21ME17 - Home Health Care for Families

Speaker: Teresa Boardwine, RH (AHG) Taking care of loved ones in the time of a pandemic is more challenging than ever and even more demanding of the caretaker. In this class, we discuss how to include all household members in the planning, expectations and considerations of providing care for family at home. How can we empower and enable those in our communities to provide care with what skills and equipment they have or can easily acquire?  Featured in this presentation:

• Assembling a home first aid kit
• Demonstration of application of poultices, fomentations and liniments for common conditions
• First aid repertory of botanicals for common ailments including pain, aches/sprains, allergic reactions, asthma, bleeding, cold and flu, digestive upsets, headache, immune boosters, anti-microbials, insomnia, and stress/anxiety
• What herbs to carry in home herbal apothecary

Related product: The Lecture Notes  for this recording are available here:2021 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium: Conference Book Download (PDF)