Being prepared.

Does ouzo work in the same way? I've just cleared several bottles out of a cupboard but haven't got round to throwing them away as I thought I might find a use for them [the contents not the bottles]. I'd heard that Rakki [sp] was medicinal but I'm not sure that I've got that [just going to have a look].

thatbags you've done it now! I shall add a mini bottle of gin to my ginormous (hah!) handbag forthwith.

Tea tree oil shouldn't be applied neat to the skin (apparently, although I have done so). Just a couple of drops in the bath is good, or a couple of drops mixed with body lotion. It is also supposed to kill off head lice (just a couple of drops in some oil).

In my handbag I always carry aspirin, immodium, buscopan and Compeed blister plasters. I then feel I can tackle anything the world chooses to throw at me.

Tes tree oil is viciously astringent. I can't use it, nor anything that contains it.

I like germolene too, though for its usefulness rather than its smell.

Had a friend in Thailand who ate papaya to deal with constipation and for diarrhea (not at the same time, at least I don't think so).

I've only got as far as juliegransnet's comment (no.2 in the thread). It reminded me of the time I had a call from Minibags's primary school. They wanted me to come and collect her because there was a tick on her neck that they were "worried" about (well, I think they were worried about her, actually).

I said: "I'll bring some gin."

WHAT?!

"Gin to sozzle it then I can pull it off."

So I did.

Since then I've acquired a tick extractor thingy—bit like a tiny bent fork—which is VG.

But (cheap) gin is still useful to disinfect the spot where the tick sunk its gnashers in, so to speak.

I love the smell of Germoline! [strangewoman].
Racehorses often have lovely long eyelashes.

If the above statements sound random, they are in response to some posts above!

Paw paw is supposed to be good for quite a lot of things (I do not like to eat it however delicious it is said to be) but Tea Tree Oil is best if we are looking at Australian products.

I haven't heard of half of these. I feel seriously under-edumacated.

Sturgeron sounds like something that caviar comes from.

Oh goodness! For travel sickness! That reminds me of when I had a drug scare with DS and phoned the NHS. He came back from a school trip and I found a single luridly packaged tablet in his lunch box.

Well, what would you think if you found a large tablet packed in red and orange called 'Joy Ride'?

I do take quite a lot with me.
Paracetamol and co-codamol. (One of each at night instead of two co-codamol.)
Glaucoma eye drops.
Kalms sleep tablets "in case".

I did take Alendronic Acid but I think its messed up my stomach. Therefore
Gaviscon tablets in the form of those generic Alginates.

Dry skin cream.

Athletes foot cream.
Sturgeron on anything much that moves.
Hot water bottle. Soothes the back when the co-codamol is used up.

I've got a couple of ibuprofen tablets in my bag.

Not quite all of us, goldengirl, I'm with you on this one. As I said in my earlier post, all I really need is my lip salve!

Good grief! The chemist must have seen you all coming! OK I don't travel abroad now and I do take my medication for any overnight stay but that's it. Why so much?

Yes that's what I thought too Icy till I googled it

Like janeainsworth only without the last 3, plus always Naramig for migraine, to be placed carefully by the bed in case. I also have Savlon Dry Spray, otherwise known in our family as Magic Yellow Spray (just the threat of it stopped tears in a flash). Never heard of Lucas Pawpaw until now, when I read it above I assumed it was for a canine companion.

I use it mainly Jane as it works better for me than EA Eight Hour Cream.

Well, at least I now know what to use if I get Mud Fever .

I can't get that image out of my mind now. I will never look at a racehorse the same way again

I was surprised at the smell; not sure what I was expecting but it certainly wasn't something resembling germoline. But at least I now know what she used on the horses. We were chatting to someone at Punchestown a few years back who told us that she used her products on the horses; I though he meant she put mascara and face powder on them .

I'm amazed that you are all so organised! I never take anything like this, perhaps a pack of tissues if I remember. I always knew I wasn't a proper mother and now I realise I'm not a proper granny either (slinks away in shame )

It does smell bad though doesn't it Tegan? Just like a horse liniment in fact. Apparently some people like the smell and some hate it

Elizabeth Arden developed Eight Hour Cream to use on her racehorses; I knew she used some of her products on her horses but didn't realise it was the Eight Hour Cream. Given the amount you'd have to use on a horse I hope she got it at cost price . Still, if it's good enough for a horse it's good enough for me.

So do you have boils, burns and open wounds and insect bites on a regular basis?

Isn't it easier to raid your DC's medicine cabinets until you get home?

Lucas Papaw is an Australian ointment which has a consistency like Vaseline but contains fermented Papaya which relieves and cleanses many skin conditions, eg boils, burns, open wounds, insect bites etc.

Pepto bismol. Blooming spellcheck!