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 It is recommended that every household should have a well stocked and up to date medicine cabinet, preferably in a lockable box or cupboard and certainly well out of reach of children. The following is a list of useful medicines and dressings with a description of their uses. All are reasonably inexpensive and worth stocking at home in readiness for minor illness or emergencies. - Paracetamol - good for headaches, colds, sore throats and painful bruises.
- Paracetamol Mixture - for relief of pain or fever in young children.
- Ibuprofen - for spains, strains and backache.
- Sedative Cough Linctus - for dry or painful coughs, but not coughs caused by the common cold.
- Menthol Crystals - add hot water to make steam inhalations for treating catarrh and dry or painful coughs.
- Vapour Rup - again, for steam inhalations. Also useful for children with stuffy noses or dry coughs. Rub on the chest and nose.
- Antiseptic Solution (e.g. Iodine) - 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.
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