenseal (or substitute with Oregon grape root)
Myrrh gum
Comfrey
Garlic
Cayenne
This can be applied topically as well as taken internally to fight any type of infection. I have use this successfully for cuts, wounds, bites, toothache, cold sores, and ingrown toenails.
Kloss's Liniment
1 part echinacea root
1 part goldenseal (or substitute Oregon grape root)
1 part myrrh gum
1/4 part cayenne
This is an old formula that came from a famous herb doctor, Jethro Kloss. Traditionally it was made with rubbing alcohol and used only as a liniment to disinfect wounds and rub into inflamed muscle and tissue. I like to make it with Vodka so it can be used internally as well.
