The Natural First Aid Handbook: Household Remedies, Herbal Treatments, and Basic Emergency Preparedness Everyone Should Know

by Brigitte Mars

Cayenne pepper can stop bleeding. Garlic helps alleviate a toothache. Honey soothes a burn. When an emergency situation arises, simple home remedies can play a vital role in easing symptoms and providing immediate help. Become an effective first responder with a combination of best first-aid practices, herbs, and standard homeopathic applications. This quick-reference handbook spells out hundreds of life-saving techniques, commonsense tips, and time-tested herbal remedies that everyone should know. From how to perform basic CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver to the best immediate response to natural disasters, you’ll find the most practical, effective actions to take to ensure survival.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Medical, Science, Education

309 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 22, 2017

About the author

Brigitte Mars is an herbalist and natural health nutritional consultant. She teaches Herbal Medicine at Naropa University and at the School of Health Mastery in Iceland. She is also a psychedelic sitter and end-of-life doula.

Mars has published many books and DVDs about natural medicine.

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Essentially a mini first aid handbook with household remedies and herbal treatments for common conditions. There is a chapter covering emergency situations such as childbirth, being charged by a bull, a tornado, etc. You’ll find information on stocking an herbal first aid kit, travel kit, or survival kit for your car as well as a few pages on making and using herbal medicines.

The first aid instructions are simple and to the point and tell you both what to do and what not to do. They also instruct on when to seek immediate medical attention. The key instructions are bolded for easy reading at a glance. Some conditions have prevention techniques or suggested follow up care listed. I found this to be a good natural first aid handbook and I would not hesitate to give these treatments a try even though I typically go a more conventional route in treating ailments.

[Alicia Impink · Rating 1 out of 5]

While there is some legitimately useful first aid and emergency preparedness advice in this book it is tainted by the repeated advisement of useing homeopathic "remedies", which is of course utter nonsense. I cannot recommend this book, please find a different first aid manual so you are not being given useless information about quack-remedies that just waste your time and money (and might potentially keep you from utilizing real, science-based treatments). Homeopathy is quackery.

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Black bear: no shoulder hump, straight face, taller ears
Grizzly bear: shoulder hump, concave face, short rounded ears

Don't run, back away slowly, unless chased
The climb tree or make yourself as big as possible and yell

Forest fire
cup hand over nose and mouth to breath easier
wet your clothing or submerge in water
last resort is to dig a hole and cover yourself with dirt

If you are lost in the woods:

East
Most trees lean to the east
woodpeckers peck on the east side of trees

South
ant hills are located on the south side
bushiest on hemlocks, pines, spruces on the south side
poplars and willows lean to south
age rings on tree stumps are widest on the south side

North
When the sun sets, north is on the right
vegetation is smaller and less dense on the south side

Distress signals are in groups of 3

walked into quicksand: lay on your back

[Cherie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kind of book everyone should read, esp when living in a rural place. Good advice.

[Emily V · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great first aid and home remedies. Very detailed and easy to follow instructions. Very helpful little book.