First Aid means the immediate assistance given to an injured person (or) to alleviate sudden illness, before arrival of the physician (or) Hospitalization. Homeopathy has a wide scope in treating the sick. It treats both acquired and chronic ailments. Apart from its such wide scope of healing it does wonderful service in “First-Aid” treatment. Homeopathy acts quickly and heals rapidly, even in very acute state of sickness and manage the condition of patient well till the physician arrives.

The following acute state of aliments could be attended well with Homeo medicines.

1. Faintness or shock by accident
2. Burns by fire accident
3. Bruises by fire accident
4. Injuries by fire accident
5. Bone fractures
6. Abscess, cuts, injuries
7. Sprain in Sports
8. Sun-Stroke
9. Effects of cold-wind.
10. Injuries to nerve-ends
11. Bee-Bites
12. Bites of Poisonous insects
13. Eye-injury from foreign body
14. Sudden & rapid pains etc.,
15. Car & Air sickness.

Fainting or shock by accident or injuries

When fainting or loss of consciousness or shock is caused by an injury or accident, the immediate first aid and medication is required to recover the person from such shock, otherwise it leads to fatality at times. The patient may develop suddenly, symptoms like profuse sweating, loss of consciousness, reduction in body temperature and body gets cool with cold sweat, fear of death, state of confusion, non-dilatation of pupils, Nausea, vomitings, headache, fevers, etc.,

In such an emergency, Homeopathy offers very promising medicines to be administered as first aid medicine. The valuable medicines in such conditions are Aconite, Arnica, Camphor, Capsicum, Lachesis, Helleborus, Veratrum alb, Digitalis Hypericum, Opium, etc.,

The homeopathic medicines are to be used according to the symptoms at such condition. A suitable remedy will certainly save the life of a person in emergency.